African American – Page 3 – Haywood County TNGenWeb

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (September 30, 1904)

January 13, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language. On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 42 — Friday, September 30, 1904 DEAD LETTER…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (August 5, 1904)

January 13, 2026 TNGenWeb

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Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

Arguably, Haywood County’s most famous native was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush on November 26, 1939. Anna Mae’s parents separated when she was 11, leaving Anna Mae and her sister to be raised by their grandmother. At the age of 16, Anna Mae moved to St. Louis to live with her mother. There, Anna Mae Bullock met Ike Turner. As Tina Turner, she became a force in the global music industry before her death in 2025. Click here to…

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Dunbar-Carver Museum in Brownsville

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

The Dunbar-Carver Museum opened in 2007 as an archive of Haywood County’s deep, rich African American culture and heritage. The building formerly housed a series of schools: Brownsville Colored Normal School (1883 – 1887) Dunbar School (1890 – 1920) Haywood County Training School (1921 – 1950) Carver High School (1950-1970) Click here to visit the Museum’s Web site. Click here to view a local news video dated December, 2015.

Business Ledger of a Denmark Area Enslaver, 1820-1860

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

The Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) contains a digitized copy of a document identified as Business Ledger of a West Tennessee Slave Owner. The book is described in the catalogue: Business ledger approximately 200 pages, dating from 1820 belonging to a landowner and slaveholder of Denmark, Tennessee. Listed are the names, ages, and prices of slaves involved in an estate appraisal. Later generations used the old ledger for scrapbook pictures and poems, one poem entitled, “The Confederate Flag.” It includes a…

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Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

January 10, 2026 Bettye Liberty Comments 6 comments

Samuel A. McElwee (1857-1914) was born a slave in Madison County, Tennessee, to Robert and Georgianna McElwee. After the Civil War was over, and following a general inclination of former slaves to move, the McElwee family relocated to Haywood County ( the next county west) in 1866. During the years following this move when he was nine or ten years old, Samuel obtained a education in local freedmen schools, and attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin College was one…

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Indenture of African American Woman, Sarah Moody (1868)

January 10, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000. Note: [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 498: 10th January 1868: It is ordered by the Court that the Bond by Wm. A. Moody, with Thos. Bond and David A. Nunn as his securities, dated —…

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Insolvent Tax Payers in 1871

January 10, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000. Note: [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not support culturally insensitive language. Antiquated terms in this post are maintained for context. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. K FamilySearch Film # 008659167 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 31: Wednesday 4th October 1871: List of insolvant [sic]…

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Insolvent Tax Payers in 1868

January 10, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000. Note: [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not support culturally insensitive language. Antiquated terms in this post are maintained for context. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 555: April Term 1868: District #4; Mydett [sic], T….

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Orphaned African American Currie Children Court Proceedings (1869)

January 10, 2026 TNGenWeb

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000. Note: [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) March Term, 1869 Page 750: Allen Currie apprenticed to Thomas H. Midyett Allen Currie, a colored minor orphan, was this day, being brought into Court, and by the Court, apprenticed…

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