African American – Page 4 – Haywood County TNGenWeb

Sons & Daughters of Haywood County

January 7, 2026 Bettye Liberty

Created from Chickasaw Indian lands and named for Judge John Haywood, Haywood County was part of Madison County when the Tennessee General Assembly created it in 1823-24. Later, part of Haywood County was taken to create Lauderdale and Crockett Counties. The state legislature designated Brownsville as the county seat. Haywood County is the only majority black county in the state of Tennessee. It has grown from a population of 265 families in 1826 to a population that reached 19,797 in…

Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service

January 6, 2026 Bettye Liberty

by Willie L. RobinsonHello, and welcome to Tennessee Colored Pension Application for CSA Service. The purpose of this website is to provide the names of African-Americans, mostly former slaves, who applied for pensions in Tennessee claiming to have served with the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The names were compiled by John V. Brogden using sources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional research has been done by the webmaster. This information is prov+ided with the hope that it will be…

Brownsville African American Population in the 1872-1873 Directory

June 19, 2016 Bettye Liberty Comments 3 comments

Transcribed by Barbra Jean Hathcock about 2001. Source: City Directory of Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN, 1872-1873 Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records, W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes Barbra Hathcock’s Note: “Care has been taken to copy each page exactly as original, some things will be capitalized one time and then the next it will not, this is the way the original reads.” Important caveat: The original volume uses an antiquated term, “col’d” in the text to indicate persons of…