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 being 110 years of age. James…
Taken from: Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records – W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes (No Copywrite) Abrstract by Barbra Jean Hathcock, Ray1693@aol.com 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…
This post and photos are submitted by Bettye Seaton Liberty in January, 2026. Scroll the photo album using the arrows below the photos. Maranatha Baptist Church was founded in the mid-1940’s as an Independent Baptist congregation. It remains a vibrant worship center serving multiple communities today. The First Pastor Rev. John W. Seaton, Jr., was called to the ministry as a young man and held pastorates in Woodville and Edith before he was called to Maranatha about 1947 to…
Beech Grove, established 1883, was the first Afro-American Church of Christ in Haywood County. The history of the church as written in History of Haywood County, 1989, states that it was begun very near the present location by a few black Christians who had been taught by whites who lived in the vicinity. And it was, at first, called “The Church of God.” Land was purchased for $8.00 from W. A. Whitelaw and wife and specified for church property “to…
Allen is about halfway between Brownsville and Bells on Highway 79 and also on the railroad. In the past, as many as six passenger trains a day passed through and four stopped at Allen Station. Sometimes the trips were short … a few miles up to Bells or over to the county seat at Brownsville. Freight trains were loaded with apples, strawberries, milk and hides. And at one time Allen had two stores, a cotton gin, grist mill, sawmill, barber…
This transcription was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2002. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original item. The original item has the wrong year; it shows 1857, but the Haywood County Coordinator confirmed it was 1851. Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Haywood County Roll #11 Click here to view this microfilm image free at FamilySearch (Film #008151487). You will require a free login to see the digitized record….
This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Lynda Clarke in 2002. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original item. Guardian’s Bond KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we, Richard Hill, Thomas A. Adams and William G. Roulhac all of the County of Haywood and State of Tennessee are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the sum of one thousand dollars in trust for the use and benefit of…
This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Joy Fisher in 2005. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original item. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language. In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Source: A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, by Will T. Hale; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913 HALLUM WOOD GOODLOE. When on January 19,…
This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Joy Fisher in 2005. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original item. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language. In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Source: A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, by Will T. Hale; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913 REAU ESTES FOLK. Among the prominent sons…
This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Joy Fisher in 2005. No copyright infringement is intended. Click here to view the original item. Note: The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language. In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Source: A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, by Will T. Hale; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913 EDGAR ESTES FOLK, A. M., D. D….