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Orphaned African American Hotchkiss Children Court Proceedings (1868)

Orphaned African American Hotchkiss Children Court Proceedings (1868)

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 604: 7th July 1868: Ordered by the Court that a warrant issue against David Moody for harboring or concealing two orphan children, named Lucy and Martha Hotchkiss, heretofore…

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Civil Rights Movement Experiences of Two Brownsville Families

Civil Rights Movement Experiences of Two Brownsville Families

The Ph.D. dissertation of Jo Zanice Bond (2011, University of Kansas), explores the history and 20th Century experiences of two families from Brownsville, Tennessee.  The author is the granddaughter of Charles Allen and Maude E. Rawls and Garnett and Jo Bond. Click here to view Dr. Bond’s dissertation.

African American Batchelor Families

African American Batchelor Families

This post contains a compilation of possible resources for research. Minor African American Batchelor Orphans Apprenticed in 1869 — from Haywood County Court Minutes “Batchelor/Bachelors of African-American Descent” — Genealogy.com post dated 2007 by Charles Bachlor contains a good bit of information about early white Batchelor families, including those who were enslavers.  Bachlor wrote: Although probably not pertinent to your search, two Batchelor brothers owned plantations on either side of the Haywood/Madison County line in western Tennessee and many of…

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Minor African American Batchelor Orphans Apprenticed in 1869

Minor African American Batchelor Orphans Apprenticed in 1869

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 use of culturally insensitive language.  Certain terms on this post are presented in their original context. Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659165 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 719: 6th January 1869: Jermon Batchelor…

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Sons & Daughters of Haywood County

Sons & Daughters of Haywood County

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…

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Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service

Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service

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…

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Brownsville African American Population in the 1872-1873 Directory

Brownsville African American Population in the 1872-1873 Directory

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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…

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