These pages are designed to help you in your search for Native American roots. It is a fantastic journey but not an easy one. There are many paths to be followed in order to prove or disprove any family traditions of Native American Ancestry. It is a pleasure to join with the TNGenWeb Project, and specifically the “First Persons of Tennessee” special project. I want to stress that these pages are not limited to the confines of the state of…
The First People of Tennessee Our Aboriginal People of Tennessee map (93k) shows the Indian cultural groups at about 1700 CE (AD) just after the beginning of the Historic Period. The map locates the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Quapaw, Shawnee, and Yuchi (a.k.a Uchee) in what is now Tennessee. We have added to our list, Catawba, Chiaha, Kaskinampo, Mosopelia, Muscogee (Creek), Natchez, Tali, and Tuskegee. Of these First Nations, only the Cherokee and Chickasaw treated with the British colonials and/or later with the United…
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.
Goodspeed, History of Tennessee, Haywood County, 1887 Stanton, situated on the Memphis division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad twelve miles southwest of Brownsville, was named after Joseph B. Stanton, an old settler, on whose land the village was located in 1856. F. W. Cbainey erected the first house for a store-room in 1856, and was the first postmaster, the office being established that year. The village has had a slow growth. It now contains two dry goods stores, two drug…
Allen’s Station, Asbury, Belle Eagle, Bethel, Brownsville, Christmasville or Castellaw Corner, Clark’s, Cliff Creek, Dancyville, Jim Dancy’s Dancyville, Eurekaton, Forked Deer, Hillville, Johnson’s Grove, Jones Station, Keeling, KoKo, Lebanon, Nutbush, Orysa, Owl City, Providence, Rudolph, Shepp, Stanton, Sulphur Springs, Sunny Hill, Tabernacle, Tibbs, Union, Wellwood, Wesley, Woodland, Woodville, Zion BETHEL: Probably settled by Bob Taylor, and later Mr. Stocton bought the land which became known as Stocton’s Bottom. In 1870 Gibson Kendrick moved here and built a sawmill. By 1875 the first school was established called Antioch at one time, then…
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Microcopy 653, Roll 1254, Fred S. Dewolf, enumerator Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson, about 2000. Each line indicates house number, family number, name, age, occupation, real property value, personal property value, and birthplace. 692-625. Anthony, William A., 47, farmer, 65000, 163500, va; Julia A., 39, nc; William L., 21, school in yr, tn; Mark, 17, school in yr, tn; Susan, 14, school in yr, tn; Josephine, 12, school in yr, tn; Ellen, 10, school in yr, tn; Sarah, 9, school…
Microcopy 653, Roll 1254, Fred S. Dewolf, enumerator Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson, about 2000. Each line indicates house number, family number, name, age, occupation, real property value, personal property value, and birthplace. 1-1. Watkins, John R., 35, phys & farmer, 30000, 60000, tn; Anne E. 26, tn; William S. 10, tn Condrey, William, 20, laborer, Canada 2-2. Miller, Elizabeth, 92, 10000, 20000, va; Susan, 60, va 3-3. Wild, John A., 39, overseer, , 300, sc; Rebecca, 40, sc; Harvey…