Baptist Revival Straight Creek PINEVILLE, April 11 - The Baptists are holding a revival in the community church at Straight Creek. The Rev. Mr. Roach of Lafollette, Tenn., is the preacher and the singing is being conducted by Mr. Crawford of Clinton, Tenn. The largest crowds ever assembled in the camp for church services are reported. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, April 11, 1923

John Willis and Andy Beshears were lynched by a mob in Campbell co., Tenn., for criminally assaulting Mrs. William Dilks. Source: Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Aug 6, 1892

Three Men Lynched. Williamsburg, Ky.. Dec. 8.— Two negroes and one white man were lynched yesterday morning, at 3:30 o'clock, by a mob from Jellico, Tenn. The men were taken from the custody of the sheriff and hanged to trees. They had outraged and brutally murdered, a white girl named Mildred Bryant near Jellico. They cut her throat and threw her body into a culvert, where it was found. Source: Daily Advocate, Newark, Ohio, December 8, 1892

EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH. Jellico Powder Company Scene of Bad Accident. Jellico, Tenn., September 23 A terrific explosion occurred about 8 o'clock this morning, at the Jellico Powder Company's works, about a mile from this place. Lee Hill was killed and Sam Harvey is thought to be fatally wounded. The accident occurred in the building known as the Corning depot, and the structure with Its contents was completely demolished. The clothing was burned entirely from Hill's body and his form was burned almost to a crisp. Harvey was also very severely burned. The cause of the disaster is unknown. Source: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA September 24, 1904

PROMINENT JACKSBORO FARMER SLAIN WITH MATTOCK Knoxville, Oct. 16 John Wiley Cooper, prominent farmer of Jacksboro, Campbell county, is dead; and Will Clark, farmer, is in the Knox County jail on a murder charge as the result of an altercation between the two men yesterday morning. According to information from Campbell county authorities, Cooper and Clark were working together digging potatoes. It is not known how the trouble started, but a quarrell developed and it is alleged that Clark struck Cooper on the head with a. mattock, mortally wounding him. Clark was arrested on a charge of felonious assault and later released under a $2,000 bond. He started toward Knoxville when he learned that Cooper was being hurried to Knoxville in a dying condition. Cooper died at the Knoxville General Hospital at 5 p.m., shortly after arriving there and while on the operating table. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, October 16, 1923

Deserted Family Returns Lydia (Hope) Huston. who with her five children were given county aid over a month ago. when she with her family were found stranded here while searching for the husband and father, who deserted them at Caryville, Tenn., where they resided, and who later were returned to Tennessee, by county authorities, were again in the care of the county Thursday. They were picked up at Hemlock, where Mrs.Huston said she was awaiting the return of her husband, who has relatives there, and were committed to the county jail. Mrs. Huston stated after being returned to Tennessee the authorities there arranged for her return to Ohio, and after only several days she and her family were back in these parts. They are said to have roamed from one place to another and finally came to the attention of county officers of Hemlock. Perry county had returned them to Tennessee since they were residents of that state, but authorities there thought otherwise and saw that they were transported to Ohio. The deserted husband was finally located Thursday and during a conference with Probate Judge John D. Davis, announced that his attentions were to find work and reclaim the children. Judge Davis is deliberating the matter. Source: Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, July 14, 1933

A Sheriff Murdered His Brother and Official Predecessor Also Assassinated KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 10 A telegram from Montgomery, W.V., tells of the probable fala! shooting of Sheriff Burnett of Campbell county. Tenn., at that place. One year ago Sheriff John Burnett of Campbell county, was on a Knoxvilie and Ohio passenger train near this city, while trying to arrest an escaped prisoner named Jones, who had been rescued from him on the previous day by the Smith brothers. In the riot that followed on the train, besides Sheriff Burnett, one of the Smiths was killed and a half a dozen others were injured. The affair took place on a Saturday, next day one of tbe Smiths, who had been placed in jail at Jacksboro was lynched. The other one, Jim Smith, however, escaped. He was located a few days ago in West Virginia by Sheriff Bud Burnett, Campbell county, who was appointed to fill out the unfinished time of his brother, and had gone to West Virginia to make the arrest. Source: News, Frederick, Maryland, May 10, 1894

Hi Angela, I know what a BLIND PIG is, thats an illegal drinking establishment, a name that was used during Prohibition. But that was in the 1920's and 30's. The Blind Tiger story was from 1901 could this possibly refer to a heroin den? Opium was commonly used in this country back prior to 1917 when laws were inacted by Congress to cut down on use of "Hard" Drugs. John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

On Dictionary.com blind tiger n. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. A place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally; a speakeasy. Also called blind pig.

Isn't a blind tiger a saloon? I'm not sure. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: <AngelaMeadows3@aol.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:54 PM Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] John David/C.B. Byrd > > KILLS KEEPER OF BLIND TIGER. > Grocer of Huntsville, Tenn, objects > to being a Prisoner. > HUNTSVILLE, Tenn.,June 10. > John David was killed by C. B. Byrd at Pioneer, > Tenn. David is said to have been > conducting a blind tiger near Byrd's > store and Byrd objected. David, it is > alleged, confined Byrd in a house for > a day or two and when David was > about to enter the house Byrd shot > him. David, it Is said, has killed four > men. > > Source: Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 11, 1901 > > Anybody know what a blind tiger is? > > > ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== > Post your questions and inquiry about your Ancestor regularly...Someone > may find a relative. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCAMPBE > >

KILLS KEEPER OF BLIND TIGER. Grocer of Huntsville, Tenn, objects to being a Prisoner. HUNTSVILLE, Tenn.,June 10. John David was killed by C. B. Byrd at Pioneer, Tenn. David is said to have been conducting a blind tiger near Byrd's store and Byrd objected. David, it is alleged, confined Byrd in a house for a day or two and when David was about to enter the house Byrd shot him. David, it Is said, has killed four men. Source: Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 11, 1901 Anybody know what a blind tiger is?

Maynard Byrd Worked at Cleveland Quarries Maynard Byrd, 66, a former South Amherst resident, died of cancer Aug. 19 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Born in Pioneer,Tenn.,he lived in South Amherst for 32 years, before returning to Pioneer in 1988. Mr. Byrd worked at Cleveland Quarries in Amherst for 13 years and at Kasper Foundryi n Elyria for 11 years. He was a member of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Amherst and the Five Black Gums Baptist Church in Tennessee. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Dorothy (nee Lay); sons, Earnest of Wakeman, Herman of Amherst and Christopher of Felton, Ga.;daughters, Erma Monhollen of Amherst and Elza Nickeson of Cleveland,Tenn.;nine grandchildren; a great-grandson; and a brother, Charlie of Pioneer. Services were Aug. 22 at the West-Murley Funeral Home in Oneida,Tenn. The Rev. Arthur Goney and the Rev. Delyn Phillips officiated. Burial was in the Lay Silcox Cemtery in Pioneer. Source: Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, August 31, 1995

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Gaylor, 69 years old, who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Emma Jones at Skelton on Sunday morning, of pneumonia, will be held at Haberphan. Tenn., this afternoon. Surviving besides Mrs. Jones are the following children, W. M. Gaylor, of Skelton; Frank Gaylor and Howard Gaylor, of Pioneer, Tenn.; Mrs. Cynthia Bolton, Haberphan, and Mrs. Lena Garner and Mrs. Ethel Wilson, of Skelton. Source: Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV; January 22, 1935

New Contracts in Jellico Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 20. - The United Mine Workers District 19, with headquarters at Jellico, this afternoon announced that new contracts have been signed with operators of three mines in Kentucky and that negotiations are under way for new contracts with two others. It was said by union organizers that approximately 800 men were affected by the contracts signed and that an additional 250 would be enrolled if pending negotiations with the two other companies carry through. Operators deny this indicates break in their ranks and say union estimates are far too high. The Kingsport Times Friday November 21, 1919 Page 1 Vol. 4 No.56

Dear Friends, Our Neal's sister passed away. Please have him and his family in your Prayers. Lois Hope Byrge Minton, 84 CINCINNATI, Ohio - Lois Hope Byrge Minton, 84, wife of the late Foster Minton, passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at in Cincinnati. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Further information may be obtained by calling the Shumate Funeral Home 24-hour obituary line at 248-7884 or Shumate Funeral Home office at 248-1234. Shumate Funeral Home is in charge. Guestbook at www.shumatefuneralhome.com. Milly WARD Piros My mind is lightning one brilliant flash and pooooffffffffffffffffffffff it's gone. Rootsweb Administrator for Anderson, Campbell and Fentress Tennessee Counties

Campbell County Marriages; Nov 1898 - April 1902 are now posted on my site. Currently at 1300 records. http://www.mistystree.com/campbell_county/search.htm

Search Halted Near Formosa TAIPEI. Formosa (AP) A three day air and sea search was called off Sunday night with no trace found of a Chinese Nationalist flying boat lost in Formosa Strait with seven Chinese and four Americans aboard. U.S. 7th Fleet and Chinese Air Force ships and planes had combed the area 40 miles east of the offshore island of Matsu where the Formosa-bound Catalina vanished last Thursday. The four Americans were connected with the U.S. military advisory team on Matsu. They were: Maj. Robert C. Bloom of Eau Claire,Wis.; Capt. Wayne F. Pitcher, whose wife lives at San Lorenzo.Calif.; Radioman 3.C. Dwight H. Turner, whose father lives in Clarence, Mo.; Pvt. 3.C. Claude L. Baird. whose mother lives in Duff, Tenn. Source: Dominion News, Morgantown, WV, October 6, 1958

HUNTSVILLE, Tenn., June 3.— Esquire Wm. Claxton, of Campbell county, was shot from ambush and killed by some unknown party yesterday afternoon at the foot of Braden mountain. Constable Pollmore, who was with Claxton, is reported to have taken to his heels. The affair, it is understood, grew out of a feud between Claxton and the Hughetts, of that neighborhood. Claxton shot Elsewick Hughett from ambush in the same neighborhood about two months ago. Claxton was indicted and under bond for the murder of Wm. Murphy by lynching, and was under bond for killing Hughett. The Claxtons,it is thought, will acuse Henry Hughett of the killing of Wm. Claxton and more trouble is expected. Source: Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana June 3, 1897

I have just completed moving the Campbell county TNGENWEB site to the new TNGENWEB server and off of rootsweb. The new genweb server offers cgi and php support as well as mysql support in a few months - all tools that I can use in supporting the site. With rootsweb I had to scatter my code across rootsweb and my own personal server and the maintenance was getting confusing...now it can all be in one place. If you find any errors, bad links, dead links, etc please let me know. I appreciate your patience during the transition. I did put a redirect page at the old site to forward you on automatically to the new location but for those with bookmarks the new address is: http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell Please remember us if you have research items to donate; we still have an obituary database for any obituaries you would like to add. The database also has a search capability by surname and by county. Happy new year! Suzanne M. Pratt swmpratt@bellsouth.net

CUT TO THE CORE Telegrams That State Facts Without Going Into Details. Bodies of Wheeler and Maynott Hatmaker, 11 and 14, found in mill pond at Jacksboro, Tenn. Foul play feared. Coshocton Daily Age, Ohio Wednesday Evening July 24, 1901 Page 2