Research Aids – Page 34 – Haywood County TNGenWeb

Brown’s Creek Baptist Church Minutes

January 8, 2026 Bettye Liberty

Minutes: 6 June 1836— “Received by experience John Curlin Saturday before the 2nd Lords day in 1836– “Opened a door for the reception of members and Brethren Joel Watkins and Jackson Curlin and Sisters Fanny Watkins, Matilda Jones, Weatherly (?), Susan Clow and Nancy Rose by experience. 2 June 1837– “Appointed Thomas W. Batchelor, John Curlin and Joel Akins a committee to ascertain the best form of an [addition] to our meeting house also the probable cost. Saturday before the 2nd Sunday in September 1837— “Took up the reference…

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The Curlin Family and The Brown’s Creek Baptist Church, 1836-1879

January 8, 2026 Bettye Liberty

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 built the first church. Approximately three years later the church burned. A second church was built and consecrated by 1835, and it served the congregation until 1926. In 1870 the name of the church was changed to “Woodland Church” to avoid confusion with…

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Descendants of Benjamin Bond

January 8, 2026 Bettye Liberty

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 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…

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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…

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Tragic Death of Alice Brackin Clark in 1925

January 7, 2026 TNGenWeb

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: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 18 April 1925, page 24 R. S. CLARK REMOVED TO JAIL AT JACKSON Threats Made Against Man Accused of Uxoricide. BROWNSVILLE, Tenn., April 17.– Fearing mob violence. Sheriff E. C. King took R. S. Clark, 58,…

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Haywood County Deaths in 1925

January 7, 2026 TNGenWeb

Abstracted by Sarah Hutcherson in 2001. Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives microfilm roll #182, volume 30. Copied from the USGenWeb Archives. Earliest date archived is January, 2002. Note the table below has a SEARCH box. Be cautious about limiting spellings! Below the table, you will find a horizontal scroll bar that permits viewing the very wide display.

Sons & Daughters of Haywood County

January 7, 2026 Bettye Liberty

Created from Chickasaw Indian lands and named for Judge John Haywood, Haywood County was part of Madison County when the Tennessee General Assembly created it in 1823-24. Later, part of Haywood County was taken to create Lauderdale and Crockett Counties. The state legislature designated Brownsville as the county seat. Haywood County is the only majority black county in the state of Tennessee. It has grown from a population of 265 families in 1826 to a population that reached 19,797 in…

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Haywood County Deaths in 1930

January 7, 2026 TNGenWeb

Abstracted by Sarah Hutcherson. Copied from the USGenWeb Archives. Earliest date archived is January, 2002. Note the table below has a SEARCH box. Be cautious about limiting spellings! Below the table, you will find a horizontal scroll bar that permits viewing the very wide display.

World War I Veterans of Haywood County

January 6, 2026 TNGenWeb

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. TSLA’s staff compiled a list of veterans from each county. Click here to view the Haywood County list (updated as of March 31, 2008). Another important searchable database at TSLA is Records of Ex-Soldiers in World War 1. It is…

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1860 Census of Haywood County

January 6, 2026 TNGenWeb

The 1860 Census for Haywood County listed every person in a each household. Once again, relationships to the head-of-household were not recorded. Separately, enumerators counted the enslaved population of each enslaver. Additionally in 1860, enumerators detailed those individuals who died in the preceding year in a Mortality Schedule for each county. Researchers must read the background information about this census to understand what was recorded. Click here to view an introduction from FamilySearch. Images are available in a variety of…

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