Pickett Facebook Group Photo Album
The Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society’s Facebook group has an album full of photos of interest to local researchers.
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Pickett County’s Amonett House To Be Restored
Pickett’s Amonett House Being Restored with State, Private Funding Posted by: Ivan Fisher Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Pickett County’s Amonett House will be restored with $25,000 of grant funding through Tennessee’s ThreeStar program. Byrdstown-Pickett County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director … Continue reading →
Pickett County Families Books (2 Volumes)
Available from the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society or from the library in Byrdstown. Cost is $135.00 (plus shipping/handling if mailed).
Continue reading →Photos of the ‘Old Bridge’ Across Dale Hollow Lake – Pickett County
Photos by David Harer. Google’s settings may require you to click through or sign in.
Continue reading →Brown Family
Photo Album The John Brown Family This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead. However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages. Click here. Descendants of Jesse Brown This page is archived, so e-mail links are … Continue reading →
Lacy Family
Photo Album A Lacy Family History Book Lacy, Ed. (comp. & ed.) A Short, Personal History of the Lacy Family of Jackson County, Tennessee, 1056-1939. 356 W. Claridge St., Satellite Beach, FL, 1979. The Mystery of Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lacy … Continue reading →
Mystery School Photo, Pickett County
Submitted by Rex Bertram with the following text: “I recently aquired this school picture that was taken about 1915, probably a school in or near the Fairview/Dogwalk community. My grandmother is in the picture, and I know who a couple … Continue reading →
Boom Community, Pickett County
contributed by Gary Norris Boom was the more southern post office on the road between Livingston and Byrdstown. It closed because the mail could be sent on better roads over longer distances as time passed. The Monroe Post Office in … Continue reading →
Lillydale Community, Pickett County
contributed by Gary Norris Lillydale post office should have been located in Clay County if I am correct. Lillydale was at the confluence of the Wolf and Obey Rivers. This community was a farming and logging center for the upper … Continue reading →
Oak Grove Community, Pickett County
contributed by Gary Norris (no date) Oak Grove post office closed because it was less needed by families moving northward for jobs in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The completion of Dale Hollow Lake isolated the Oak Grove area on a … Continue reading →