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Marriages from Fentress County Obituaries

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

Abstracted and submitted by Wilma Gibson William B. BOWDEN married 1847 Miss Sarah FRANKLIN Benjamin Lodge BRIER   m/1  on 4-3-1838 he married Martha H. NEELY of IN who lived on a short time m/2 on 2-22-1844 he was again … Continue reading →

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Divorces Granted in Fentress County, 1866-1907

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

Abstracted and contributed by Wilma Gibson References appear to be from Minute Books. Chancery Court 210 CROUCH, Rohaney B. and Moses SIMPSON — divorced 10-20-1896 77 JAYNES, Nancy and B. L. OWENS — divorced 10-24-1895  277 WRIGHT, Callie and Thomas … Continue reading →

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Marriages from Miscellaneous Newspapers, 1883-1892

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

Abstracted and contributed by Wilma Gibson PLATEAU GAZETTE 8-11-1883 ORCHARD GROVE, TN Married 8-2-1883 at the residence of the bride’s parents, Martin TOMPKINS to Ellen C. POTTER by Rev. J. HOPKINS.   RUGBY GAZETTE 5-2-1885 Billy GUFFEY and Caroline SCAROROUGH … Continue reading →

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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 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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Death Certificate Book Index by Shawn Gray

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 17, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 18, 2021

This information is from a page with no title that is identified as “Death Certificate Book Index Mom & Dad Index” on the now-defunct Overton County Kin Web site maintained by Shawn Gray.  No copyright infringement is intended by posting … Continue reading →

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Overton County 1850 Census Mortality Enumeration

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 10, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 11, 2021

Transcribed by Joan Finley Cox for the USGenWeb Census Project The Mortality Census was to contain details of individuals who died in the year preceding the census date (June 1, 1850).  Therefore, enumerated deaths occurred June 1, 1849, through May … Continue reading →

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Catherine Rutledge Willis’ Pension Application Proof of Marriage

Overton - Fentress - Pickett Counties TNGenWeb Project Posted on September 5, 2021 by TNGenWebSeptember 5, 2021

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Posted in Civil War History, Individuals & Families, Vital Records

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