Rover & Bedford Co, TN - Vol II


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Guide to County Records and Genealogical Resources in Tennessee


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This fabulous work is a county-by-county guide to the genealogical records and resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville. Based largely on the Tennessee county records microfilmed by the LDS Genealogical Library, it is an inventory of extant county records and their dates of coverage. For each county the following data is given: formation, county seat, names and addresses of libraries and genealogical societies, published records (alphabetical by author), W.P.A. typescript records, microfilmed records (LDS), manuscripts, and church records. The LDS microfilm covers almost every record that could be used by the genealogist, from vital records to optometry registers, from wills and inventories to school board minutes. There also is a comprehensive list of statewide reference works.







Robert Good and His Descendants


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Robert Good was born no later than 1750. He married Elizabeth Bankhead. They had four children. Robert died in 1799 in Union County, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.







Thoroughfare for Freedom


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Volume 2 of the Cumberland Settlement series adds to the stories, information, and art of the Founding of the Cumberland Settlement book. Telling the stories of the original pioneers of Middle Tennessee who survived the challenges of hostile enemies and primitive conditions to create a civil society.




The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi


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Andrew, Jacob and Henry Falkenburg immigrated from Germany to Augusta and Orange Counties, Virginia by 1736, moving to Bladen (later Anson) County, North Carolina by 1746. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Faulkenberry or Fortenberry) and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas and elsewhere.




Legendary Locals of Rutherford County


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Located in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina, Rutherford County is rich in history, resources, and people. Legendary Locals of Rutherford County attempts to capture this region's history and wealth through introducing some of its people and their lives. These locals begin with explorers like Hernando De Soto; early settlers unafraid of frontier living; early governors like Griffith Rutherford, who left his name in the region; and everyday people who made a difference. Textile magnate Raleigh Rutherford Haynes, South Mountain physician Benjamin Washburn, entertainer Dewitt "Snuffy" Jenkins, Sheriff Damon Huskey, radio announcers Jerrell Bedford and Jim Bishop, preacher Harold Brown, writer Tony Earley, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, funeral director T.R. Padgett, muralist Clive Haynes, novelist Kay Hooper, and museum founder-curator Mike Rhyne represent just a sampling of the more recent residents who have shaped the county, the state, and the nation.




Remembering Rutherford


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From the remote hills and hollows to the parlors and attics of historic Main Street, from the clear memories of centenarians to the dark corners of the state archives come the true accounts in Remembering Rutherford. Daily News Journal columnist Greg Tucker presents the history of Rutherford County, Tennessee, the state's fastest-growing county, in a series of engaging and meticulously researched stories that will inform and amuse both long-time residents and newcomers. Biscuit tea, outhouse births, monkey wrenches, milk snakes, devil fences, whittlers, grave robbers, Boy Scouts, cattle drives, barnstormers, heroes and scoundrelsthey are all in this outstanding collection of local history and lore.