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Sheriff and Constables Post Security Bonds (1865)

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. 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…

Civil Rights Movement Experiences of Two Brownsville Families

January 10, 2026 TNGenWeb

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

January 7, 2026 TNGenWeb

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…

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

January 5, 2026 Bettye Liberty

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;…