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Verble Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 25, 2021 by TNGenWebAugust 25, 2021

Contributed by Leota Bennett Henry VERBLE died in Overton County, TN. Phillip W. VERBLE and Maria Dorothea EGENER were married South Whitehall Township, PA, January 20, 1746/47. Their son, Jacob VERBLE was born possibly on a ship coming to NC … Continue reading →

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Stewart Family

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on August 24, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 17, 2021

William Stewart and Elizabeth Van Hooser From the extraordinary research of Georgenia Stewart, who sadly passed away in 2012. Elizabeth Van Hooser was born in 1788 in Montgomery County, Virginia, and died in 1843 in Nauvoo, Illinois; her parents were … Continue reading →

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Phillips Family

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

Photo Album John Phillips 1745-1827 (often referred to as Daddy John) (Daddy) John Phillips arrived in America at the age of ten with his parents John (the Immigrant) and Mary Phillips from Wales in 1755 at the Port of Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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Harper Family

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

Contributed by C. Ann Slaughter John HARPER is reported to have died in Civil War. His wife, Elizabeth Catherine Campbell HARPER, is listed in 1860 and later moved to Hardin Co., KY, by 1880 living with son John Calvin HARPER … Continue reading →

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Sehorn, Turnley, Winton, Graham Families

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

Contributed by Leota Bennett John SEHORN, Jr., died in Overton County, TN, 1809. Son, William Graham SEHORN, returned to his grandfathers home in the French Broad Settlement by about 1811. One of William Graham SEHORN’s sons returned to Overton County. … Continue reading →

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Colson Family

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

Contributed by Troy Semple James & Mary COLSON Not sure where they came from, they were born in Tennessee. Moved to Henry County, Missouri sometime around 1880 – they are on the 1880 Missouri census. James Madison COLSON 1818-1872 Mary … Continue reading →

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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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