The following is a list of early divorce petitions that I found in a book, "Overton County, Tennessee, Genealogical Records," compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley, 1967: 1813. Overton County, Petition of Denson Fields for divorce. 1824. Petition of William Stewart from Overton County, asking to be granted a divorce. 1826. Overton County, Albert Townsend seeking divorce. 1826. Overton County, Elizabeth Dennis, seeking divorce. 1829. Overton County, S. Dixon for divorce. 1829. Fentress County, John Pile asking for divorce. 1831. Overton County, Rebecca Ashburn seeking divorce. 1831. Overton County, Michael C. Cole seeking divorce. 1831. Overton County, Thomas Conway asking for divorce. 1831. Overton County, Michael Hall seeking divorce. 1832. Overton County, E. Walker asking for divorce. 1832. Overton County, Samuel Walker asking for divorce. There is no further information on any of these petitions. Vonnie

Looking for information regarding Dr. Asbury Sterling Whitehead b. abt. 1870 in Cookeviile, Tn. and Eliza Neighbors b. abt. 1877 in Baxter, Tn. Nancy Gamel-Livecy [email protected]

Hi I am looking for Abner Brantley HARLEY he married Ordelia Jane BYERS b1822 and d1897 and their children were Tom, Maggie, Mary Alice and then (my greatgrandfather) Harvey Brantley HARLEY, Harvey was born in Ozark Co., MO in 1884 but I do believe that Abner and family were only there a short time. I found Harvey in the 1910 census for Jackson Co., TN but I havent been able to find Abner in any Jackson Co., census and I do know that his wifes parents Andrew Nelson BYERS b 1822 and Nancy Finn b 1827 d. 1893 were listed in the 1880 Putnam Co Census and they did have a Leslie Harley age 11 living with them ( I dont know who he is) Ordelia was already out of the house and living with Abner, but I cant find them anywhere, If anyone has any info for me it will be greatly appreciated!!!!! Thanks in advance, Tiffany Hamilton

I just want to pubicly thank the wonderful people who answered my query. So thank you Bettie Doyle, Steve Jackson, and Peggy Herren. This is the most respondsive group I have seen on the web. Keep up the good work.

hi Cyndi could this be Dyer there were several Dyers in White, Jackson & Putnam Co since names were usually misspelled thought I'd check Peggy galati4 wrote: > Hi, All!! I have been searching everywhere for anyone researching > the Dryer surname in this area of the country! Is anyone out there? > Cyndi > [email protected]

velesca Jackson Co,TN 1850 census pg 191 Dist # 12 Family # 389 William Whitefield 48 b NC Sally 39 b NC John 19 b TN Helen 17 b TN Lucetta 15 b TN William 12 b TN James 10 b TN Joshia 8 b TN Tabitha 4 b TN George 1 b TN don't know if this is your William but it sure looks like it might you may want to check this out remember this part of Jackson Co became Putnam Co in 1852 & was denied due to a technicality only to become Putnam Co in 1854 so some of the later records may be there good hunting Peggy Herren [email protected] wrote: > Looking for info on John Tolar Whitefield / Elizabeth Thomas md. > Person > Co,NC 1799. Moved to Tn. before 1830. Son WILLIAM WHITEFIELD my > gg-grandfather b. ca.1802 and 2nd wife LUCINDA (Gentry?) md. ca. 1855. > > Is anyone available to go to the courthouse in Putnam Co. for me? Is > anyone else researching this family? I have info on some of William's > children that I will be happy to share. > Thanks to all > Valesca in Texas

Hi, All!! I have been searching everywhere for anyone researching the Dryer surname in this area of the country! Is anyone out there? Cyndi [email protected]

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Looking for info on John Tolar Whitefield / Elizabeth Thomas md. Person Co,NC 1799. Moved to Tn. before 1830. Son WILLIAM WHITEFIELD my gg-grandfather b. ca.1802 and 2nd wife LUCINDA (Gentry?) md. ca. 1855. Is anyone available to go to the courthouse in Putnam Co. for me? Is anyone else researching this family? I have info on some of William's children that I will be happy to share. Thanks to all Valesca in Texas

I was so glad to hear about this list. Most of the families I am researching were in Jackson Co. spilling over into Putnam, White, etc. I would really like to hear from anyone searching the following YOUNG family. I will be happy to exchange info. James Young was in Jackson Co. early 1800s. He died 1845. Who was his wife? Some say Rhoda Hudson. I would like to see any sources for this. His children were: Eli, b. ca. 1785, d. 1856, m. Rachael Saylors - Have some descendants for this. James B., b. ca. 1785, d. after 1870. Who did he marry? Any descendants out there? Elizabeth, b. ca. 1790, m. Jonas Elliott, son of Archibald. Moved to Mo. Robert, b. ca 1790, d. 1847-50, m. Barbara Gallion. Would love to hear from desc. Hutson, b. ca 1789, d. ca. 1840, m. Jane Prior. Would love to hear from descendants. Little Berry, b. 1801, d. 1872, m. Winnie Walker. My line. Who was Winnie Walker? Martha Polly, b. 1802, d. 1830, m. James Stroud. Any descendants out there? Please! John Henry, b. 1804, d. 1864, m. Elizabeth Bullington. Moved to Ark. Have descend's Worley, b. 1809, d. 1859, m. Rebecca McClelland. Love to hear from any descend's Family tradition says that Winnie Walker was the daughter of Long Walker (indian) and Elizabeth (called Beck). They had a farm on Blackburn's Fork. Perhaps Elizabeth had a sister named Mandy. I would really appreciate any information about these people. Thanks for reading this long post. Hope we can make a connection. Best Regards, Betty Young [email protected]

>From what I can understand in talking with my Mother, the former Lera McCanless, when her family first moved to Cookeville, around 1920, they spent the first several days there at the Duke House [or Hotel]. It was located in the vicinity of the courthouse, on the Sparta Road. It was not a hotel in the sense we know today, but rather a boarding house. She said they arrived at the railroad depot, and went across town to the Duke House. At that time, the roads of Cookeville were not paved. A suggestion for further research, is to contact the Special Collections Librarian, Christine Spivey Jones, at Tennessee Technical University in Cookeville. You could locate TTU thru a search engine such as Infoseek, and perhaps there is a email address for the library. Dave Masters [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: A Thyme To Plant Herb Farm, Inc. <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 10:13 PM Subject: DUKE/GENTRY |Does anyone have any info on John G. DUKE and Mary Jane GENTRY DUKE? And |on the Duke House (hotel) in Cookeville? Any information would be deeply |appreciated. Thanks. | |Marianne Mittwede Ritchie/VA | |

Does anyone have any info on John G. DUKE and Mary Jane GENTRY DUKE? And on the Duke House (hotel) in Cookeville? Any information would be deeply appreciated. Thanks. Marianne Mittwede Ritchie/VA

Looking for information on CHESLEY CODY MALONE, b. 3 March 1852, d. 5 November 1939, Married AMANDA ELLEN HOOTEN. Believe some descendents of Chesley lives in the Putnam County area. Looking for parents of my great-grandfather. Thanks, Dave Masters

Hello Everyone, I'd like to take a minute to welcome all of you to the Putnam County Mailing List. This list was just created last week. Right now we have about 20 subscribers. I am doing everything that I can to build this list up so that we can help each other out in our quest discovering our roots. Rootsweb just got the listing up on their server. I have written Charles Reeves, the TNGenWeb Putnam County Host, and he is going to list the mailing list in his pages. I have written Fred Clark, and he is going to list the mailing list in the Upper Cumberland Researcher. John Fuller, who maintain the web site "Genealogy Resources on the Internet," is going to list the mailing list on his Tennessee Mailing List pages. I am currently the host for two counties at the TNGenWeb Site: Loudon and Campbell. I also host the Tennessee Tombstone Transcription pages. However, my heart lies (and will always lie) in Putnam County Genealogy. I just wanted to say welcome and that I hope we can help each other out, Mitzi Freeman

Hi All, New to this list. Looking for these ancestors in the Putnam,Fentress,Cumberland, and Overton Co.,Tn area. Willing to share. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance. Brenda Duff [email protected] 1 Leander Miller b: 1854 d: August 28, 1910 . +Sarah Jane Ashburn b: 1859 d: December 31, 1919 Father: Mother: .... 2 Elisha Miller .... 2 Mary Miller .... 2 Jimmie Miller b: June 14, 1874 d: February 27, 1952 in buried at Campground Cemetery in Fentress County ....... +Alice ? b: October 04, 1876 d: April 03, 1946 in buried at Campground Cemetery in Fentress County Father: Mother: .... 2 Rosabelle Miller b: 1878 d: 1977 ....... +Martin L.Todd b: 1875 d: 1963 Father: Mother: .... 2 Hillary Miller b: February 08, 1881 d: April 16, 1970 in buried at Campground Cemetery in Fentress County ....... +Ida ? b: June 08, 1885 d: April 12, 1943 in buried at Campground Cemetery in Fentress County .... 2 Dillard Miller b: April 1882 d: December 13, 1954 in buried in Fentress County at Campground Cemetery ....... +Cora b: January 06, 1886 d: September 27, 1954 in buried in Fentress County at Campground Cemetery .... 2 Mitchell Miller b: May 18, 1885 d: May 10, 1960 in buried in Fentress County at Campground Cemetery ....... +Etter Shellito b: November 18, 1894 d: September 25, 1970 in buried at Campground Cemetery in Fentress County Father: Frank M. Shellito/Shellatoe Mother: Laura J. Steelman .... 2 William Burton Miller b: April 02, 1886 d: August 22, 1978 in Clarkrange,Tennessee-Campground Cemetery ....... +Eliza Eller Shellito b: August 03, 1896 m: December 18, 1910 d: April 30, 1974 in Crossville,Tennessee-Campground Cemetery Father: Frank M. Shellito/Shellatoe Mother: Laura J. Steelman .... 2 Charlie Miller b: December 11, 1892 d: March 10, 1932 in buried in Fentress County at Campground Cemetery .... 2 Joe M. Miller b: December 06, 1897 in Clarkrange,Fentress County,Tennessee d:Crossville,Tn

Hello! I am researching the West/Peek families from Putnam Co. My great-grandfather was Isaac Lafayette (Fate) West b. Nov 1869 m. Mary A. Loftis (b.1866 in Overton County). Fate was the son of William Carroll West and Elizabeth Peek. I have some info on ascendants of William Carroll West but nothing on the Peek family. According to the 1910 Parker County, Texas census Fate and Mary A. were married about 1888. Their first two children were born in Louisiana, then they were back in Tenn and then left for Texas. If anybody has any clues as to where in LA they might have gone, please let me know. Here's the family according to 1910 census: West, Lafette [boy those census takers sure could spell:>}] age 41;m.22y b. Tenn Mary A. b. abt 1866 Tenn m.22y 9/9 children Hollis V.; 19 LA Oscar A.;17 LA Lem H.; 15 Tenn [that's my grandfather, he was born in Putnam Co] Lennie O; 12 Tenn Lizzie I or J; 9 Tenn Harrison P.; 7 Tenn Vinie E.; 3 Tenn William D.; 1 5/12 Texas That's only eight children. 1920 census shows a daughter, H.E. b. abt 1909 in Tenn. Does anybody have any info for me? Thanks so much, Tamara West Stevens