Williams, Newt Family

Newt & Cordelia Williams Family-1910-11?   Lem Honeycutt, Otto Williams at Lancing Depot. Early 50s WILLIAMS,Otto; HONEYCUTT Otto and Old Car (House on left side of Rome Rd?)(unknown girl) Otto & Clear Creek Cemetery, W of Lancing  Williams, Arthur  Flora (Williams) White   WHITE,Flora (Williams) & Ethel Effie (Williams) Davidson-1920s–at her father, Newt’s Effie (Williams)… Continue reading Williams, Newt Family

1856 Court Minutes

MORGAN COUNTY TENNESSEE County Court Clerk Minutes Covering the year of 1856 Copied from the TN State Library and Archives Microfilm Roll #9 by Wilma Gibson ————– March term p. 23 On motion of A. J. SUMMERS, one of the adm. of the estate of LEMUEL* SUMMERS dec’d B. T. STAPLES is appointed with L.… Continue reading 1856 Court Minutes

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

Sunbright Cemetery

SUNBRIGHT CEMETERY Located East of Sunbright, about .3 mile on Pea Ridge Rd. Located on both sides of the road. JOHN LUTHER GRIFFIN b:  8-24-1886 d:  6-23-1956 * MARTHA WALKER GRIFFIN d/o Edmond & Martha Needham Walker b:  3-19-1897 d:  10-6-1980 ROBERT LEE GRIFFIN s/o John & Martha Walker Griffin b:  11-10-1924 d:  Jan. 21, 2001… Continue reading Sunbright Cemetery

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

Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)

MORGAN COUNTY is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, which has an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the sea.  It is surrounded by the counties of Scott, Anderson, Roane, Cumberland and Fentress.  The greater portion of the surface is very broken, especially in the southern part.  The principal mountains are the Crab Orchard, Lone and Brushy,… Continue reading Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)