1875 Excerpts

MORGAN COUNTY COURT 1875 – EXCERPTS January Term P. 43 WILLIAM MARTIN, WILLIAM HOWARD, JAMES MELTON are released from the county tax for the year 1874. T. A. SIENKNICHT, ELI FAIRCHILD presented their settlement of the estate of GEORGE CLAYTON, dec’d, which is satisfactory and they are released of futher libilities oas adminastrators. JOHN J.… Continue reading 1875 Excerpts

News – 1921

1921   Jan. 1921   Supt. JUSTUS had this week, the announcement of the marriage of Supt. B. F. EVANS of Coalfield Schools to Miss NELSON of Clinton. Jan. 14, 1921: Mrs. Edward FREELS has moved to our town for the purpose of sending his children to school. F. T. Saffell, tax assessor of Lancing, was in town Thursday… Continue reading News – 1921

News clippings, 1918

News Clippings – 1918 MARRIAGE LICENSES  – Issued week ending March 9, 1918 A. H. Portwood to Minnie Wood J. D. Jones to Carrie Harrl Hugh Carr to Ethel Presswood Chas. Hown to Louvrnia Sims Harry Hammonds to Cassie Sexton Maynard Bishop to Ruth Hartley Elbert Goad to Laura Innis _______________ Issued week of March 16,… Continue reading News clippings, 1918

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

2ND TENNESEE INFANTRY REGIMENT – COMPANY B

2ND TENNESEE INFANTRY REGIMENT – COMPANY B  Company B was enrolled at Montgomery, Morgan County, Tennessee August 6, 1861 by James M. Melton and Mitchell R. Millsaps.  The men were from Morgan and Fentress counties.  Mustered in at CampDick Robinson, Ky., August 20, 1861.  Mustered out at Knoxville,October 6, 1864.  Mitchell R. Millsaps was Captain. ASHLEY, Josiah… Continue reading 2ND TENNESEE INFANTRY REGIMENT – COMPANY B

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

Stringfield, Jettie Garrett

  Mrs. Jettie Garrett Stringfield, 105, Sunbright died Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, 1986 in the Harriman Hospital.  She was a member of the Annadell Baptist Church and the wife of the late Frazier Stringfield.  She was also preceded in death by six children: Flonia Freeman, Flora Barnes, Earl Stringfield and three who died in early childhood,… Continue reading Stringfield, Jettie Garrett

Olmstead, Mollie Byrd

* Miss Mollie Olmstead 13 Oct. 1899, 15 April 2005 daughter of Ben Garrett and Lauria (Laura) Byrd. * Laura Byrd is the daughter of Capt. John Henry Byrd and Mary Elizabeth Lavender      Capt. John Henry Byrd is the son of Vardeman Bird and Elizabeth Duncan      The above family helped to settle Morgan… Continue reading Olmstead, Mollie Byrd