The now-defunct West Tennessee Historical Society published quarterly journals, dating 1947-1991. Physical copies exist in public library collections. Issues are available on microfiche from FamilySearch. Click here to learn more. The publications are indexed in PERSI. Click here to learn more about this essential database resource.
The information below is from Newspapers.com — no copyright infringement is intended. The States-Graphic newspaper issues from 1916-1918 are available at Newspapers.com, and some of the content is viewable without a login. Click here to learn more. The same 1916-1918 issues are available free on-line at the Library of Congress Chronicling America collection. Click here to learn more. The States-Graphic in Brownsville, Tennessee, was formed in 1900 when the States-Democrat merged with the Graphic. There are no extant issues of…
The Reese J. Moses-Scallions Genealogy Room is located in the Elma Ross Library in Brownsville. Reese Moses was a phenomenal Haywood County local and family historian, and she actively supported the Haywood County TNGenWeb through volunteering to do record look-ups for researchers. Click here to learn more about the library. Scott Williams featured the library’s genealogy collection in a 2011 post at his Haywood County Line blog. Click here to read the post.
Abstracted by Barbra Jean Hathcock. The earliest archive of the submission is dated December, 2002. Her published abstracts stop with the letter E. This database contains 2,252 entries. Note the SEARCH box at the top of the table, but use caution in limiting!
Contributed by site visitors. Submitted by Ramona (surname not given): John Dunavan (Dunavant) to Sallie (Sarah) Vaughn on March 29,1870 Haywood Co. – note: Sallie was daughter of James David Vaughn and Mary Jane Frazor from Sumner Co. Samuel P. Savely to Julia A Vaughn December 08,1867 Charley Vaughn to Etta McClintock Febuary 26,1889 Submitted by Trish Bowman: W.P. Higgins to Martha E. Watson January 12, 1868, Bondsman W.F. Watson, Book 3, p.218 Haywood County, TN Marriage Records Submitted by…
This table contains a combination of two separate archived pages from the Haywood County TNGenWeb site, with a total of 3,341 entries. One page, identified as obituaries from the 1980’s to about 2010, said it was an index of obituaries from mainly The (Brownsville) States-Graphic newspaper. The other page was identified as a partial listing of obituaries published 1996-1997. To obtain a copy of an obituary, contact the Elma Ross Public Library in Brownsville and provide the information from this…
Transcribed by Tina Gray. Source: Unidentified — the original transcription submitted identifies “Volume E,” but the Register’s Office records of land grants and entries only cover the period 1793-1834. Click here to view the description at FamilySearch (may require free login). [Note 04 January 2026: These records predate Haywood county’s formation in 1823. The submitted transcription is at least 20 years old and does not indicate where the original record was located. Click here to view the listing of digitized…
Transcribed by Tina Gray. Source: Haywood County Register of Deeds, Land Grants, Dec 1820 – June 1834 [Note 04 January 2026: Click here to view the digitized microfilm of this record book is available for free viewing at FamilySearch. You will need a free login to view the images. The books are not chronological on the microfilm. This time period is Item #1. During this period of time, much of Haywood County was owned by the Chicksaw and ceded in…
Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Tem Moody The Estes Family Cemetery is located about 1/4 mile south of Fulton Road (SR 87) on Estes Lane in Haywood County, TN. It is about 0.2 mile east of the Lauderdale County line. To reach the cemetery from Brownsville TN travel west out of town on Hwy 54 to Hwy 19 West, then to Hwy 87. Turn left on Hwy 87 and travel 10.5 miles to Estes Lane. The cemetery is surrounded by…
This content is under development. In the early years of TNGenWeb’s existence, Look-up Volunteers were a vital resource. They would check physical books, microfilm, or loose papers at local libraries and other resources for individuals. The proliferation of on-line records makes look-up volunteers essentially unnecessary today. An archived Haywood County TNGenWeb page contains a tribute to a long-time look-up volunteer: In Memoriam Reese J. Moses Dedicated Genealogist and Lookup Volunteer for Haywood County Reese passed away October, 2005. She is and…