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Wallace Family Bible
This was my Grandmother’s family bible.This is how she had it in her own hand writing. Kathy Ozment at ozmentkl1@charter.net 1st Page Present to Mr. and Mrs. Murray Wallace R#2 Halls Tennessee by: Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Wallace Date: July … Continue reading
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Nall Family Bible
Typed by Gay Mathis (lgm2002@bellsouth.net) 4/23/2003 This data below was taken from typed pages that were in the Nall Family Bible. The following is transcribed from a Bible given to Mary Ann Nall (nee Unthank) & formerly Tippett) by her … Continue reading
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1891 Voter’s List: District 3
Transcribed (best of my ability) by Gay Mathis lgm2002@bellsouth.net Allen, Sam Allen, T.C. Auston, W.T. Alexander, Wilford Abshere?, Horace? Allen, D. Aydelott, B.C. Burnett, J.T. Bryant, W.H. Brown, L.R. Berry?, Charles Bell, John Brasfield, John Burnett, J.C. Brown, Wm Blane, … Continue reading
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1891 Voter’s List: District 2
Transcribed (best of my ability) by Gay Mathis lgm2002@bellsouth.net Arnett, J.D. Allen, W.J. Agnew, Tenn, Anderson, Joe Allen, Tom Ashley, George Anderson, James Box, Geo Box, D. Box, Henry Brady, J. N. Bellou, B. Burrus, Jas Bush, Chas Barker, Henry … Continue reading
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1891 Voter’s List: District 1
Transcribed (best of my ability) by Gay Mathis lgm2002@bellsouth.net Alexander, W.L. Alexander, Wm Alexander, W.L.J. Anderson, Joe Bates. Levy Burcham, Dan Burrus, George Barnes, Wm Brown, B.F. Byas, Joe Byas, Robt Ball, Morgan Brown, Geo Box, D. Alexander, Jim Atkinson, A. … Continue reading
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Jackson Family
Excerpts from “Burnetts Chapel Baptist Church of Lake County, Tennessee – Its Formation, History and Early Members” Researched and written by Abigail Rice Chadwick Hyde Excerpts of church minutes: 2nd Sunday Mar. 1925 – Bro. and Sister JACKSON asked for … Continue reading
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Topography & Migration
Location, Area, and Topography Lake County , located in the northwest corner of Tennessee, is bounded on the north by Fulton County, Kentucky; on the east by Obion and Dyer Counties and Reelfoot Lake; on the south by Dyer County; … Continue reading
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Turnertown
W. T. Turner, born in 1854, settled east of Ridgely and north off the Gratio-Ridgely Road about 2 miles. Mr. Turner built a sawmill there in the late 1800’s, It had closed by the 1920’s. The new (1990) home of … Continue reading
Ridgely
Ridgely began to flourish after the caving of Old Reelfoot into the river. The original pioneers who established Ridgely are: Alexander, Ed Alexander, W. L. Alexander, W. R. Alexander, W. S. Algee, W. R. Auston, John Beardslee, G. C. Bird, … Continue reading
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Old Reelfoot
In 1876-1877, Old Reelfoot appears in the Gazette described as a “post office and settlement of 30 people, known as Danehower’s Landing on the Mississippi River in Lake County, 12 miles from Tiptonville, the seat of justice, 25 miles west … Continue reading
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