Photo Album Hammock Cemetery, Overton County contributed by Ronald Cassetty H.A. HAMMICK was bornd Aug the 17 1860 Die July 2, 1915 B.M. HAMMOCK born July 3, 1857 died Aug 26, 1909 L.P. HAMMOCK born Dec 2, 1908 died Oct … Continue reading →
submitted by Barbara Smith (no date; no e-mail validated) Job(e) Roam Job (Jobe) Roam enlisted 1861 in Overton County, Tennessee, in Oliver Hamilton’s Battalion. Job(e) died Oct 13, 1914, in Sebastian County, Arkansas. The gallery on this page contains some … Continue reading →
Photo Album William C. “Billy” Hughes contributor Ron Dishman, Overton County Historian William C. “Billy” Hughes was born December 14, 1841. The date on his headstone is incorrect. He died December 19, 1917, at the age of 86. Billy … Continue reading →
Lester Raymond Flatt was born in Duncan’s Chapel, Overton County, Tennessee, to Nannie Mae Haney and Isaac Columbus Flatt. In 1931, Lester married Gladys Lee Stacy (1915-2014), a native of White County. Scroll down this article to read Gladys’ memories, … Continue reading →
Photo Album The Daniel Johnson & John Johnson Families This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead. However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages. Click here. The Hubbard Johnson Family This page is archived, so … Continue reading →
The information in this article was transcribed by Tami Ramsey. For more information about the Circuit Court’s purpose, click here to read Chuck Sherrill’s excellent article Tennessee Court System Prior to 1870.
Continue reading →Transcribed by Tami Ramsey The 1860 Census enumerated individuals who died during the year preceding the census date.
Continue reading →contributed by John German The following is from an unidentified newspaper clipping marked only by the date May 25, 1864: The Plea of a Brave Tennessee Soldier and a Staunch Patriot: We publish this letter as an interesting chapter in … Continue reading →
Abstracted by Harold Keisling Tennessee counties’ census records prior to 1830 are difficult to locate because of a fire at the National Archives storage facility. Fortunately, Overton County’s enumeration for 1820 survived. Notes from the abstractor: This work is intended … Continue reading →
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