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Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section III – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section III – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section II – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section II – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section I – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section I – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (July 31, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (July 31, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 49 No. 34 — Friday, July 31, 1908 FROM BELLS — Hix MARLOW, who has been in…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Abstracts from the Brownsville District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101  — The District Herald — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 2 No. 37 — October 31, 1840 — Published every Tuesday by D. M….

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Guardianship for Martha E. Hill, Minor Daughter of William Hill (1850)

Guardianship for Martha E. Hill, Minor Daughter of William Hill (1850)

Transcribed by Lynda Clarke in 2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Bond for Richard Hill, Guardian — Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archives. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we, Richard Hill, Thomas A. Adams and William G. Roulhac all of the County of Haywood…

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John Henry Hill Appointed Postmaster at Hillville, 1898

John Henry Hill Appointed Postmaster at Hillville, 1898

Transcribed by Lynda Clarke in 2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archives. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Transcriber’s note:  John Henry Hill was appointed Postmaster at Hillville, TN on January 17th, 1898. Other sources have indicated that the first post office was in the home of…

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Haywood County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions History (1887)

Haywood County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions History (1887)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Goodspeed, History of Tennessee, Haywood County, 1887 The history of the organization of the court of pleas and quarter sessions, at the house of Richard Nixon, on the 8th of March,…

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Haywood County History (1889)

Haywood County History (1889)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Haywood County was created by an act of the General Assemble of the State of Tennessee, passed 3 November 1823 from portions of the Chickasaw Indian Cession. It was to be called…

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