Tornadoes in Fentress County
DATE DEAD INJ CATEGORY 1939 Virgil Crockett & Cora Lee Neal were killed Feb 17, 1956 0 2 F1 Feb 27, 1956 0 0 F1 Nov 18, 1957 0 2 F2 Apr 15, 1965 0 0 F2 May 14, 1972 … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Local History & Information
Murder of Marshal John Woods, 1871
Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Murder In Fentress County.” United States Marshal WOODS Killed. Some time ago an account was given of the swindling of the celebrated Tinker Dave BEATIE out of a large among of back pay and bounty granted … Continue reading →
Owens Family
Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Homicide in Fentress.” The Morgan Dispatch says that on Wednesday of last week, in Fentress county, Harrison OWENS was murdered by John STEPHENS. Both were citizens of the county. For some time they had been nursing … Continue reading →
Assassination of Marshall Miller Hurst, 1884
Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Assassinated.” Deputy Marshal Killed Near Jamestown.” To The Chronicle. Jamestown, Tenn., Oct. 11.– To-day about 11 o’clock as U.S. Deputy Marshals Miller HURST and Sherrif PILE were coming in with a prisoner, when about seven miles … Continue reading →
Oak Hill Institute
Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Oak Hill, Tenn.” (Overton Co., TN). This article was “deferred from last week.” This community was saddened about one week ago by learning of the death of Prof. W.P. HENARD. He died at his home in … Continue reading →
Dave Beaty’s Soldiers’ Indictments for Murder
Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Wholesale Indictment For Murder.” A few years ago, about thirty of Tinker Dave’s gang residing in Overton and Fentress counties, were indicted for murder committed during the war. Wm. THREAT and Gen. BOWLES have been arrested … Continue reading →
Fentress County Places, Historic and Current
The table below is primarily drawn from the United States Geological Survey place name database. Annotations were made by an unidentified individual. You can search this table.
Continue reading →Jonathan Hale’s Union Support Led Him To Flee Upper Cumberland
by Dr. Calvin Dickinson & Charlene McClain Jonathan Hale (1817-1896), born in Stoddard, Massachusetts (sic), studied medicine in Pennsylvania, according to family tradition. It is unknown if he actually attended a medical school, if he studied under a physician, or … Continue reading →
The Upper Cumberland Region in the 1790’s
Map of Tennessee originally published in A new and elegant general atlas, depicting Tennessee in the 1790’s. Map shows counties, Indian lines, settlements, rivers, the Mero District and the Washington District. This map is a snippet from the full map … Continue reading →
FamilySearch Research Wiki Pages
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