White County, TN. Tax Lists 1813 Capt. Wm. Jones Co. Bennett, Walker Capt. Wm. William’s Co., England’s Cave List of Males over 21 DUNCAN, Joel DUNCAN, Marshall Capt. Wm. William’s Co., taxables DUNCAN (Dungan), Marshall, 1wp, tax .50 DUNCAN (Dungan), … Continue reading →
White County. TN Tax lists 1812 Capt. Richard Rollans? Co. Anderson, John, 1wp Anderson, Robt. G., 1wp, 400 acres Hickory Valley Anderson, Isaac, 1wp, 173 acres – 114 by grant (Hickory Valley), 59 by entry Pennington, Wm., 1wp Walker, Robt, … Continue reading →
White County TN Tax lists 1811 Capt. Joseph Nevill’s Company of Militia Anderson, Joseph, 1wp Deweise, William, 1wp Deweise, Henry, 1wp Denton, Samuel, Jr., Agt. Moses Fisk, 0wp, 0bp, 13984 acres N. part of Manning. Gist, Thomas, 1wp Gist, William, … Continue reading →
Some sources say that the Union Church was founded in 1805. We do know that Spence Mitchell, an early settler in southern White County, TN, deeded a plot of land for what was called the Union Meeting House on August … Continue reading →
Now, when we think of the “Big Fork” area of Van Buren County, TN (formerly a part of White County), we think of the old cemetery by that name. The early settlers of that area would have thought of the … Continue reading →
The early part of this historical sketch is based on the historical articles by L.L. McDowell, Dr. C.S. “Kit” Rascoe and other data compiled by Miss Gertrude Saylors. It has been brought up to date in 1969 by Mrs. John … Continue reading →
In 1826, a Methodist church was organized southwest of Sparta in White County, Tennessee. It was named Mount Gilead, which means a hill of witness. According to church records and historical records of the Tennessee Conference, the Rev. Wesley Deskin … Continue reading →
Charles C. Young, a well known and enterprising merchant of Sparta, was born in this town February 25, 1845. He is the son of William M. and Matilda (Wallace) Young. His parents were married December 1, 1842. Mr. Young’s father … Continue reading →
Oliver F. Young, a prominent merchant and farmer of Simpson’s mills, was born January 4, 1825, in Jackson County, Tenn., a son of James and Elizabeth (Draper) Young. The father was born in North Carolina about 1787, and immigrated to … Continue reading →
E. Winstead, a prominent farmer of the Fifth District, was born November 17, 1822, in Hawkins County, Tenn., the fifth child of Ephraim and Margaret (Martin) Winstead. They were of Irish-Welsh descent. The father was a farmer and stock raiser. … Continue reading →