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Helm Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 13, 2021 by TNGenWebJanuary 22, 2022

Descendants of George Helm This information is from a Bell Family Web site containing descendancy details on multiple surnames.  Click here to view the site via the Internet Archive. Helm-Frederick Co., Va.>Fentress Co., Tn.>Casey Co., Ky.>Saline Co., Ill.>Shannon Co., Mo. … Continue reading →

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Belk Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 13, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 13, 2021

This information is from a defunct Bell Family Web Site that contains descendancy charts for several Tennessee surnames. Belk-Va.>Lincoln Co., N.C.>Overton Co., Tn. John Belk d. in 1804 Lincoln Co., N.C. m. abt. 1763 Va. Susanna Chamberlain b. abt 1746 … Continue reading →

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Stewart Related Land Records in Overton County, 1806-1859

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 12, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 12, 2021

This listing was compiled by Joyce Lindstrom, Lewisville, Idaho, for the now non-functioning StewartKin Web Site. It appears the data were taken from WPA transcriptions of Overton County Deed Books A, B, E, I, J, K, N, and O.  No … Continue reading →

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Fentress County World War I Veterans

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 12, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 12, 2021

This listing was compiled by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The data contained in this list were taken from Record Group 36, the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. … Continue reading →

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Overton County World War I Veterans

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 12, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 12, 2021

This listing was compiled by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The data contained in this list were taken from Record Group 36, the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. … Continue reading →

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Overton Countians’ Petition to Raise Military Unit in 1813

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 10, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 17, 2021

Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Tamara West Stevens [Transcriber’s note:  This list establishes residency in Overton County, Tennessee in 1813 for the men who signed here and their families. I understand that it has been allowed as proof of … Continue reading →

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Benoni Stinson, Medal of Honor Recipient

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 9, 2021 by TNGenWebMarch 5, 2025

Click on a thumbnail to view larger images. There is a discrepancy in the name of the Medal of Honor recipient in numerous records, but the recipient soldier is clearly Benoni Stinson, born in Overton County, Tennessee, about 1831. A … Continue reading →

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Murder of William L. Holbert, Overton County, in 1932

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 9, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 9, 2021

William Lafayatte Holbert, born January 08, 1876, was the son of Jerimiah “Jerry” Holbert and Clarinda Dishman. On the night of March 25, 1932, William Holbert was murdered at his home in the Winningham community of Overton County. He owned … Continue reading →

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Kelley Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 9, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 9, 2021

Migration to/from Overton County Contributed by Susanna Clark-Smith Henrico Co., VA before 1813  Shelby Co., IL abt 1835.  The Fletcher portion of this family migrated from Shelby Co., IL, to Garland, Dallas Co., TX, about 1854. Allied families in Overton … Continue reading →

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Keeton Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 9, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 9, 2021

Migration to/from Overton County Contributed by Sally Keeton Eichhorn Overton/Fentress Co area to Platte Co, Missouri, in the 1830’s.  KEETON families, along with the BRUTON, STEWART, & HAYES families, moved from Overton/Fentress Co area to Platte Co, Mo in the … Continue reading →

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