Click here to view a blog post about ancestors and descendants of Maclin Bass Johnson and Sarah Eason Jones (b. 1850, Haywood County). Photo gallery image of Martha Ellen Johnson Taylor, b. 7-25-1885 in Nutbush community and d. 1937. … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 # … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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: … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
