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Obituary of M. H. Allardt

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Contributed by Paul Lemasters We much regret having to announce the sudden death of Mr. M.H. ALLARDT, of Port Huron, Michigan. The sad and unexpected event occurred on Thursday, but further particulars have not yet come to hand.  Mr. ALLARDT … Continue reading →

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Albertson Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Contributed by Paul Lemasters “Correspondence.”  Pall Mall, Tenn., July 16.  Mr. Henry ALBERTSON had a little child two years old to die Wednesday. [Source: Plateau Gazette, Rugby, Morgan Co., TN, Sat., 21 July 1883, Vol. III, No. 18.]

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Marriages from the Allardt Gazette, 1891-1905

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Abstracted and submitted by Wilma Gibson Published at Allardt from November 12, 1891, to March 21, 1895; published at Jamestown from March 28, 1895, to September 7, 1916.  Foster and Albertson were the first publishers. On December 10, 1891, J. … Continue reading →

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Some Fentress County Marriages Before the Courthouse Fire

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Source of this information was not included in the original post. Groom Bride Date Bowden, Elias Owens, Mary 08 Mar 1821 Chism, Lawrence Breed Wood, Mary Caroline 22 Sep 1887 Choate, Lewis Franklin Matthews, Elmyra Elizabeth 31 Aug 1876 Mace, … Continue reading →

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Some Death Records, Transcribed and Submitted

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Transcribed and Submitted by Brenda Howard Kerr You can search this table.

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Some Korean War Dead and Wounded from Fentress County

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Incidents from 13 Feb 1950 to 31 Dec 1953 from records at the National Archives. Additional details about each individual are located in two National Archives databases: File unit: Korean War Casualty File, 2/13/1950 – 12/31/1953 File unit: Korean Conflict … Continue reading →

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Some 1908-1912 Fentress County Death Records

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Copied from microfilm of Fentress County Clerk microfilm reel #A=5470 and submitted by Wilma Gibson [Transcriber’s Introduction] — All of the infants are not listed in these death records, there was one page that had eleven infants listed as UNNAMED, … Continue reading →

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Clear Creek Church, Fentress County

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 18, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 18, 2022

Transcribed by Hazel Phillips Deberry; submitted by her daughter, Pandita English Clear Creek Church was organized November 17, 1875. We being called on by the members given life by the Sinking Springs Church for constitution met on the 17th day … Continue reading →

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Fentress County 1860 Census Abstract

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 15, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 15, 2022

Prepared and submitted by Bruce York Approximately 4,400 U.S. Marshals and their assistants conducted the 1860 census according to provisions of the 1850 Census Act. Additional questionnaires were used to collect data on slave inhabitants, mortality, agriculture, products of industry, … Continue reading →

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Fentress County 1840 Census Abstract

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on January 14, 2022 by TNGenWebJanuary 14, 2022

Prepared and submitted by Bruce York Enumerators of the 1840 census were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household; number of free white males and females in age categories: 0 to 5, 5 … Continue reading →

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