Photographed and contributed by Tami Ramsey. This may or may not be a complete listing. Location provided by Gary Norris: Turn of the main highway at Twinton and take the road to Cook Town and Cravenstown — Freecommunion Community. A … Continue reading →
Photographed and contributed by Nancy Almond April 24, 1999. This may or may not be a complete listing. Surnames: Allred • Buckner • Cantrell • Nelson • Rilbey • Stout • Watson Coordinates: Latitude: 36.31194° Longitude: -85.18667° Directions: From Livingston, take Highway 52 … Continue reading →
Photographed and contributed by Nancy Almond April 24, 1999. This may or may not be a complete listing. She also has this listed as “Three Forks.” Click on a thumbnail for a larger image.
Continue reading →Obituary of Mary E. Stockton Harp (source unidentified) Mrs. Mary E. Harp, wife of M. A. [Marion A.] Harp, and daughter of Mrs. Catherine Stockton, died at her home near Algood, on the 17th day of Aug., 1903, at … Continue reading →
Description provided in conjunction with a tour of historic cemeteries in Standing Stone State Park and on State Forest Service Property in October, 2006. Burial listing provided by State Forester Andy McBride. Note: There are about 50 unmarked graves. … Continue reading →
Click thumbnails for larger images. Date: Saturday, October 21, 2006 Tour Stops Cemeteries in the Standing Stone State Park and on State Forestry Service Property: Reynolds, Tompkins, Andrew Cove, Glasscock, Old Bethel, Sullivan, Craft, Johnson, Howard, Unknown adjacent to Howard, … Continue reading →
Photo Album click on thumbnails for larger images The Overton County Heritage Museum is open Thursday and Saturday from 10 am – 2 pm, Friday from 2pm-6pm and is also available for both large and small tour groups upon … Continue reading →
Photo Album Wright Families of Overton & Fentress Counties, Tennessee This site, created by the astounding genealogical researcher, Jerry Wright Jordan, has a tremendous amount of information about related surnames, but the site has not been updated since December, 2005. … Continue reading →
Photo Album Migration to/from Overton County Contributed by Leota Bennett Some remained in the area. Others moved to Missouri, Arkansas, etc. John WINTON moved from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to the French Broad Settlement by 1785. He sold … Continue reading →
Photo Album John Phillips 1745-1827 (often referred to as Daddy John) (Daddy) John Phillips arrived in America at the age of ten with his parents John (the Immigrant) and Mary Phillips from Wales in 1755 at the Port of Philadelphia … Continue reading →
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