The American Census Handbook


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Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.




Overton County, Tennessee


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Overton County was established in 1806 and at one time embraced all or portions of the territory that eventually became Fentress, Clay, Pickett, and Putnam counties. Some famous names associated with Overton, and later Fentress, include Davy Crockett, John Sevier, Joseph Copeland, and John M. Clements (father of Mark Twain). Since the early records of the counties of Fentress, Pickett, Putnam, and Jackson have all or partially been destroyed, the extant records of Overton County assume special significance. The work in hand contains records of approximately 2,500 early Overton County inhabitants and features abstracts of various classes of records. Principal contents include the following: Abstracts of Deeds, Wills, Grants, and Minutes from Overton County Deed Books; Legislative Petitions, 1801-1860; Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1807-1811; Pensioners in Overton and Adjoining Counties, 1818-1883; and Index to Overton County Will Books, 1870-1891.This volume is available on our Family Archive CD 7511.




The Papers of Andrew Johnson: 1852-1857


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The Papers of Andrew Johnson Project began in the mid-1950s as part of a larger trend toward projects for the collection and publication of presidential papers. The project was headed by University of Tennessee historians LeRoy Graf and Ralph Haskins and led to its conclusion by Paul Bergeron. The project became part of the Tennessee Presidents Center in 1987, joining the papers projects of the two other Tennessee presidents, Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk. The first volume of The Papers of Andrew Johnson was published in 1967 and the project was completed on July 31, 2000, with the publication of the sixteenth and final volume. The entire project covers Johnson's correspondence from 1858 to 1875.




1820 Census of Overton County, Tennessee


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Behind the Mirror: The Life and Times of Benjamin D. Asberry alias Joseph Rhinehart


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This is Part I of a two-part work concerning the family of Benjamin D. Asberry (1822-1902), an descendant of Henry (1630-1682) and Martha Durrant Asbury (1650-1709) of Maryland and Virginia. Part II concerns the Cobb, Pope and Ball families of Harlan County, Kentucky.




A Jennings Family Genealogy


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A genealogy and a history of the Jennings family in America who are descendants of Charles Lawson Jinings born about 1752-55 and died 5 Sep 1835 probably in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Bonafield.







A Family History


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Other localities include Alabama, Tennessee.




Tennessee Place-names


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Tennessee has never had so complete a place-names volume as this. With over 1,900 entries, this volume covers virtually all the cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and communities of Tennessee. Here you can learn when and how towns got their names. Although current names are the primary focus, previous names are also provided and discussed when information is available, and many interesting stories attached to a place have also been included. This is an essential and fascinating reference book for scholars, teachers, students, and any individual interested in the history of Tennessee.