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.
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…
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 6: February Term 1865: It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the minor heirs of P. C. Midyett, deceased, is without a regular guardian, upon application, it…
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. H FamilySearch Film # 008659165 — click here to view images (requires free login) Pg. 626-630: November Term 1864: David Whitaker, H. R. Johnson & Chrs. R. Johnson Vs. Ann E. Whitaker, L. D. Whitaker, Peggy Castillow, John Castellow, Sally Sanders, Adeline Midyett,…
File contributed by Jim Curlin Samuel Brown, a pioneer landowner from North Carolina, settled in Haywood County, Tennessee, in 1826. Soon after his arrival he gave land and provided logs to build the first Browns Creek Primitive Baptist Church. His own farm laborers built the first church. Approximately three years later the church burned. A second church was built and consecrated by 1835, and it served the congregation until 1926. In 1870 the name of the church was changed to “Woodland Church” to avoid confusion with…
Submitter unidentified; first archived December, 2001. The Bond Family can be traced back to North Carolina. A slave owner by the name of James Bond, born in North Carolina and his wife, Mildred, born in Virginia, came to Haywood County with their slaves around 1845. The 1860 Census has James Bond with 221 slaves living in 63 houses. For some strange reason, no slave was listed as being over 65 years old, except for one woman who was listed as…
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.” As this table was created from the archived Web page dated 2001, the indication [sic] was inserted…
Her death certificate indicates Mrs. Alice Clark was born in 1885 in Tennessee, daughter of Dan and Mary (Maupin) Brackin. Alice died April 17, 1925, and was buried at Trinity Cemetery. The information below is transcribed from newspaper articles. Source: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 18 April 1925, page 24 R. S. CLARK REMOVED TO JAIL AT JACKSON Threats Made Against Man Accused of Uxoricide. BROWNSVILLE, Tenn., April 17.– Fearing mob violence. Sheriff E. C. King took R. S. Clark, 58,…
Staff at the Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) created a county-level listing of veterans served in World War I. TSLA has a detailed explanation of its resources for World War I veterans. Click here to view the research guide. TSLA’s staff compiled a list of veterans from each county. Click here to view the Haywood County list (updated as of March 31, 2008). Another important searchable database at TSLA is Records of Ex-Soldiers in World War 1. It is…
Abstracted by Barbra Jean Hathcock. The earliest archive of the submission is dated December, 2002. Her published abstracts stop with the letter E. This database contains 2,252 entries. Note the SEARCH box at the top of the table, but use caution in limiting!