I am a little confused about the land records situation. I have been under the impression that the court house in Wayne Co burned in the 1800s and perhaps as late as the 1920s from lightening. Are there still records available? I would love to go down and do research. I am a Hill descendant from the area and anyone searching Hill families in the area know they are all called the same names, etc and is a real hard problem to search them. I would love to know what is really available in Wayne Co. Jerilyn **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)
My information is that the courthouse burned in 1975, but that later on other records had been located. Yes it would be nice to know their inventory ........the State of Tennessee has sent people out to microfilm all records in Tennessee........I suppose that means they have a record at the state...........and you can purchase the record by mail, by research yourself, or email......they will let you know the charges when they find the reocord.............then you send the check........they send the record. Anymore information out there............we need it here, PLEASE! JOYCE Jlktrees@aol.com wrote: I am a little confused about the land records situation. I have been under the impression that the court house in Wayne Co burned in the 1800s and perhaps as late as the 1920s from lightening. Are there still records available? I would love to go down and do research. I am a Hill descendant from the area and anyone searching Hill families in the area know they are all called the same names, etc and is a real hard problem to search them. I would love to know what is really available in Wayne Co. Jerilyn **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Yes, the Wayne County Courthouse burned in 1975 or so, but almost all, if not all, of the land records were saved. The records are available for use in the courthouse. Also, the records are on microfilm at the Wayne County Public library. The inventory microfilm listing found on the Tennessee State Library and Archives website is a list of those records. In the Wayne County library there is a two volume abstract of county land records up to about 1855 or so. A Mr. Gray was the author. The librarian can help you find the books. You should make sure the Wayne County Library is open before you travel to Waynesboro. The are only open for a few hours on Wednesday and Saturday and they are closed on Sundays. Good luck. --- Jlktrees@aol.com wrote: > I am a little confused about the land records > situation. I have been under > the impression that the court house in Wayne Co > burned in the 1800s and > perhaps as late as the 1920s from lightening. Are > there still records available? > I would love to go down and do research. I am a > Hill descendant from the > area and anyone searching Hill families in the area > know they are all called > the same names, etc and is a real hard problem to > search them. I would love to > know what is really available in Wayne Co. Jerilyn > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and > advice on AOL Money & > Finance. > (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
As I understand it, these records are stored in Nashville. They cover things like land grants and powers of attorney, registration and sales of property--land, livestock, They were from old deed books and go from 1820's on through the 19th century. The reason I noted that I got the books from mountainpress.com was because it gave me a way to research names so that I could go to the state archives and ask for records. I was happy with what I found but cannot attest to anyone else's luck. Jan -----Original Message----- From: tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jlktrees@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 4:09 PM To: tnwayne@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNWAYNE] Wayne Co records I am a little confused about the land records situation. I have been under the impression that the court house in Wayne Co burned in the 1800s and perhaps as late as the 1920s from lightening. Are there still records available? I would love to go down and do research. I am a Hill descendant from the area and anyone searching Hill families in the area know they are all called the same names, etc and is a real hard problem to search them. I would love to know what is really available in Wayne Co. Jerilyn **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
To all members, I need to revisit the story below which was sent to you two days ago. I want to correct the name of the lady I visited with and who told me the story. I met Mrs. Sarah Cole (not Holt), age 92 back in 1988 in Waynesboro, TN. My notes: Parents: Joseph Bart Lay and Lettie Alice Copeland Lay Grandparents: Sarah Wade Cypert b. 1858 d. 1936 (mother was a Worthen?) Joseph Copeland from NC > AL> Bear Creek. Note: Se..ts, TN was called Pin Hook. Based on the age of the grandparent who was a child during the Civil War, her grandmother Sarah may have told the story to her daughter, but would have been talking about her mother facing up to the soldiers. Barbara W __________________ Many years ago I visited Waynesboro, TN and met a Mr. Lay in the courthouse who sent me to visit and elderly lady there in town. My old note books are packed away so this may not be correct. We visited and I was allowed to see her old pictures and hear her family stories. She told me that her mother (or grandmother) was living in the area that a troop of Civil War soldiers came marching through taking what they needed. She had hidden as much as possible including socks that she had knited to send to her soldier son. Some of the men found those items under the floor boards where she had placed them. She was so mad that after the soldiers had made camp not far from her house she marched up the hill and demanded to see the officer in charge. She told him what all his men had taken from her, then she demanded they return the socks and the officer had the men take them off their feet and return them to her. She did say that those men were in desperate need of socks but could not have her son's socks. Now that was a very strong lady. Barbara W
I though some of the readers might be interested in the enclosed photos which are of the original Thomas Jefferson Lawson's log cabin on Bear Creek, Lutts, TN. The photos were taken in the summer of 1977 and as you can see the log cabin had been updated over the years but was then being used as a barn for storage by the farmer who owned or farmed the land. I have heard that now it is torn down and removed.
Tom, Unfortunately Rootsweb does not allow photos to be sent to these lists. If you want, you can send the photos of Thomas Jefferson Lawson's cabin to me and I'll post them on the Wayne County website. Jerry W. Murphy jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com Jerry's Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jwmurphy/ Rootsweb List Administrator: ALFRANKL, TNHARDIN, TNWASHIN, TNWAYNE BRATTON, CAVENDER, COCHRAN, HAFLEY, PATTERSON, SOWERBY Hardin County, Tennessee Co-County Coordinator: http://www.tngenweb.org/hardin Wayne County, Tennessee Co-County Coordinator: http://www.netease.net/wayne -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom Lawson" <twlawson@fedex.com> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:53 AM To: <tnwayne@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Wayne Co records > > > I though some of the readers might be interested in the enclosed photos > which are of the original Thomas Jefferson Lawson's log cabin on Bear > Creek, Lutts, TN. The photos were taken in the summer of 1977 and as you > can see the log cabin had been updated over the years but was then being > used as a barn for storage by the farmer who owned or farmed the land. I > have heard that now it is torn down and removed. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >