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

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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Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

Representative Samuel A. McElwee (R-Haywood County 1883-1889)

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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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Sheriff and Constables Post Security Bonds (1865)

Sheriff and Constables Post Security Bonds (1865)

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)   July Term, 1865 Page 17: Howell H. Mahon, who has been appointed and commissioned Sheriff of Haywood County, by William L. Brownlow, Governor of the State of Tennessee, this…

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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.

Brownsville City Directory, 1872-1873

Brownsville City Directory, 1872-1873

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…

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David Alexander Nunn, 1833-1918, Federal and State Representative

David Alexander Nunn, 1833-1918, Federal and State Representative

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Click here to view archived page captured September 15, 1999. NUNN, David Alexander, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., July 26, 1833; attended private schools and the West Tennessee College at Jackson, Tenn.; studied law; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1853; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Brownsville; presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860 and on the Republican ticket in 1864;…

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