Families & Individuals – Page 22 – Haywood County TNGenWeb

John Louis “Dr. Jack” Atkinson (1810-1869) & Caladonia Childress (1814-1875)

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Submitted by C. A. Atkinson, 5 Aug 2007. Atkinson – John Louis, Dr. ‘Jack’ – 1810 – 1869 B: Jan 25, 1810 Cumberland Co., VA. Moved to Williamson Co. TN in 1811. Moved to West Tennessee, Tipton Co. Married Caladonia Childress (B:1814 – D:1875) in Brownsville, TN (Haywood Co.) in 1835. Moved to Tate Co. MS, Senatobia. Died there Dec 2, 1869. The Atkinson family lived in Pittsylvania and Cumberland Counties, VA at the time John Louis was born there….

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Veterans of Zion Baptist Church

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Submitter not identified. Source: From the booklet researched, written and compiled by Joyce Cobb Maness. War Between the States (Civil War) James William Castellaw b.1839-d.1918, Co L, 7th TN Cav, CSA John Charles Warren Cobb b.11 Oct 1830-d.25 Jun 1914, Co L, 7th TN Cav, CSA Simeon Amherst Cobb b.1840-d.1927, Co L, 7th TN Cav, CSA William Thomas Cobb b.1833-d.1898, Co. L, 7th Reg’t TN Cav, CSA Chas. Haywood Estes b.1844-b.17 Apr 1880, Co D, Newsom’s Reg’t, TN Cav W….

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Thomas Jefferson Walker, Civil War Anecdote (1863)

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Contributor and source not indicated on archived page. JANUARY 1 1863, Stones River Battlefield. After one day’s fighting James B. Mitchell of the 34th Alabama Regiment of Infantry noted the grim aftermath of battle in his journal: There was a great deal of pilfering performed on the dead bodies of the Yankees by our men. Some of them [Federals] were left as naked as the day they were born, everything in the world they had being taken from them. I…

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John J. Robbins Appointed Guardian of Robbins Minor Child (1872)

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. K FamilySearch Film # 008659167 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 182: Monday 5th February 1872: Jno. J. Robbins guardian of L. H. Robbins On motion, J. J. Robbins was this day appointed guardian of L. A. O. Robbins….

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F. M. Bowling Appointed Guardian of Bowling Minor Children (1872)

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. K FamilySearch Film # 008659167 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 181: Monday 5th February 1872: F. M. Bowling Guardian of Lemuel Bowling and others On Motion, F. M. Bowling was this day appointed Guardian of Lemuel and L….

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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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Grand & Petit Jurors Chosen (1872)

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. K FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 128: Tuesday 2nd January 1872: Call for Grand and petit Jurors included: District #4 James Batchelor District #13 Milton Permenter District #14 H. S. Moody

Estate of William Bowling (1871-1872)

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. K FamilySearch Film # 008659167 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 142: 3rd January 1872: Joseph H. Bowling & others vs Elizabeth Bowling & others Division of lands of William Bowling, dec’d Cageville Term 28th Nov. 1871 Perry Farrow…

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Rachel Yelvington’s Apprenticeship (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. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 539: 7th August 1871: Rachel Yelvington was apprenticed to Jackson Tucker, this day, John A. M. Batchelor was his security.

Estate of W. J. Blakemore (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. Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 424: 6th February 1871: Ordered by the Court, that Francis Clark, W. A. Lewis and L. H. Permenter, be appointed Commissioners, to lay off and set apart to Mrs….

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