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Campbell Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 24, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 9, 2021

Contributor: Tim Campbell Rev. James Campbell b. ca 1809 Overton Co. and wife Didama Taylor b. ca 1815 Overton Co. married ca 1835, Overton or Fentress Co. They are on the 1840 and 1850 Overton Co. census with their family. … Continue reading →

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Abston Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 24, 2021 by TNGenWebJanuary 24, 2022

Photo Album Click on thumbnails for larger image.   Family Histories Contributed by Rex Phillips My great-great-grandfather, Lipscomb Petit ABSTON, was born in Fluvanna Co., VA in 1841. They moved to TN about 1852 as the last record of ABSTONs … Continue reading →

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Brady Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 24, 2021 by TNGenWebJanuary 24, 2022

Photo Album John Spencer Brady Contributor: Shirley Colvin John Spencer BRADY was born in North Carolina. I do [sic] know where or to whom. By the 1810 census, he was living in Iredell Co., NC. Also living in Iredell Co, … Continue reading →

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1933 Tornado Destruction in Overton and Pickett Counties

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 24, 2021 by TNGenWebJanuary 24, 2022

Some Photos Taken After the Tornado Click the thumbnails to view larger images. A historical weather event known as the “Early May 1933 tornado outbreak sequence” wrought destruction across the Midwest and Southeast, especially on May 9th, but its greatest … Continue reading →

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Willett Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 22, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 22, 2021

contributed by Judith Lee Wade Chase Anderson Tribute to a child of Birtie Lee Looper and Samuel Burrus Willett … the little infant who came early because grandma Birtie had such a fright. Gramma was crossing a fence with the … Continue reading →

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28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, Partial Roster

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 22, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 22, 2021

Click here to read a history of the 84th Tennessee Infantry Regiment available at the TNGenWeb Special Project, Tennessee & the Civil War. Information below compiled by Richard McCormick. Symbols explained at end of transcription. Organized September 28th, 1861; Confederate … Continue reading →

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84th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, Partial Roster

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 21, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 21, 2021

Click here to read a history of the 84th Tennessee Infantry Regiment available at the TNGenWeb Special Project, Tennessee & the Civil War. Information below compiled by Richard McCormick. Symbols explained at end of transcription. Organized December, 1862. Consolidated with … Continue reading →

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17th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Company K, CSA, Partial Roster

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 21, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 21, 2021

Click here to read a history of the 17th Tennessee Infantry Regiment available at the TNGenWeb Special Project, Tennessee & the Civil War. Information below compiled by Richard McCormick. Symbols explained at end of transcription. Co. “K” was made up … Continue reading →

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8th / 1st Consolidated Co. D Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, Partial Roster

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 21, 2021 by TNGenWebApril 9, 2023

Compiled by Richard McCormick. Symbols explained at end of transcription. Organized May 29, 1861 in Provisional Army of Tennessee reorganized May 8, 1862; Formed Company “D”, 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment Company A Formerly “I”. Men from Smith County Captains … Continue reading →

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8th / 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, CSA, Staff and Field Officers

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 21, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 21, 2021

Compiler only identified by e-mail address “mbar@jagunet.” Also known as 13th Tennessee (Dibrell’s) Cavalry Colonel George G. Dibrell; elected Sep 4, 1862; promoted to Brigadier General on Jul 26, 1864 Mounce L. Gore; Captain of Co. G; to Colonel in … Continue reading →

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