Photo Album William C. “Billy” Hughes contributor Ron Dishman, Overton County Historian William C. “Billy” Hughes was born December 14, 1841. The date on his headstone is incorrect. He died December 19, 1917, at the age of 86. Billy … Continue reading →
Lester Raymond Flatt was born in Duncan’s Chapel, Overton County, Tennessee, to Nannie Mae Haney and Isaac Columbus Flatt. In 1931, Lester married Gladys Lee Stacy (1915-2014), a native of White County. Scroll down this article to read Gladys’ memories, … Continue reading →
Photo Album The Daniel Johnson & John Johnson Families This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead. However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages. Click here. The Hubbard Johnson Family This page is archived, so … Continue reading →
The information in this article was transcribed by Tami Ramsey. For more information about the Circuit Court’s purpose, click here to read Chuck Sherrill’s excellent article Tennessee Court System Prior to 1870.
Continue reading →Transcribed by Tami Ramsey The 1860 Census enumerated individuals who died during the year preceding the census date.
Continue reading →contributed by John German The following is from an unidentified newspaper clipping marked only by the date May 25, 1864: The Plea of a Brave Tennessee Soldier and a Staunch Patriot: We publish this letter as an interesting chapter in … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Abstracted by Harold Keisling Tennessee counties’ census records prior to 1830 are difficult to locate because of a fire at the National Archives storage facility. Fortunately, Overton County’s enumeration for 1820 survived. Notes from the abstractor: This work is intended … Continue reading →
At his family history Web site, Guy Zimmerman published a PDF file containing scanned pages from the photo album of Mary Wells Bertram. Additional surnames in the album include Amonett, Beuel, Bilbrey, Brock, Brown, Burks, Caldwell, Chilton, Coe, Conner, Davis, … Continue reading →
Photo Album Biography Stephen West served in the Civil War. His daughter, Martha, married William Ervin Butram, another veteran whose information is in a separate article on this site. Stephen WEST, son of Stephen West and Mary Belk, was born … Continue reading →
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