[Will Book 1, pages 311-312 (transcribed by Pam Collier)] I, J. C. Kelly, Being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and publish this as my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all others by me at any time made. First I direct that my funeral expenses and all my personal debts be paid as soon after my death as possible, out of any moneys that I may die possessed of or that may first come…
Jasper Library Address: 14 West 2nd Street, Jasper, TN 37347 Phone: (423) 942-3369 Contact: Carolyn Stewart Hours: Open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Closed Sunday and Thursday Special Notes: All county records and newspapers on microfilm. Orena Humphries Public Library Address: 900 Main Street, Whitwell, TN 37397 Phone: (423) 658-6134 Contact: Linda Powell Hours: Open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Closed Sunday and Thursday Special Notes: The county’s main library for genealogical holdings: censuses,…
[Will Book 1, page 34(transcribed by David Johnson)] On the 21st day of Jany 1883 Cynthia Tate Hamilton deceased in her Last sickness at her Owen habitation in Marion County Tennessee declared in the Presents of the undersigned witnesses thereto who were Both Present at the same time heard the Same noncupation and are intensly[?] disinterested in the subject matter of the bequest that this was her will It is my will that my debts and all charges be…
Sweedens Cove, Battle Creek & “The Gizzard” were among first areas inhabited in Marion County. Sweeden’s Cove Primitive Baptist Church A beautiful photograph circa 1914 of this church and its members exists; the church is still standing in Sweeden’s Cove. The information below is taken from the book by, and reproduced with the permission of: Jerry Blevins P.O. Box 4417 Huntsville, Alabama 35818 1821 Church Membership: Earliest date, other dates not listed here. Beene, Samuel & Sally Sarah Sr.; Patey;…
Nonie Webb is in the final stages of completing a new book, OLD SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, & STUDENTS of MARION CO., TENNESSEE. The book will contain the old schools, teachers and students as well as pictures or artist’s renderings of each school and family information where available. If you have information you wish to add to the book, questions regarding the book or would like to have pre-publishing information (price), please contact me at nwebb [at] voy [dot] net. In the mean time,…
[Will Book 1, pages 204-208 (transcribed by Beverly Burton Culbreth)] I, Morris K. Shoemake, being of sound mind and disposing memory do make and publish this, my last will and testament. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of any monies left by me and if there is any monies needed other than that left by me at my death, I direct that my personal property left by me be sold and the proceeds…
This is the old abandoned train depot at Orme. The tracks are gone long ago. The ticket booth can be seen protruding from the front outside wall like a bay window. A lot of the glass is broken out of the windows, but luckily that is not so evident from this angle. This depot was on a railroad line that ran from Chattanooga to Nashville, and was owned by the NC and St. Louis Railroad. One branch of the tracks…
This cave currently is flooded by Nickajack Lake. The water area in the photo once was dry land on a farm. In the 1960’s I remember finding arrowheads all around in front of the cave. This was the site of some of Marion County’s first residents- Cherokee (or the branch called Chickamauga) Indians. It was the Nickajack Indian Settlement, and it seems several Indians from there assimilated into the “white man’s” world and are ancestors of some of the present-day…
Mrs. W. H. Perkins Mrs. W. H. (Bill) Perkins, 74, of Whitwell, Tenn., died in a Chattanooga hospital early Friday morning. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Gravitt, Mrs. Bob Griffith; four sons, J. W., J. K. and Hoyt Perkins all of Whitwell; Lancy Perkins of Kimball, Tenn.; 31 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren. Graveside services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Red Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Joe V. Colston officiating. arrangements by Hooper Funeral Home. [Jasper…
From the South Pittsburg Hustler, Jan. 3, 1913 page 1 of the newspaper Mangled Body of John Cartwright Discovered Near N.C. & St. L. bridge Saturday Morning, December 28, Where He Was Run Over By Coal Train From Whitwell The mangled body of John Cartwright was found early Saturday morning December 28 near the N.C. & St. L. bridge across Battle Creek by — Dennis, colored, where he was supposed to have been run over by a coal train from…
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