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.

White County Genealogical-Historical Society

1 E. Bockman Way
Room 304, Courthouse

Sparta, TN 38583-2035

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