This document was submitted to the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook Group by Tedd Masiongale in August, 2021, with the following notation: In the 80’s my grandmother Edith Smith and I sat down and, based on her recollection, … Continue reading →
This document was submitted to the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook Group by Tedd Masiongale in August, 2021, with the following notation: In 1982 my grandmother, Edith Smith, and I drove around Guntertown, Robbinstown and Double Top collecting … Continue reading →
In 1834, the Tennessee Legislature mandated that each county set out districts for administration, voting, and taxation. Those districts were to be effective in 1836. Every county created a map, but many maps were lost. Fortunately, the map for Overton … Continue reading →
Citation not included with uploaded file. Submitted to the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook Group in December, 2020, by Ronald Dishman with this information: Joshua Garrett Heirs document some may already have it. I don’t believe I have … Continue reading →
Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate five Pickett County veterans completed questionnaires about their service during World War I. The World War I questionnaire project (TSLA Record Group 239) was part of an effort to gather … Continue reading →
Click here for a link to view the actual volume in another article on this site. The full text is included on this TNGenWeb site because it contains references to locations and individuals from the region. The text below was … Continue reading →
Can You Speak Country? and Other Old Wives Tales Compiled by L. K. Thomas, descendant of the Phillips and other families of this region I feel pretty confident that my mother would not object to my use of the term … Continue reading →
This information is from book index pages on the now-defunct Overton County Kin page maintained by Shawn Gray. No copyright infringement is intended by posting the data here. The three known volumes, entitled Family Tree Book, were obtainable from Shawn … Continue reading →
World War Record of Ex-Soldiers of Overton County provides local and statistical data about this county’s participation in World War I. This volume reports that 603 individuals served from Overton County during World War I. There were 547 soldiers in … Continue reading →
The source of this information is not clearly identified. It may not be a complete listing of Overton Countians lost in service during the Korean War. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero. … Continue reading →
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