Description provided in conjunction with a tour of historic cemeteries in Standing Stone State Park and on State Forest Service Property in October, 2006. This is an old family cemetery. There are about 5 or more unknown burials. The last … 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. This cemetery was still being used in 2006.. The Bethel Cemetery land and church were donated … 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. A small cemetery at the foot of Reynolds Mountain. Hannah Elizabeth Reynolds Born May 29 ____ … Continue reading →
The table below contains a list of books available from a variety of sources that may be of interest to Overton, Fentress, and Pickett County researchers. TNGenWeb has no financial interest in any of the books listed here. Updates to … Continue reading →
Ms. Anderson maintained her family tree in Family Origins software and used that company’s Web site for displaying her tree. Ms. Anderson passed away in 2018. Click here to view her obituary. Click here to view Ms. Anderson’s archived tree … Continue reading →
Biography of Michael J. McCulley (Captain, USN, Retired) Publisher: NASA (publication date June, 1990) BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born August 4, 1943, in San Diego, California, but considers Livingston, Tennessee, to be his hometown. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Gilson H. McCulley, … 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 →
Contributed by Leota Bennett Most of their descendants remained in the Overton / Putnam County area of TN. John Abishua WATSON and his wife, Mildred HUGHES, lived in Pittsylvania Co. VA. Their son, John Saul WATSON and his wife, Lucy … Continue reading →
Contributed by Leota Bennett Fought in War of 1812 returned to Overton County. The father Benjamin WALKER, Sr., moved westward by 1820 possibly to Jackson County, Ill. Benjamin WALKER, Junior, migrated to Carroll County, Arkansas about 1853-1854. Benjamin WALKER, Sr., … Continue reading →
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