1859 Court Minutes

MORGAN COUNTY COURT 1859 EXCERPTS P. 187 Ordered by the court, that WILLIAM MYRES be allowed $5 out of any money in the hands of the trustee not otherwise appropriated for making EDWARD HAWKINS coffin. Ordered by the court, that the heirs of JOHN McEWIN be released of any and all taxes with which they were… Continue reading 1859 Court Minutes

Crab Orchard Cemetery

CRAB ORCHARD CEMETERY  Oakdale, Tennessee Located about 3 miles south of Oakdale just off Hwy 299 next to the Crab Orchard Church Edward Otto Leopper 11-28-1943, 12-27-1945 son of Ralph Henry & Bertie Rachel MCGILL Leopper. J. L. Laymance Norma Corinne Alley 8-11-1949, 7-25-1951 Rose Land  [Rose Velt Land] 12-12-1903, 2-11-1970 d/o Benjamin Franklin Hall … Continue reading Crab Orchard Cemetery

Adcock, Harold

 HAROLD ADCOCK PHOTOS Eliza McGuffy Adcock mother of Harold Adcock wife of Arch Adcock Harold Adcock, ca 1915 Harold Adcox (Adcock)  1947 Harold Adcox (Adcock) , first on left Bingham Family Mattie Bingham (Adcock) 2nd from left L-R: Lee Anna Isham Bingham Robert Bingham Dorothy Bingham Mattie Adcock Mrs. Edgar Rivers Rockwood, TN Harold Adcock… Continue reading Adcock, Harold

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916>  Central High School Honor Roll First Grade:         Iva Levan, Henry Heidel Second Grade:    Jessie Cooper Third Grade:        Ella Crenshaw, Labon Summer, Mary Summer Iva Redmon Fourth Grade:      Elsia Moates Fifth Grade:         Lorene Davis, Nellie Hall, Parlia Henry Seventh Grade:    Merida Byrd, Dixie Davis, Charley Newberry, Madge… Continue reading NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

Communities of the Past

COMMUNITIES OF THE PAST BINGHAM’S CHAPEL     Bingham’s chapel was located about 2 1/2 miles west of Oakdale on what is now known as the Snow Hill Road area. Several families lived in this community. These families included the Whaleys, Engerts, Binghams, Snows, Robinson, Cromwell, Fairchilds and  more. There was a building used as a church… Continue reading Communities of the Past

Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

MORGAN COUNTY MARRIAGES FROM CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS Morgan County’s  Marriage records were destroyed by Confederate troops during the Civil War. However, in many Civil War Pension applications, marriage dates are also included.The marriage dates that appear here are from those pension records on file in the Genealogy Room located in the Archive Building in Wartburg, Tennessee, and… Continue reading Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

HAMBY, Grace (b. 1911)

Grace Hamby, of Lancing, celebrated her 103rd birthday on December 1st. She is currently the oldest person in Morgan County. Pictured are Grace Hamby (center), then, from left great-granddaughter, Jodie Headrick, great-great-granddaughter Lachele Headrick and grandson, Edward JW Hamby Jr.  [Morgan County News, Dec. 2014] GRACE HAMBY Born: December 1, 1911. one of a dozen… Continue reading HAMBY, Grace (b. 1911)