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Carmack Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebJanuary 24, 2022

Photo Album Descendants of Cornelius Carmack in Overton County This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead.  However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages.  Click here.  

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Tennessee Union Army Regiments

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 20, 2021

Source: http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/USri-wi.html (via the Internet Archive) Tennessee General Tennessee in the Civil War [General information]  Cities/Counties in the Civil War [TNGenWeb]  Bibliography Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion [Tennessee regimental histories] Tennessee Civil War Flags … Continue reading →

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Champ Ferguson’s Muster Roll

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 20, 2021

contributed by John German (no contact information or date); similar article found posted by the Tennessee Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans (via the Internet Archive) A muster roll of Champ Ferguson’s company was “captured” near Ferguson’s White County home in … Continue reading →

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Francis M. Taylor, Pickett County Civil War Veteran

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 20, 2021

Sergeant Francis Marion Taylor served in Company J, 1st Kentucky Cavalry Photo Source: http://www.theborderlands.org/TaylorFrancis.htm (via the Internet Archive) From Gibson “Gibby” Brack via Geni.com https://www.geni.com/people/Sgt-Francis-Taylor/6000000158687311821?through=6000000003379200297 Birth: April 19, 1836 Overton, Tennessee, United States Death: May 23, 1917 (81) Pickett, Tennessee, … Continue reading →

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Tennessee in the Great War, 1914-1918: TSLA Resources

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 20, 2021

The Tennessee State Library and Archives’ World War I collections are unique in that so many papers are interrelated, especially those involving the 30th Infantry, known as the “Old Hickory Division.” The collections bear great significance for scholars and students … Continue reading →

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Dodson Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 6, 2021

Bible of Thomas Richard and Martha Ann (Johnson) Dodson contributed by Paula Swallows Stover; parenthetical notations added by her Births Thomas Richard Dodson son of Elisha and Frances (Thompson) Dodson was bornd Aug 11th 1820 Martha Ann Johnson his wife … Continue reading →

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Early Overton County Marriages

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 11, 2021

Note from Tami P. Ramsey, former Overton County TNGenWeb Coordinator:  This project was started by the previous County Coordinator, Shawn Gray, and I do not have any further information. I do not know the origin or present location of the … Continue reading →

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Green Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 27, 2021

Bible of Enoch and Elizabeth (Adams) Green contributed by Paula Swallows Stover Most of the deaths are written by a different hand. Spelling transcription as appears in Bible. These pages are badly torn and have been pieced together. Note that … Continue reading →

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Hyder Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 20, 2021

Bible of Pleasant Milton & Rachel (Green) Hyder contributed by Paula Swallows Stover Pleasant M. (Milton) Hyder was married on the 17th day of March A. D. 1850 to Miss Rachel Green Births Pleasant M Hyder was borned Thursday September … Continue reading →

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Jackson Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 20, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 9, 2021

Migration to/from Overton County Contributed by Jenny Jackson Runge From North Carolina in 1816 to Overton County, then to Benton County, Arkansas 1850. Haley JACKSON came to Benton County, Arkansas, in 1830. He went back and forth. He finally settled … Continue reading →

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