The
Past Finder
Published bimonthly by the White County TN Genealogical-Historical Society
(Quarterly since 2002)
Cumulative Table of Contents
(Current events and queries excluded.)
Volume I, Number 1 Jan/Feb 1994
HORN BIBLE
Bible of Albert V. Horn. Dates 1789-1970.
INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JONATHAN SCOTT, DEC'D
Sold 9 Sep 1852.
DAVIS CEMETERY
Big Bottom - Scotts Gulf.
Volume I, Number 2 Feb/Mar 1994
WILL OF WILLIAM C. BUMBALOUGH
Made 10 Aug 1908.
SCOTT CEMETERY
In O'Connor Community, White County, TN.
STERLING SAVAGE LYNCHED
From Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 25 Apr 1896.
Volume I, Number 3 May/Jun 1994
CUMBERLAND INSTITUTE
From 1851: directors, tuition, Examination and Exhibition programs, cotillion party invitation.
WHITE COUNTY DURING THE CIVIL WAR
By Jan Fodrocy, 1992.
Volume I, Number 4 Jul/Aug 1994
MITCHELL CEMETERY
Lost Creek area, White County, TN.
CIVIL WAR QUESTIONNAIRE: DAVID STACY ENGLAND
Volume I, Number 5 Sep/Oct 1994
ISAAC RANDOLPH FAMILY
Genealogy by Sherrell Buchanan.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Statement made by Emory Pennington, 10 Apr 1867.
LANCE CEMETERY
LAND AND MILLS FOR SALE
Advertised by Thomas H. Fancher, 2 Nov 1859.
Volume I, Number 6 Nov/Dec 1994
THREE GENERATIONS OF (MAJOR) WILLIAM LEWIS SR
1740-1922.
Volume II, Number 1 Jan/Feb 1995
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS LIVING IN WHITE COUNTY
As of 1 Jun 1840.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD
Alexander and Jane (TAYLOR) IRWIN
Volume II, Number 2 Mar/Apr 1995
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
From Waman Clark about life in Sparta around 1900.
BOOK REVIEWS
Passons Family Connection
The Chisz, A History of the Chisholme/Chism Family
The House of Burgess
ZION CHURCH BOOK
History of the Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
OBITUARY OF SPENCER MITCHELL
Died 20 Mar 1849 in White County.
Volume II, Number 3 May/Jun 1995
6 AUGUST 1839: WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION, PAGE 322
Do no laundry near the bridge.
1 JULY 1839: COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION, WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, PAGE 316
Specifications for furniture and remodeling of the court house.
LETTER FROM JOY ENGLISH
BOOK REVIEW
White County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1820-1834
Volume II, Number 4 Jul/Aug 1995
WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION 1835-1841, 1 FEBRUARY 1841, PAGE
434:
Margarett Rose is committed to the state asylum.
WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION 1835-1841, 3 JUNE 1839, PAGE 309:
No whittling on the court house.
Volume II, Number 5 Sep/Oct 1995
OLD UNION: A WHITE COUNTY PIONEER SCHOOL
From Legends and Stories of White County, Tennessee by Coral Williams, 1930.
BIBLE RECORDS
McCulley family Bible.
INVENTORY OF RECORDS HELD BY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
Record type and earliest year.
INTERLIBRARY LOANS OF WHITE CO. RECORDS
How to borrow microfilm records from TSLA, with Roll #.
RECORDS IN OTHER COUNTIES
Roll #'s for adjacent counties.
? BOX: SOME CLUES FOR FINDING RECORDS ABOUT WHITE COUNTY ANCESTORS
Why records for White County residents may be found in adjacent counties.
Volume II, Number 6 Nov/Dec 1995
? BOX: IDENTIFYING AND PRESERVING OLD PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS
HISTORY OF HUTCHINGS COLLEGE
TIP: WIFE REQUIRED TO SIGN DEED IF DOWRY.
Volume III, Number 1 1996
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA McCALL
QUERY FROM LOUISE S. GORDON
Contains genealogical data for ROBBINS, PARISH, FERGUSON, WINNS, MEEK, LLOYD, TALLENT, HICKS, SCARBROUGH.
Volume III, Number 2 1996
PIONEER FAMILIES OF WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE CERTIFICATION
Rules and application form
IN RESEARCH... AS IN LIFE
Essay by Jane Hembree Crowley
Volume III, Number 3 1996
QUERIES
Volume III, Number 4 1996
WILL OF JAMES ADAIR
Made 12 Jan 1851.
DESCENDANTS OF JESSE LAY
1817-1990.
Volume III, Number 5 1996
DESCENDANTS OF ZACHARIAH LAY
1822-1957
LAY BIBLES
From Ida Lee Gum.
Volume III, Number 6 1996
IN MEMORY OF TOM YATES
Letter to W. L. P. Leight, Adjutant Camp Winnie Davis Company 108 UCV 1 Apr 1912.
HEMBREE TO KEESEE LAND TRANSFER
James J. Hembree to George Keesee, White County, 16 Oct 1819.
Volume IV, Number 1 1997
WILL OF JOHN KNOWLES
20 Oct 1864.
WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE TO JEFFERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS
Dodson family history by Russell Dodson.
Volume IV, Number 2 1997
BETTY TAUSCHER YOUNG 2 SEP 1927 - 28 FEB 1997
Eulogy.
EXERPTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF E. V. POLLARD SR.
Jan 1861 - Dec 1865.
Volume IV, Number 3 1997
SPARTA FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH NEW FIRE TRUCK
Photo.
WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION 1835-1841, 3 JUNE 1839, PAGE 309
No whittling on the court house.
WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION 1835-1841, 1 JULY 1839, PAGE 313
Jesse Lincoln paid for fixing up the court house.
6 AUGUST 1839: WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, COURT MINUTES AND COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSION, PAGE 322
Do no laundry near the bridge.
ARCHAIC AND UNUSUAL MEDICAL TERMS
Glossary.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF IREDELL STONE
1 Apr 1880.
Volume IV, Number 4 & 5 1997
JOSEPH H. SIMMONS 1829-1910 & SUSAN RAMSEY SIMMONS 1836-1924
Photo
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH H. (KNOX) SIMMONS
Genealogy
Volume IV, Number 6 1997
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
Living in White County, TN, 1 Jun 1840
LIST OF LETTERS
List of unclaimed letters at Sparta Post Office 31 Dec 1829
COUNTY OF WHITE
In account with Jane Michell, Keeper of the Poor House 1871
A BILL OF SALE
Slave sold by Aaron Scoggin to Washington G. Hargis 28 Dec 1835.
ANDERSON LINEAGE
Transcripts of family Bibles of William and Nancy Robinson Anderson; David Snodgrass; Henry Clay Snodgrass.
OLD RESIDENT LETTER
Memoir of Mrs. Carolina Tucker, Erasmus, TN, from Crossville Chronicle, 26 May 1915.
THE HODENPYLE FAMILY
Historical sketch by James L. Douthat.
Volume V, Number 1 1998
WHITE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Photo taken 1950's.
BROWN FAMILY
Annotated letters from William M. Brown, Bellvue, TX, 1890-91.
Newspaper article datlined Crowell, TX, 2 May 1938, "Pioneer Crowell Woman Recalls Days of 'Uncivil' Civil War."
Pages from a Brown family Bible.
LETTER FROM REBECCA GIST TO CAPTAIN PHILIP MALLORY ON AUGUST 18, 1829.
BASTARDY SUIT
Elijah England alleged father of child born to Jane England, 3 Apr 1866.
Volume V, Number 2 1998
8th GRADE QUEBECK SCHOOL GRADUATION
Photo ca. 1946.
THE JAMES AND SARAH JANE (JOHNSON) MEEKS STORY
Historical sketch by John Dean Irons.
WILLIAM MATTISON ANDERSON
Historical sketch.
ZACHARIAH ANDERSON
Descendants of Zachariah Anderson 1790-1867.
ROBERTS FAMILY BIBLE
Copy of family record by John Wayne Roberts, from papers of Charles Leonard.
WHITE COUNTY NOTES TAKEN FROM COURT RECORDS
Abstracts of County Court Minutes 1806-1811.
LETTER ADDRESSED TO MRS. LEELA DAVIS
Signed E. G. Sailer, dated 19 Jun 1901. Also genealogical notes for DAVIS, BRYAN, ANDERSON.
Volume V, Number 3 1998
WILLIAM AUSTIN FAMILY BIBLE
JOSHUA BARTLETT WILL
23 Sep 1823.
THE BROYLES FAMILY 1717 - 1979
Historical sketch by Mrs. Rascoe Broyles
Volume V, Number 4 1998
THE BROYLES FAMILY 1717 - 1979
Continued.
HERD - LOWERY - SMITH CEMETERY DEED
From A. C. Smith to A. G. Swack, et. al., 6 Dec 1922.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE - 1811
Appointments by the Tennessee Legislature.
Volume V, Number 5 1998
THE FLATT FAMILY
Photo, includes Lester.
THE BROYLES FAMILY 1717 - 1979
Continued.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE - 1811
Continued.
DEAR ANCESTOR
Anonymous poem.
HUMOR IN TENNESSEE JUSTICE
Will of Homer Obel Weiss, Anderson County, TN.
GARDENHIRE BIBLE
Volume V, Number 6 1998
WILL OF THOMAS YEATS (YATES)
2 May 1850.
ROBERTS FAMILY BIBLE
Written by John Wayne Roberts. Includes histories by Emily G. Roberts Sailor and court records.
WILL OF JOHATHAN GIBBINS
Sussex County, DE, 23 Nov 1804.
WILLIAM BOHANNON
Apr 1816, died intestate, Thomas Barnes appointed administrator.
INDENTURE
Land in White County transferred among Bohannons, 4 Apr 1836. Also Bohannon Bible records, list of heirs of Lewis Bohannon from White Co. Minute Book, 6
Jun 1853.
Volume VI, Number 1 Jan-Feb 1999
TOWN LOTS SALE
Buyers of the first building lots in Sparta 1810-1812.
S. H. COLMS WILL
Will of S. H. Colms dated 1 Nov 1870 and documents pertaining to its execution.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Dec 1998 - Jan 1999.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, No. 21254
Grant of land in White County to John Walker, 27 Jan 1824.
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796-1830
Index of names A - Debrill.
Volume VI, Number 2 Mar-Apr 1999
SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES IN WHITE COUNTY
List of land to be sold for delinquent taxes, May 1870.
THERE WERE GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS
From History of Tennessee by Hale and Merritt. Includes legends of Isaac Thomas and John Sharpe Spencer.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Dec 1998 - Mar 1999.
Volume VI, Number 3 May-Jun 1999
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
This oath had to be taken before a person could hold office during the Reconstruction period following 1865.
BOHANNON FAMILY REUNION
25 Sep 1999. Announcement.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Mar - May 1999.
GOODSPEEDS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, WHITE COUNTY
Pleasant Austin, G. G. Dibrell
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES SCOTT, decd.
1 Apr 1881.
Volume VI, Number 4 Jul-Aug 1999
ASSESSMENT LISTS OF THE UNITED STATES DIRECT TAX COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
White County, 1862. Property tax assessments by name, Districts 1 - 5.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor May - Jul 1999.
Volume VI, Number 5 Sep-Oct 1999
PROPERTY AND TRANSACTIONS IN THE WHITE COUNTY, TN COURTHOUSE
Real estate of John England (1798-1840), contributed by Hillra Qualls.
HEMBREE TO KEESEE LAND TRANSFER
James J. Hembree to George Keesee, White County, 16 Oct 1819.
MELUNGEON DNA
Evidence of geographic origins of Melungeons.
WHITE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS ON SOME UNPAID 1813 TAXES
Delinquent landowners.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 1999.
Volume VI, Number 6 Nov-Dec 1999
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DAVIS (1771-1843)
Outline descendant tree (7 generations) submitted by Mary West Holland.
WILL OF JOHN WATSON, DECd
Probated September 1, 1851 in White County, TN.
A LIST OF SOME WHITE COUNTY, TN VOTERS - 1854
Votes polled in First Civil District.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Sep - Nov 1999.
Volume VII, Number 1 Jan/Feb 2000
PISGAH SCHOOL
Class photo submitted by Jane Hembree Crowley. Identification requested.
AN ABSTRACT OF THE WAR OF 1812 PENSION PAPERS OF LEANNAH KERR, WIDOW OF ALEXANDER KERR, #5117
By Nancy Pfannenstiel.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Nov 1999 - Jan 2000.
DEED, MARY PEARSON TO J. R. TUBB
White County, 7 Oct 1898.
HEMBREE TO KEESEE LAND TRANSFER
James J. Hembree to George Keesee, White County, 16 Oct 1819.
WILL OF JOHN KNOWLES
20 Oct 1864.
MCCOY CEMETERY, WHITE COUNTY, TN
Black Oak Cemetery Road, surveyed 26 Jun 1999.
WILL OF HUGH L. LOWREY
5 Aug 1896.
WILL OF GOODWIN BAKER
18 Nov 1895.
Volume VII, Number 2 Mar/Apr 2000
WILL OF JOHN MARTIN
3 Aug 1883
A DIVORCE AGREEMENT (?)
Thomas and Lucinda Lewis, 31 Mar 1833
WILL OF BURREL SHORT
3 Sep 1846
BIBLE RECORDS
Sarah Ann Cummings
William Genn and Emily C. Sims
Isaac A. Clark
James Moore
Spencer Mitchell
Hugh Gracy
Pettit Family
Mitchell & Wallace Families
Mary Allison Roberts
Frank Boyd
Elijah H. Matheny
Rachel Wheeler Haston
Whitley & Lewis
David Whitaker
Dearing Family
"BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE"
Jan Philpot
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Dec 1999 - Mar 2000.
Volume VII, Number 3 May/Jun 2000
1936 BALL TEAM
On Big Bottom
Photo courtesy Wilsie Dodson
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 541
An act to protect cemeteries and to impose penalties for violations.
Approved Apr 24, 1984
FIFTEENTH CENTURY HAPPENINGS
By Gary Peterson, TRI-COR Industries
OBITUARIES
Abstracts from obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Feb - Apr 2000
BIBLE RECORDS
Jerre Mullican
Elizabeth Metcalfe
Taylor Stone
Capt. Samuel Brown
The Parker Family
HISTORY OF THE CROOK FAMILY
By Calvin B. Crook
THE EARLY FRANKS OF WHITE COUNTY
By Ralph C. Franks
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ROCKING
Jan on cemeteries.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND U.S. COPYRIGHT
By Steven Dhuey
Volume VII, Number 4 Jul/Aug 2000
ARNOLD
by Gail Margeson
Descendants of Francis and Elizabeth Arnold
WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM LEWIS, SR.
24 Feb 1812
WILL OF JOSEPH A. PETTIT
5 Jan 1880
WILL OF HUGH L. LOWREY
5 Aug 1896
OBITUARIES
Abstracts from obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jul 2000
LEAP FROGGING INTO DEAD-ENDS
by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
WARD-CASHDOLLAR CEMETERY
by Ann Verble
Annotated survey
Volume VII, Number 5 Sep/Oct 2000
GEORGE COPE FAMILY
by Betty Cope Fisher
Genealogy with photos, Bible records.
WILLIAM E. CAMP BIBLE RECORD
HICKMAN BIBLE
WILL OF WILLIAM LEWIS, SR.
11 May 1812
JAMES M. HAWKINS, JR.
Biography by Wanda Grant
A FEW LATIN TERMS DEFINED
Genealogical glossary by Martha Stewart Geyer
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 2000
Volume VII, Number 6 Nov/Dec 2000
WILL AND INVENTORY OF ELIAS WALLACE
06 Aug 1821
STEPHEN FARLEY, SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
INDENTURE, SAMUEL WEAVER - JACOB CATRON
17 Apr 1809
INDENTURE, SAMUEL WEAVER - JOHN YOKUM
17 Apr 1809
GENERAL GEORGE GIBBS DIBRELL BIBLE
STANTON DIBRELL BIBLE
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Sep - Oct 2000.
Volume VIII, No. 1 Jan-Feb 2001
SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AUSTIN, SR.
Deb Austin-Raichart
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY OF WHITE COUNTY
Telephone directory for 1915.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Dec 2000 - Jan 2001.
Volume VIII, No. 2 Mar-Apr 2001
FRED LEROY CLARK (1921-2001)
Obituary
MILITARY PENSIONERS IN WHITE COUNTY IN 1840
From the 1840 census. Includes head of family.
SWINDLE/SWINDELL/ZWINGLI
Family history by Christy Fisher and Betty Fisher
A MARRIAGE BOND
Example, Thomas Green & Miss Mary Nash, 1869.
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY OF WHITE COUNTY
Telephone directory for 1915 (continued).
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Nov 2000 & Jan-Feb 2001.
CENSUS DAY
The “as of” date for each census.
Volume VIII, No. 3 May-June 2001
RICHARDS FAMILY RECORD
Copied June 10, 1961 by Charles Leonard from papers in possession of Gladys Davis of Sparta.
WAR YEARS
List of women in District 8 needing help February, 1863. Transcribed by Missie Colley.
NEW HOLDINGS
70 books recently added to the reference collection.
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY OF WHITE COUNTY
Telephone directory for 1915 (concluded).
LABE WALLACE INTERVIEW
Labe Wallace (1887-1992), born and raised in White County, was interviewed in 1990 by Christina Hutchings and Nathan Johnson.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Mar - Apr 2001.
Volume VIII, No. 4 July-August 2001
CHILDREN IN DISTRICT 7, 1861
A list of children over six and under 21 years old in Civil District No. 7, White County, TN.
THE DEATH OF BURL MILLER
Legend by Billie Clark
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1914
Part 1: Abston – Eller
Abstracts from death certificates by the late Fred Clark.
SARAH (SALLIE) ANDERSON McBRIDE
Genealogical adventure by Ralph C. Franks.
SLAVE OWNERS 1860 WHITE COUNTY CENSUS
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor May - Jun 2001.
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796-1830
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 2: Duncan – Kinner
THE KNOWLES FAMILY OF WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
By Christy Fisher
THE WILL OF WILLIAM KNOWLES
Submitted by Christy Fisher
NEW HOLDINGS
Three books recently added to the reference collection.
Volume VIII, No. 5 September-October 2001
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796-1830
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 3: Lack - Orms
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1914
Part 2: Eller - Phifer
Abstracts from death certificates by the late Fred Clark.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul-Aug 2001.
1820 CENSUS, WHITE COUNTY, TN, FCP SUPPLEMENT
Content of the “Free Colored Persons” columns often overlooked by existing printed transcripts.
WHITE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Annual report and roster for the year 1975-1976.
THE WILL OF ABRAHAM LAYFEVER
Wayne County, KY, October 2, 1807. Contributed by Geraldine Pollard.
NEW HOLDINGS
Two books recently added to the reference collection.
THE CLINCH RIVER TO NASHVILLE ROAD
The first wagon road through White County, constructed in 1785. From Ramsey’s Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century.
Volume VIII, No. 6 November-December 2001
WILLIAM BAIN’S APPLICATION FOR SOLDIER’S PENSION
Part 1 of 2 parts, submitted by Ronald H. James
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1914
Part 3: Phillips - Young
Abstracts from death certificates by the late Fred Clark.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Sep-Oct 2001.
AN INDEX TO CHARLES LEONARD’S ABSTRACTS
Index to articles appearing in UCGA from 1983 to 1989.
NEW HOLDINGS
Two books recently added to the reference collection.
PastFinder BECOMING QUARTERLY
This was the last bimonthly issue.
Volume IX, No. 1 January - March 2002
1840 CENSUS, WHITE COUNTY, TN, FCP SUPPLEMENT
Content of the “Free Colored Persons” columns often overlooked by existing printed transcripts.
HISTORIAN ONLINE
How to contact County Historian Mary West Holland.
LIBRARY CHANGES
Hours of operation and email address of White County Public Library
RECORD OF DEATHS, WHITE COUNTY, TN
Death records kept for the period 29 Apr 1881 - 9 Apr 1882
WILLIAM BAIN’S APPLICATION FOR SOLDIER’S PENSION
Part 2 of 2 parts, submitted by Ronald H. James
WEBB HOTEL
History of the old hotel in Walling, by Darlene Bright with Ann Verble
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Nov-Dec 2001.
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796-1830
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 4: Paine - York
Volume IX, No. 2 April - June 2002
THE WEBB HOTEL
Photo by Darlene Bright
RECORD OF BIRTHS, WHITE COUNTY, TENN.
Birth records kept for the period 25 Apr 1881 through 27 Sep 1882.
HEREDITY
A genealogy poem by Grandpa Tucker, submitted by Reba Miller
NAMES FROM THE LEDGER OF WILLIAM ROBINSON
Milledgeville, 1836 - 1849, submitted by Ruth Robinson Dietrich
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jan - Mar 2002.
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 1: Alexander - Frost
FISHER CEMETERY
Not previously published. An excerpt from the forthcoming cemetery book.
Volume IX, No. 3 July - September 2002
SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHO LIVED IN WHITE COUNTY, TN
By Bob B. Goff
BAKER DEATHS 1911 - 1991
Compiled by Lurla (Jones) Hutson (1903 - 1998), submitted by Betty Fisher
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 2: Gill - Lyon
ROBINSON BIBLE
Transcribed from the family Bible of James Dildine and Nancy Paralee (Hayes) Robinson.
Submitted by Ruth Robinson Dietrich
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jun 2002.
THE WILL OF JAMES TUBB
Submitted by Ruth Rhea “Pinkie” (Tubb) Hill
ROBERTS FAMILY CEMETERY
An excerpt from the forthcoming White County cemetery book.
THE COMB GRAVE
An excerpt from the forthcoming White County cemetery book.
HISTORIC COUNTY BOUNDARIES
Maps showing year-by-year changes from 1790 to 1807
GEORGE AILSWORTH
... was in Grayson Co., VA in 1811. Submitted by Mary West Holland.
Volume IX, No. 4 October - December 2002
A WORD ABOUT WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE
1895 Chamber of Commerce brochure.
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 3: MaBerry - Rose
GRAVES-LEE CEMETERY
With legends by Mrs. Reba Walker
CUMBERLAND INSTITUTE
Legends by Mrs. Reba Walker
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 2002.
PROGRESS REPORT: WHITE COUNTY ARCHIVE
Including image of marriage bond for John Knowles to marry Annalice Rasco, secured by John Swindle on 22 December 1846.
HISTORIC COUNTY BOUNDARIES
Maps showing year-by-year changes from 1809 to 1885
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Carthage Gazette and Friend of the People 11 Feb 1809 to 01 Sep 1809.
Volume X, No. 1 January - March 2003
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850
Abstracts of acts pertaining to White County. Part 4: Settles - (slave) (concluded)
ANALYSIS OF 1820 - 1830 CENSUS, WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Ralph C. Franks
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Oct - Dec 2002.
PROGRESS REPORT: WHITE COUNTY ARCHIVE
Includes hours, phone, etc.
REUBEN DAVIS POWER OF ATTORNEY
Two men from Pasquotank County, NC, both named Reuben Davis, one apparently the nephew of the other. Submitted by Mary West Holland.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1915
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley, Jr. Part 1: Abston - Hutson.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Carthage Gazette and Friend of the People 16 Sep 1809 - 02 Jan 1810
The Carthage Gazette 30 Mar 1810 - 21 Dec 1811
The Sparta Review 16 Apr 1823 - 21 Jul 1824
Volume X, No. 2 April - June 2003
LOST MARRIAGES FOUND
Marriage records found in the White County Archive that are not included in published listings.
IN MEMORIAM: WILSIE MAE (DAVIS) DODSON (1922-2003)
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1915
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley, Jr. Part 2: Jarman - Young
WCGHS COMPUTER SYSTEM
Description of the new system and resources available.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jan - Mar 2003.
BIBLE OF SARAH WISDOM
WISDOM CEMETERY #2
Family records and a page from the forthcoming cemetery book
Volume X, No. 3 July - September 2003
RICHARD PENNINGTON, REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER BURIED NEAR SPARTA
by J. Neil Beck Truitt
SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHO LIVED IN WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Bob H. Goff
George AILSWORTH
John ALLISON, Jr.
Elijah ALVERSON
Francis ARNOLD
CIVIL WAR SERVICE RECORD OF WILLIAM A. NASH
by William Rex Nash
THE WILL OF CARTER DILLON
Transcribed by Mary West Holland
THE WILL OF JAMES SIMPSON
NATIVE AMERICAN DATABASE
Pointers on using this RootsWeb database, from RootsWeb Review.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jun 2003.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Sparta Review 28 Jul 1824 - 09 Mar 1825
Volume X, No. 4 October - December 2003
AN UNUSUAL GRAVE
The solitary grave of H. Clay Brock (March 3-22, 1914) in downtown DeRossett.
Family of Robert David & Emma (Black) Brock: all the siblings of H. Clay.
LORDS OF THE NIGHT
The Legend of Scott’s Gulf by Kenneth Brogden
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 2003.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1916
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley, Jr. Part 1: Akins - Hudson
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Sparta Review 20 Apr 1825 - 28 Dec 1827
The Spartonian and Mountain District Advisor 10 Jan 1829 - 20 Jun 1829
Volume XI, No. 1 January - March 2004
WILLIAM HARGIS STATEMENT
An account of the Revolutionary War service of William Hargis, from his pension applications. Submitted by Marjorie W. Murray
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1916
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley, Jr. Part 2: Jenkins - Young
HERE LIES WHO
Poem by Mary Redding Bonner Hudgens
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Oct - Dec 2003.
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee.
JUDGE W. T. SMITH
Bio from The Sparta Expositor, Friday, June 20, 1930. Contributed by Ann Verble.
FUEL BIDS
From the same paper.
JOHN WHITE, SENR. DECD. – LAST WILL & TESTAMENT
Made 11 Feb 1843, probated 02 Nov 1846. Submitted by Mary White
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
Submitted by Laurel Baty
Franklin (Williamson County) Tennessee Western Weekly Review, 15 Oct 1841 - 16 Jan 1846
Volume XI, No. 2 April - June 2004
THE CROOK HISTORY
Calvin Brown Crook (1831-1926) submitted by Clela Bain Wingo
HOLY BIBLE OF THE WILLIE JARVIS FAMILY
Contributed by Betty Fisher
MURDER OF PETER ELROD
By Geraldine Elrod Pollard
DELAYED BIRTH CERTIFICATES 1868-1903
Part 1: Anderson - Lyle
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jan - Mar 2004.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Spartonian and Mountain District Advisor 04 Jul 1829 - 18 Jul 1829
Volume XI, No. 3 July - September 2004
CLARK GRAVE STONE
Order for stones for Daniel Clark (1797-1879) & Mourning Clark (1800-1876)
THE LOST GRAVE
Discovery of grave of Emily J. Towles (1857-1906)
By Ralph C. Franks
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee and Bon Air Mountain Cemeteries.
DELAYED BIRTH CERTIFICATES 1868-1903
Part 2: Madewell - Young
WILLIAM JASON RAMSEY FAMILY
By Omega Cole
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jun 2004.
Volume XI, No. 4 October - December 2004
NOURSE SEMINARY FIVE-YEAR LEASE 1870
Transcribed from a document in the White County Archives
DEED, NOURSE SEMINARY TO DIBRELL NORMAL INSTITUTE
Contributed by Ruth Rhea “Pinkie” Tubb Hill
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1917
Part 1: Anderson - Hutchins
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley
NASH-CASH SLAVE CEMETERY
Primitive cemetery in Key Community discovered since book was published.
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee.
VA BURIALS DATABASE
Description of Internet database of veterans buried in national cemeteries, from RootsWeb Review.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 2004.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of Sampson Williams (1762-1841), John Crawford (1756-1818), Henry John Alexander Hill (1774-1825), Thomas K. Harris (? -1816), and Bird Smith (1761-1815) from Tennessee Historical Commission.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Spartonian and Mountain District Advisor 22 Aug 1829 - 19 Sep 1829
DNA TESTING – TEARING DOWN THOSE BRICK WALLS
Contributed article by Adrian Williams
Volume XII, No. 1 January - March 2005
WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF WHITE CO.?
Old argument persists: is county named for John White, or General James White?
By Charles Leonard
From Horizons ‘92, supplement to The Expositor, Sparta, Tennessee, June 25, 1992.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1917
Part 2: Jarvis - Yates
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee and Bon Air Mountain Cemeteries.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DAVID SNODGRASS, SR.
White County TN Will Book E, pp. 562-564 (transcribed).
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Oct - Dec 2004.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of Thomas Bounds ( ? -1833), George W. Gibbs ( ? - ? ), Adam R. Huntsman (1786-1849), Isaac Taylor (1781-1851), Elijah Chisholm (or Chisum) (1744-1818), James Chisum (or Chisholm) (1774-1834), Woodson P. White (1783-1839), John W. Simpson (1789-1862), and Samuel Granville Smith (1794-1835) from Tennessee Historical Commission.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS:
The Spartonian and Mountain District Advisor, 26 Sep 1829 – 16 Jan 1830.
Sparta Recorder and Law Journal, 31 Jul 1830.
Volume XII, No. 2 April - June 2005
ICY BLEDSOE AND THE WOLVES AT THE DOOR
An aftermath of Civil War told in Chancery Court loose papers and other sources.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1918
Part 1: Able - Knowles
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jan - Mar 2005.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of Samuel Turney (c.1795 - 1862 or 1863), James T. Holman ( ? - ? ), Thomas Smith ( ? - ? ), James Snodgrass (1798 - 1853), Hugh C. Armstrong (1794 - ? ) & Joseph Herd (c.1795 - post 1850) from Tennessee Historical Commission.
IZZAT YOU, PHRONEY?
Cassville students by bus in 1941 photo, submitted by Clela Wingo in hopes of identification.
Volume XII, No. 3 July - September 2005
WILD MAN OF WHITE & VAN BUREN COUNTIES, 1878
Story from Knoxville Daily Tribune submitted by Caleb G. Teffeteller, with added information and illustrated by Diane Elizabeth Colley.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1918
Part 2: Lance - Young
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley
ANTHONY
Poetry by D. L. Stover
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jun 2005.
ERRATA
For The Fred Clark Book of Cemeteries of White County Tennessee and Bon Air Mountain Cemeteries.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of John W. Dearing (abt. 1871 - ? ), John England (1790 - 1864), John Brown Rogers (1799 - 1873), Anthony Dibrell (1788 - 1875) and Jabez Gilead Mitchell (1805 - 1875) from Tennessee Historical Commission.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS:
Sparta Recorder and Law Journal, 24 Sep 1831 - 17 Dec 1831.
Volume XII, No. 4 October - December 2005
A & T POWER COMPANY
Photos of ruin of dam and power plant on Calfkiller River south of Sparta, and substation building on South Main Street, by H. L. Kirby. History by Leila Ann (Sorrell) Verble.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1919
Part 1: Adcock - Kirby
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jul - Sep 2005.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of John A. Minnis (1813 - 1886), Anderson S. Rogers (c.1808 - c.1879), Joseph Cummings (c.1801 - ? ), Thomas Snodgrass (1822 - 1898), Erasmus Lee Gardenhire (1815 - 1899), William M. Simpson (c.1832 - ? ), Samuel Parker (c.1827 - ? ), Richard Fielding Cooke (1787 - 1870), William Renshaw (1822 - 1887), and Sidney Smith Stanton (c.1833 - 1864) from Tennessee Historical Commission.
Volume XIII, No. 1 January - March 2006
JIMMIE HOOPER’S MEMOIR
Contributed by Willie Mae “Billie” (Swack) Clark. Jimmie’s youthful memories were inspired by Billie’s scrapbook, Doyle, Tennessee, My Hometown.
EDMOND NASH: WHITE COUNTY UNION SOLDIER, SPARTA RESIDENT
Service record and biographical notes by William Rex Nash.
CLARKTOWN, NOTED RESORT OF LATE ‘80s, NOW RUINS
Reprinted from The Sparta Expositor, August 26, 1948. Includes reprint of article from August 2, 1888. Contributed by Ruth Rhea “Pinkie” (Tubb) Hill.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1919
Part 2: Lafever – Young
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Oct - Dec 2005.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of Holland H. Denton (1818 - 1896), Wyman Mansfield Russell (1828 - 1907), George Gibbs Dibrell (1822 - 1888), George W. Anderson (c.1812 - ? ), William Bosson (1803 - 1887), Isaac C. Stone (c.1830 - ? ), George P. Hampton (c.1816 - ? ), Daniel Washington Hawes (1814 - 1889); also corrections and amplifications to previously published bios: Woodson Phillips White, Hugh C. Armstrong, Jabez Gilead Mitchell, from Tennessee Historical Commission.
A MESSAGE TO GRANDMA IN GREENTREE, TENNESSEE
Information about the “lost” community of Greentree (now Lost Creek), by Opal Geneva “Susie” (Hale) Hayes
BURIAL CUSTOMS DIFFERENT TODAY
Reprinted from The Sparta Expositor, October 24, 1994.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1920
Part 1: Adcock – Harrison
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Jan - Mar 2006.
NEW ARK, TENNESSEE
Information about the “lost” community of Newark (“New Ark”), by Bill Colley.
THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM A. NASH, WHITE COUNTY CIVIL WAR SOLDIER FOUND
By William Rex Nash, second great cousin of William A. Nash.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of James Edmund Nowlin (1838-1914), Lewis Marshall Wester (1823- ? ), Columbus C. Marchbanks (1843-1898), Robert King Byrd (1823-1885), David Lafayette Snodgrass (1851-1917), Luther Travis Smith (1846-1924), Henry Polk Davis (1844-1903), Thomas James Roberson Swafford (1849-1884), Adrian Fisk (1832- ? ), Andrew Jackson McElroy (1820 - ? ), Eliphalet Jarvis (1850-1913), Lucius David Hill (1856-1933), John Calvin Myers (1848-1921), and Elijah Gear Tollett II (1864-1926), from Tennessee Historical Commission.
WHITE COUNTY ABSTRACTS FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS
The Sparta Recorder and Law Journal, 31 Dec 1831 - 10 Mar 1832
LIFE DIFFERENT AND DIFFICULT FOR SETTLERS
Reprinted from The Sparta Expositor, November 17, 1994.
WHITE COUNTY DEATHS 1920
Part 2: Hodge – Young
Abstracts of county death certificates by William C. Colley.
OBITUARIES
Abstracts of obituaries from the Sparta Expositor Apr - Jun 2006.
PERILLA, TENNESSEE
Information about the “lost” community of Perilla, by Bill Colley.
KNOW YOUR LEGISLATORS
Biographical sketches of Ephraim Story (1853-1895), Augustus Henry Woodlee (1855-1932), James Van B. Worthington (1833-1908), Frank S. Dibrell (1858-1914), William J. Hodges (c.1859-1935), George Washington Cline (1861-1926), and Daniel Martin Meredith (1876-1918), from Tennessee Historical Commission.
HEADCOUNT OF POTENTIAL STUDENTS, DISTRICTS 7 AND 8, 1857
Head of each household with school-age kids listed, with number of kids. Transcribed by William C. Colley from the White County Archives.
GRANDMA CLIMBED THE FAMILY TREE
Anonymous poetry contributed by Doris Scanlon.
USING ROOTSWEB: EXPLORING THE SS-5
Reprinted from RootsWeb Review.
MARKER UNVEILED TO HONOR CAPT. CHISOM
Clipping from The Sparta Expositor, September 30, 1935.