Verble – Wilson Cemetery, Overton County
Contributed by Pamela D. Sevier Also known as the Verble Cemetery on the Henry Wilson Farm. Photo Album Click on a thumbnail for a larger image.
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Poteet Cemetery, Overton County
Contributed by Pamela D. Sevier Photo Album Click on a thumbnail for a larger image. The following transcription was completed by Bobby Wayne Smith in 1998. Cobble, Mary J Hood Believed to be Daughter of Bryson and Amelia … Continue reading →
Holly Springs Church of Christ Cemetery, Overton County
Photos by Doug Brown, grandson of W. L. and Julia Evelyn Hunter. FindaGrave reports Doug Brown passed away in 2018, aged just 57, and was buried in this cemetery. Photo Album Click on a thumbnail for a larger image. … Continue reading →
Hunter Cove Cemetery, Overton County
Black-and-white photos contributed by Sandra Ellis; color photos by Doug Brown, grandson of W. L. and Julia Evelyn Hunter. FindaGrave reports Doug Brown passed away in 2018, aged just 57, and buried at Holly Springs Cemetery. Photo Album Click on … Continue reading →
Gore Family
John Gore Pension from Revolutionary War Transcribed by Paula Swallows Stover (spelling and punctuation as it appears in original) Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 State of Tennessee … Continue reading →
Webb Family
Curtis – Hardy – Webb Family Bible (Contributor not identified. There is no clarification of whether the information preceding the Marriages, Births, and Deaths below was in the Bible record.) This Bible was known to be in the possession of … Continue reading →
Some Overton County Divorces, 1852-1868
Contributed by Overton County Historical Society. Records were not transcribed in order or in a table as presented here at the original Web site. No information about completeness of abstraction was included in the original document. Petitioner Respondent Date Notes … Continue reading →
Harp Family
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 →
Roaring River Church and Cemetery, Overton County
(submitter unidentified) The Roaring River Baptist Church is probably one of the oldest in the Upper Cumberland area. Although the exact date of organization is not known, records of the Green River Association reflect that it was there in 1801 … Continue reading →
Clay Springs Cemetery, Overton County
Clay Springs Cemetery full of Stories by Megan Trotter, published October 16, 2016, Cookeville Herald-Citizen Hidden in the hills of Overton County, Clay Springs Cemetery sits nestled on land that has belonged to the surrounding families since before the Civil … Continue reading →