Obion County, Tennessee Surname-Registry

Are you researching an Obion County family? If so, to add your names to this surname registry, email me with the following information:

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  Note, October 2021 – some names and email addresses below have been on this list for nearly 20 years and may very well no longer be in use. Names followed by an asterisk are recent additions, October 2021 or later.

Surname;  Researcher;  Additional-Information

• Adams; Tommy Adams
• Alexander; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Alexander; Mary McTurner
• Applewhite; Mary Clement Douglass; http://www.historical-matters.com
• Baldridge; Mary McTurner
• Barnes; Joyce Noeltner
• Beasley; Talley Bailey
• Berry; David Threlkeld; (were in the Woodland Mills area mid-to-late 1800’s)
• Bills; Tommy Adams
• Blankenship; Jackie Bricker; (George Washington Blankenship; b. 15 Nov 1815; d. 4 Jan 1912; spouse Victoria Stafford was b. 1821 Obion County)
• Brown; Tammy Williams*; (Joseph O. Brown, b. abt 1857 or 1867, d.1944.  Husband of Phoebe Ferrell and of Ellen (md before – WILLIAMS).  Father of Vancil, Elizabeth, Zora, etc.  Son of Jim BROWN & May LONG per his death cert.  Does not appear on census record with parents.)
• Brown; Tammy Williams*; (Phoebe Ferrell Brown – b.1871 or 78, d. 1917.  Daughter of Gabe Ferrell. Spelled Phoebe & Feby.  Married J. O. Brown in Lake Co., TN, 1897. Cannot find anything prior to this. Parents born in Tennessee, per 1910 census)
• Brownlow; Glenda
• Bryant; Larry Bryant; (Thomas Bryant – b. 1832, d. 1888; spouse Nancy J. & Mary M.)
• Calhoun; Joyce Colson
• Calhoun; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Calhoun; Mary McTurner
• Calhoun; Susan Shiver Barrow*
• Childers; Glenn R. Snow*
• Church; Eddie Church
• Clark; Linda Simmons
• Cloar; Bill Cloar
• Cochran; Mary McTurner
• Corum; Talley Bailey
• Crittendon; David Duncan
• Crockett; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Culbertson / Culberson / Culbeson; Karen Riley Hall
• Cummins; Joy Fuller; (Alexander Gray Cummins; b.1800 Orange NC; d.1862 Prairie, AR; spouse Grizzel Thompson Woods; b.1800 Orange, NC; d. 1837 Obion, TN)
• James W. Curry (1824-1902); Curry, Larry (also researching Wilson, Childers, Jackson, Short, Baulch, Heflin, and Turner)
• Eaves / Eves; Mike Ballard
• Ellis; Mike Ballard, Thomas Ellis (Gilbert R. Ellis b. 1804)
• Ferrell; Tammy Williams* (Gabe Ferrell, father of Phoebe Ferrell – see Brown)
• Fisher; Talley Bailey
• Fox; Joyce Noeltner
• Gentry; Karen Beck; (William Walter Gentry; James Milton Gentry; James Mattox Gentry)
• George; Linda; (Traverse [Travis] George & Elizabeth; daughter Eliza m’d Calvin Kellett/Killet)
• Gilliam; Tommy Adams
• Glover; Bill Cloar
• Goodlow; Edna Mae Sanders
• Goss; Mary Harper
• Grisham; Shirl Sowell
• Hairald; Alison Toney
• Hale; Joyce Noeltner
• Hamblin / Hamblen; Jim Smith
• Hampton; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Harmon; Mary McTurner
• Harrison; Glenda; (J. W. Harrison)
• Hays; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Hester; Steve & Charlene Seachord; (John Hester m. Louisa A. Russell Morgan about 1873)
• Hudson / Hutson; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Hunt; Sandra N. Rankin
• Johns; Talley Bailey
• Jones; Jim Smith
• Kellett / Killet; Linda; (Calvin Kellett/Killett m. Eliza George)
• Kelly / Kelley; Lee Ann Kelly Boluda; (Ernest/Earnest Kelly/Kelley 1904-1983, spouse Ardell Francis McKinney 1910-1987)
• Lane; Edna Mae Sanders
• Laster; Glenda
• Lillard; Nancy Laird; (Missouri Emmaline Lillard)
• Long; Joyce Noeltner
• Long; Tammy Williams*; (May Long – mother of Joseph O. Brown – see Browns above)
• Mackins; Edna Mae Sanders
• Mahon; Shirl Sowell
• Malone; Dana Malone; (Thomas Malone 1867-1948 TN, spouse Mary Kimbrough b.1875 TN)
• Maple; Shirl Sowell
• Marshall; Mary McTurner
• Marshall; Joyce Colson
• Martin; Mary McTurner
• McCollum; Mary McTurner
• McGowan; Valerie Winn; (Rev. William Henry McGowan c1821-1878, spouse Mininah “Nancy” Catherine Houston 1828-1866)
• McKinney; Lee Ann Kelly Boluda; (Ardell Francis McKinney 1910-1987, spouse Ernest/Earnest Kelly/Kelley 1904-1983)
• McKinnis; Glenn Rutz
• McTernan / McTurner; Mary McTurner
• Minton; Linda Simmons
• Morgan; Steve & Charlene Seachord; (John M. Morgan mar. Louisa A. Russell in 1858; John died in the Civil War);  Seachord / Simoneau / Morgan / Winslow
• Nall; Linda Simmons
• Oakley; Linda Simmons
• Parrish; James A. Parrish; (Ransom Abraham Parrish; I have some information about Ransom Parrish but I am looking for information about his family, especially his parents and his children.)
• Pinion; Jim Smith
• Powers; Mary McTurner
• Presley; Mary McTurner
• Pride; Mary McTurner
• Rankin; Sandra N. Rankin
• Ray / Wray; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Reed; Mary McTurner
• Roper; Sandra N. Rankin
• Russell; Mary McTurner
• Russell; Steve & Charlene Seachord; (Louisa A Russell (m1) John M. Morgan in 1858; (m2) John Hester about 1873)
• Samons; Glenda
• Sanders; Edna Mae Sanders
• Shelby; Alison Toney
• Sherron; Joyce Noeltner
• Smith; Edna Mae Sanders
• Smith; Linda Simmons
• Smith; Clara Wilson Thompson; (Isabella Smith (1778-1880’s)
• Snow; Betty Snow
• Snow; Glenn R. Snow*
• Sowell; Shirl Sowell
• Tate; Alison Toney
• Thompson; Nancy Laird; (Catherine Lula Thompson)
• Thomsen; Clara Wilson Thompson
• Threlkeld; David Threlkeld; (were in the Woodland Mills area mid-to-late 1800’s)
• Vaughan; Mary McTurner
• Verdell; Glenda
• Waggoner; Edna Mae Sanders
• Walker; Karen Moore Waugh; (James B. Walker 1818-1882) I am trying to prove his Confederate service so that we may bestow a Military Service Award to his grandson and my grandfather Harry G. Walker for his service in WWI. His father, Robert Walker, came to Obion County in the 1840’s from Floyd County, Indiana. James B. followed him and purchased a farm there in 1851. James B. Walker served in the Confederacy and as Sheriff of Obion County immediately after the war, while tensions were still high.
• Walker; Rachelle Kowal* (Reuben Walker – located in Obion Co. in 1837.Born in North Carolina and is on the 1850 Census with wife Mary Polly, also born in North Carolina. I am specifically interested in finding where he came from in NC.)
• Weatherspoon; Glenda
• Williams; Nancy Laird; (John Fletcher Williams, et al)
• Williamson; Mary Harper
• Wilson; Mary McTurner
• Wilson; Clara Wilson Thompson; (James Wilson 1779-1880)
• Woods; Joy Fuller; (David Woods; b.1700 Orange NC; d.1828 Hickman, Fulton KY; spouse Margaret Allison; b.abt.1771 Orange, NC; d.1828 Hickman, Fulton KY)
• Wray / Ray; Lonna Jean Conroy
• Zachary; Lee Ann Kelly Boluda