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Bond, Waller, Jordan, and Gray Marriages

Bond, Waller, Jordan, and Gray Marriages

The text is based on primary research on persons named Bond, Waller, Jordan and Gray who lived in Haywood or Madison Counties in southwestern TN. Research was performed at the Tennessee State Library & Archives or at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT. No validation has been done on this data other than checking against the source records for accuracy in recording data. Names are listed alphabetically by groom. Researched and contributed by Ivy [surname not indicated; AOL…

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Wellwood School (circa 1920)

Wellwood School (circa 1920)

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Photo and information contributed by Mary Ann Mastin #1. and #1. back row and 2nd row not visible Back Row l to r 1 Leslie Sullivan 2 Roy Mitchell 3 Luther Belch 4 Tom McCage 5 Edgar Smith 6 Owen Joyner 7 Ruth Joyner 8 Thelma Lea 9 Gladys Overton 10 Pearl Belch 11 Lorine Tippette 12 Mai Brown 13 Mattie Medlin’   2nd row L to R 1 Gertrude Tippette 2 Nettie Bowlin 3 Dura Hill 4 Nable Joyner…

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Haywood Countians in Wars, 1812 to 1865

Haywood Countians in Wars, 1812 to 1865

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, Haywood County (1887), pages 823-825 Many of the early settlers of Haywood County, among whom we may mention Col. Richard Nixon, Maj. Farrington, Jonathan T. Jacocks, John Sangster, Nelson Hargrove and Silas M. Morton, were survivors of the war of 1812. The county was not represented in the war with Mexico by any organized body of troops, but a number of her citizens joined the company that was organized at Jackson, and served with it…

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Bradford-Wilson Family

Bradford-Wilson Family

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Abstracted by Barbra Jean Hathcock about December, 2001. Source: Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records – W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes   This information was obtained from a letter to Mrs. (Kathleen W.) Caradine from Inez (Mrs. Mides) Bradford, dated 18 Feb, 1940. It reads as follows (copied verbatim): “Dear Mrs. Caradine-; We are delighted with the book, its arrangement and everything, and thank you so much for sending it. I have looked it over carefully and note…

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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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