the lincoln lineage table of contents

*LINCOLN COUNTY, TN - Tables of Contents for “The Lincoln Lineage” 1999- (TNLINCOL)=========================================================================================These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. This file was contributed for use by the Lincoln County Genealogical Society.

Note: Copies of these publications may be purchased through the Lincoln County Genealogical Society, 1508 West Washington Street, Fayetteville, TN 37334. =========================================================================================

Volume 1, No. 1 (Spring 1998)

Cover – The Observer Building of 1850, Mr. N. O. Wallace, Sr., N. O. Wallace, Jr. & R. M. Wallace, Sr.

p.1 Table of Contents

p.2 News from the Lincoln County Genealogical Society (LCGS)

p.3 Partial list of books, family histories, etc., that have been donated to LCGS during 1997

p.4 The Observer is Celebrating It’s 100 Years of Progress

p.6 List of property damaged during 29 February tornado that struck Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN.

p.8 Brief History of Lincoln County

p.16 Early Schooling

p.19 Ancestor chart of Mary Fithian Cochran, 500 Cumberland Road East, Mobile, AL 366081

p.20 Ancestor chart of Mary Ann Rives Gabbert, 408 Stotts, El Paso, TX 79932

p21 Voters casting votes in District #8 in Fayetteville on 3 Nov 1868

p.22 Voter list for District #10 at Petersburg on 3 Nov 1868

p.23 Voter list for District #19 at Camargo, 6 Nov 1894. Voter list for District #12 at home of Wm. Hamiltonon 1 Feb 1873.

p.24 Voter list for District #6, at Mulberry, 12 Feb 1867. List of insolvents in District #21 for year 1878. List ofinsolvents in District #19 for year of 1878. List of insolvents in District #21 for year of 1878.

p.25 List of involvents in District #17 at Kelly Creek, 13 Feb 1879. Voter list for District #12 at house of Wm.Hamilton, 28 Feb 1874. Voter list for District #16 at Millville, 1 Aug 1878.

p.26 Oath of office of School Directors. Sworn before P. D. Boyce, Clerk, 29 July 1878. Voter list for District #1. Wesley’s Chapel, 28 Feb 1874. Petition to E. M. Sherrell from residents of 8th District asking him to be a candidate for Sheriff of Lincoln County at the August 1902 election. Filed 12 July 1902.

p.27 Voter list for District #11, on 7 Nov 1882.

p.28 Early Tennessee to Early Lincoln County

p.30 Will of Colonel Anthony Bledsoe

p.35 First District – 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee, Census

p.52 Queries

p.53 Index

Back Cover – Lincoln County, Tennessee Civil Districts

Volume 1, No. 2 (Fall 1998)

Cover – The Old Stone Bridge



p.3 Queries – Phillips, Austin, Bolen, Wilhoit, Eppes, Walker, Neece, Ellis, Williams, Sharber, Leftwich, Gill, Weaver, Hale, Goodwin, Keller, Cole, Sullivan, Small, Logan, Carnes, Eaton.

p.4 Lincoln County Genealogical Society Library

/p.5 From the Fayetteville Observer, 1 Apr 1909, Monticello, AR

p.5--6 Funeral Services held for T. C. Largen – 1930

p.6 From the City Directory – info on Largen

p.6-8 Some Land Grant Data from Tennessee: Williamson, Majors, Maddox, Hays, Griffis, Bryan

p.8 Butterflies

p.9-12 Genealogy from Lincoln County Land Deeds abstracted and condensed from Land Deed Genealogy of Lincoln County, TN, 1809-1818, Vol. I, by Timothy R. and Helen C. Marsh, 1996

p.13-34 First Civil District - 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.34-38 Buckeye Missionary Baptist Church at Norris Creek, 5 August 1848-17 Feb 1934

p.38-51 Information taken from Loose Papers found in the Lincoln County Archives: Voter list for District #24, 24 May 1866, for School Commissioners; Voter list for District #4 at Renegar’s, 5 Nov 1878; Voter list for District #5, at Boonville, 5 Nov 1878; Voter list for District #6 at Norris Creek, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #7, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #9, 5 Nov 1878; Voter list for District #12, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #13, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #15 at Trentham’s Precinct, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #17, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #19 at Camargo, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #19 at Camargo, 5 Nov 1878; Voter list for District #22, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #23, 1 Aug 1878; Voter list for District #6 at Oak Hill, 4 Aug 1881 for School Commissioner; Voter list for District #9 for School Directors, 4 Aug 1881; Voter list for District #10 at Petersburg, 4 Aug 1881; Petition to place B. B. Thompson on ballot for Register in the August 1902 election; Voter list for District #12, 4 Aug 1881.

p.51-52 Queries – Bowers, Hall, Roberts, Tucker, Graves, Clampett, Eddins, Eldridge, Bayless, Beasley, Cathey, Thomas, Beasley, Higgins, Hopkins, Bailey, Meadows, Unbles, Thompson, Walker, Culbertson, Wright, Brady.

p.53 New publications on the shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.54-59 Index


Cover – Members of the County Court of Lincoln County



p.3-5 Queries: Huggins, Leatherman, Hinkle, Thorpe, Phillips, Grigsby, Eppes, Gurley, Harris, Bolen, Wilhoit, Neece, Ellis, Williams, Sharber, Leftwich, Gill, Weaver, Hale, Goodwin, Keller, Cole, Sullivan, Small, Logan, Carnes, Eaton, Wilton, Collins, Hopper, Daniel, Wisener, Sawyers, Wright, Smith, Holland, Hamilton, Cheatham, Kennon, Cagle, Brinker, Morgan, McGlamery, McLaughlin, Lewis, Patterson, Kellogg, Sumners, Marcec, Hunt, Syler, Parks, Hosch, Loveless, Morris, Cunningham, Gray, Overall, Beard, Cartwright, Eakin, Jones, Jordan, Land, Overall, Paseur, Stone, Greenlee, McKinney, Wakefield, McAlister, Stovall, Johnson, Gant, Alexander, Brown, Cowden, Dobson, Grimes, Harris, Henry, Hobby,

McRay, Peterson, Short, Webb.

p.6-7 List of Lincoln County Pioneers Donated to Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.7-9 Material from Family Puzzlers, The Marriage Bond, Loyalty (Amnesty) Oahts 1867-1868, Individual Pardon Applications Submitted to President Andrew Johnson

p.10-12 Voter list for District #20, 7 Aug 1879, Voter list for District #21, 7 Aug 1879, Voter list for District #22, 7 Aug 1879, Voter list for District #23, 7 Aug 1879, Voter list for District #25, 7 Aug 1879.

p.12-17 Genealogy from Lincoln County Land Deeds, 1809-1818.

p.17-20 Tennessee Land Grants, Abell-Ayres

p.20-39 Second Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.40-44 Tennessee School Register, 8th District School, Lincoln County, Fifth and Grade 1931

p.44-46 Tennessee School Register, 8th District School, Seventh and Eighth Grade 1929-1930

p.47-54 Buckeye Missionary Baptist Church at Norris Creek.

p.55-58 Index


Cover – The Home of Robert M. Koonce in 1904



p.2-3 New Publications on the Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3-4 Queries: Baskerville, Halbert, Carrigan, Hand, Merrell, McCree, Reed, Gatlin, Thompson, Smith, Ferguson, Maben, Hamilton, Bonner, Roland, Holman, Bunn, Shank, Bolin, Bowlen, Noel, Hamilton, Robert, Sanders, Whisenant, Whisennant, George, Miller, Poole, Rowe.

p.4 Correction – Names omitted from last issue of Lincoln Lineage (From the Tennessee School Register, Eighth District, Lincoln County)

p.5-10 Ancestor Charts – Emmaliene Curlee, Jack E. Martin, Robert W. Capley, Gloria Faye (Merrell) Hand.

p.10-11 Joe Nix Simmons (1917-1988)

p.12 Family Group Sheet – John Hamilton (1772-1812) and Martha Greer (1775-1872)

p.13-21 The Line of John Hamilton and Martha Greer

p.22-31 Second Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census.

p.31-48 Third Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census.

p.49-51 Index


Cover – The Fayetteville Post Office


p.2-3 News from Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3 New Publications on the Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3-4 Queries: Thompson, Whitworth, Deal, Small, Dennis, Jones, Dodson, McGee, Causen, Crawford, Gibson, Buchanan, Mahan, Story, Hampton, Reeves, Perkins, Brotherton.

p.4-7 The D. R. S. Rosebrough Ancestry, Lincoln and Shelby Counties, TN

p.7-11 The Hampton-Brotherton Connection

p.11-31 Fourth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.31-51 Lincoln and Moore County Post Offices 1811-1984

p.52-54 Index

Back Inside Cover – Early Pioneers of Lincoln County – William Houston McAlister and Verlina Deadman McWhirter


Cover – Installing Turbine at Bearden’s Mill

Front Inside Cover – History of the Greer/Bearden Mill

p.1 Lincoln County Genealogical Society


p.3 Cyclone at Bee Springs - 29 April 1909

p.4-20 The Lincoln Journal, Fayetteville, TN, 1840-1845

p.21 Queries, Advertisements and Announcements: Klein, Lewter, Hodum, Mathis, Childs, Wright, Damron, Stovall, Wakefield, Bean.

p.22-27 Fourth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.27-42 Fifth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.43-48 Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax Records Book, 1892, District No. 1

p.49-53 Index

p.54 New Books Added to LCT Genealogical Society Library


Cover – Young Andrew Taylor Family



p.3-7 Young Andrew Taylor (1826-1899)

p.8-21 Fifth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.21-28 Sixth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.28 Brossard’s Jewelry Store

p.29-36 Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax Records Book, 1892.

p.37 Correction: John H. Mann and Lucy, his wife.

p.37-45 The Lincoln Journal, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 1845

p.46 Obituary – Frances Caldwell England (1905-1999)

p.46 Internet Tips and Addresses

p.47-40 Index

p.51 New Books on the Shelves at the Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.52 Saw Mill at Oregon, Lincoln County.


Cover – Rocky Point School, LCT – 1915



p.3 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3-4 Query: Tolley, Blakemore, Smith, Beaty, Rives, Rivers, Blackmore, Dillender, Davis, Gerelds, Geralds, Greer, Jerrell, Pearson, McDougal.

p.4-5 Missing Links: Higgins, Wysons, Rossen, Roper.

p.5 Tennessee State Archives and Library, Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, 1831-1850

p.5 Ancient Burying Grounds in Tennessee

p.6-16 LCT Tax Records, 1892 thru District No. 8.

p.17-26 The Lincoln Journal, Nov 1845-Feb 1846


p.47 Robertson & Goodrich Receipt

p.48- 51 Index

p.52 Rocky Point School


Cover – 1937 Blanche High School Graduating Class



p.3-4 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.4 Query: Whisenant, George.

p.4 Internet Tips and Addresses

p.5-10 1892 Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax Records).

p.10 Unidentified photo on SE corner of Public Square, 1800’s

p.11-17 The Lincoln Journal, Feb 1846-May 1846

p.17 Kuhn’s Corner


p.30-35 Seventh Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.36-46 Diary of Isaac Conger, Vol. 1, 1813

p.47-48 Photos of Eastview and William James Landess

p.49-52 Index


Cover – People Picking Cotton in Lincoln County

Inside Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Society



p.3-6 1892 Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax Records.

p.7-10 The Lincoln Journal, May 1846-July 1846

p.11-38 Seventh Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.38 Unidentified photo donated by George Panter of Manchester, TN

p.39-48 Diary of Isaac Conger, Vol. 1, 1813.

p.48 Lynchburg Normal Academy, Lynchburg, TN – June 22, 1887

p.49-52 Index

p.52 LCGS Membership Form


Cover – Daniel Boone Shull House



p.3 Unidentified photo


p.7 Queries: Lewter, Luter, Bledsoe, Moore, Carter, Jones, Roden, Long.

p.8-9 The Shull House

p.10 Shull Marriages, Shull and Stone Cemetery

p.11-32 Eighteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.32 Cemetery Update Project

p.32 Donation of Lois Cemetery and Its History by Mark Mitchell

p.33-37 The Lincoln Journal, July 1846-August 1846

p.38-44 Tennessee Land Grants, Babb-Borax.

p.44 Belleville School Boys Basketball Team – abt 1933

p.45-48 Index


Back Inside Cover – Lincoln Count Genealogical Society Publications


Cover – Copy of Rucker Bible Records



p.3-7 Rucker/Childress Family Record

p.8-38 Eighth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).


p.39-42 The Lincoln Journal, August 1846-October 1846

p.43-48 Tennessee Land Grants, Boyles-Byrd.

p.48 Queries: Barker, McDaniel, Ragland, Staacke, Fox, Zieman.

p.49-51 Index


p.52 Lincoln County Genealogical Society Publications


Cover – Hugh Douglas Smith and wife, Martha Frances Dean Medearis


p.2-5 New Books on Shelves at LCGS

p.6-16 Francis Smith and Descendants

p.17-41 Ninth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.41 Query: Rudd, Howard, Sebree.


p.48 Heritage Book of Lincoln County, Tennessee


p.49 Tennessee State Guard, abt 1942

p.50-52 Index


Back Inside Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Society Publications


Cover – James C. McCown, Private, 41st Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.


p.2-3 New Books on Shelves at LCGS

p.3 Historic Cliffside, Victorian manor house on Old Mulberry Road in Fayetteville was built abt 1880 and was home of Colonel and Mrs. James D. Tillman.

p.4-9 1892 Lincoln County, TN Tax Records.

p.9 Unidentified photo gallery

p.10-30 Tenth Civil Distrct - 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.31 Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church Session Records, 1915-1922

p.31 Pre-published purchase order for Heritage of Lincoln County

p.32-41 The Life of James C. McCown (1843-1914), son of John McCown and Tabitha Coleman, from Lincoln County, TN to Mountain Creek Confederate Park, AL. He married Mary Elizabeth J. Smith.

p.42-44 The Lincoln Journal, Oct 15, 1846-Dec 24, 1846

p.45 Boonshill School, 8th Grade, 1952 – Photo donated by Doris Storey Garrett

p.46-48 Index

Back Inside Cover – LCGS Membership Form


Cover – Willie and Althea Langford Family of Flintville, TN




p.5 Query: Rudd, Howard, Sebree.

p.6-14 My McDonald and Langford Families

p.14 Southern Library Bindery Co.

p.15-24 Tenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Mulberry).

p.25-34 Eleventh Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Petersburg).

p.35 1950 Central High School Boys Basketball Team, Fayetteville, TN

p.36-41 Abstracts from Fayetteville Observer, May 5-June 30, 1881

p.41 Marriages from Independent Yeoman, Fayetteville, TN, 1835

p.42-44 Index



Back Cover – Heritage Book of Lincoln County, TN


Cover - John Lindsay and wife, Martha “Patsy” Pressly Lindsay


p.2 New books on shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3-4 Donations from Helen and Timothy Marsh Genealogy Collections

p.5-8 1892 Lincoln County Tennessee Tax Records – District #22

p.8 John Lindsay and Martha Ledford Family

p.9-20 John and Martha Pressly Lindsey Family submitted by Robert Douglas Alder

p.20 Photo of Prosperity Cemetery, Lincoln County, TN, abt 1907.

p.21-27 Fayetteville Observer, July 7, 1881-Sept 22, 1881: Marriages and deaths p.27 Query for McKnight, Smith and Larwood by Frances Odom, Milan, NM

p.27 Unidentified photo of lady

p.28-41 Eleventh Civil District - 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.42-44 Index


Back Inside Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Publications

Back Cover – Heritage Book of Lincoln County, TN Order Form


Cover – Unidentified photos from McClellan-Stonebraker Photo Album



p.2 1870 Lincoln County Census Correction – Andrew Jackson Wright and Sarah J. Lauderdale

p.3 Microfilm and CDs Donated by Linda W. Parrish

p.4-7 1892 Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax List.

p.7 Baptizing at Flintville, TN

p.8-11 William McClellan Family

p.12 McClellan Cemetery

p.13 Thomas J. McClellan Certificate

p.14 Sketch of Thomas J. McClellan

p.15 Photos from McClellan-Stonebraker Photo Album

p.16-40 Twelfth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.40 Unidentified photo of children

p.41 Can Anyone Identify These Civil War Veterans?

p.42-44 Index




Cover – William Thomas Abbott and Addie Askins Family



p.2 New Microfilm at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.2 The Lincoln Lineage, Vol. 9, No. 1 – Photo of President Andrew Johnson

p.3-14 Drury Abbott (ca1740-1820) and Mary Sarah Dennard

p.15-34 Thirteenth Civil District -1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Cyruston).

p.35-41 Tennessee Land Grants – Calley-Curtis

p.42-44 Index

p.44 Roofing and repair of LCGS Building – October 2006


Back Cover – LCGS Membership Form


Cover – Hobbs and Sloan Hardware Store, Fayetteville, TN



p.2 Photo belonging to James Arthur McWhirter

p.3-10 Sloans of Lincoln County, Tennessee

p.10 Madox, Maddox, Edington, Eddington, Beard and Towry Family Histories and Family Bible

p.11 Query: Story, Hampton, Mahan.

p.12-31 Thirteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Cyruston).

p.32-35 John S. Waddle Family

p.35-40 Fayetteville Observer, Sept 1881-Nov 1881

p.41 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census Corrections – #90-92 John Brotherton & #102-104 N(ancy) Hampton

p.42-44 Index




Cover – Ezekiel Lafayette Brotherton, son of George and Lydia McKnight Brotherton



p.2 1931 Central High School Football Team

p.3-13 The Brothertons Come to Tennessee

p.14-24 Shiloh Methodist Church, Church Register, Taft, TN

p.24 Hopkins-Eastland Cemetery in Lincoln County, TN – Photo taken 2007

p.25-26 Recent Donations to the Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.27-37 Fourteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Boons Hill).

p.37 Cemetery Project Update

p.38-41 Fayetteville Observer, Nov 1881-Dec 1881

p.42-44 Index




Cover – Harlon George Storey and wife, Ella Marie (Ree) Robinson



p.2-3 New Computer CD’s and Microfilm at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.3 2008 Donations

p.4-20 The Storey-Story Family

p.21-33 Fourteenth Civil District - 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.34-39 Shiloh Methodist Church, Taft, TN, Church Register.


p.40 Mary Alice Rumbo (1848-1893), daughter of Elias Rumbo and Mary Priest, married James Barrett

p.41 New office furniture at LCGS Building

p.42-44 Index



Back Cover – Lincoln County, TN Civil Districts Map


Cover – 1937 Kelso Reunion, Frank B. Kelso II



p.2 Cornet Bank of Fayetteville around the Turn of the 20th Century

p.3-22 Henry Kelso Family

p.23-37 Fifteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.37 2008 Monetary Donations

p.38-41 Shiloh Methodist Church, Church Register, Taft, TN.

p.42 Photo of Alfred Donald and Newton J. Kelso


p.43-44 Index

Inside Back Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Publications


Cover – Charles Newton and Ethel Eleree Williams Bates Family



p.2 Queries: Malone, Tosh, Collins, Hampton, Flynt, Mahan.

p.3-17 Anthony Bates Family

p.18-35 Sixth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Millville).



p.40 Donations

p.40 Monetary Donations

p.40 Flintville School – abt 1934

p.41 New Tile and Carpet at LCGS

p.42-44 Index


Inside Back Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Publications


Cover – Margaret Catherine Jennings, daughter of W. Z. and Margaret Stiles Jennings



p.2 Egam School – 1912

p.3-13 John Gibson, Revolutionary War Soldier

p.13 Gibson Cemetery



p.18-21 Margaret Catherine Jennings (1908-2008)

p.22-33 Seventeenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Pleasant Plains).

p.34-41 Lincoln County Guardian Settlement Book, 1847-1852

p.42-44 Index




Cover – James C. McCown Display at Alabama’s Museum of the Confederate Soldier




p.4-7 The State of Alabama Honors James C. McCown of Lincoln County, TN

p.8-15 Fayetteville Observer, Jan 12, 1882-Feb 23, 1882: Marriages, Deaths, Local Notes, Mulberry, Norris Creek, A Foul Murder, Over the State, Mississippi, List of Letters, Personal Points, Death from a Boiler Explosion.

p.15 Flintville Depot and Train, Flintville, TN]

p.16-32 Seventeenth Civil District - 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Pleasant Plains).

p.33-41 Lincoln County Guardian Settlement Book, 1847-1852.

p.42-44 Index

p.44 LGCS Membership Form



Cover – George Washington Pickett and wife, Nancy Jane Walker



p.3-18 Ebenezer Pickett (1763-1855)


p.19-33 Eighteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Pleasant Plains).

p.34 John Rutledge, Jr. (1927-2004)

p.34 Marvin Edward Partin (1922-2010)


p.42-44 Index



Back Cover – Lincoln County, Tennessee Civil Districts


Cover – William Edmiston Kennedy, son of Robert Campbell Kennedy and Esther Ann Edmiston



p.3 Query: Collins, Hampton, Perkins, Mahan.

p.3 Donations

p.4-16 Kennedys from Northern Ireland to Tennessee

p.17-18 Kennedy-Thomison Cemetery, Lincoln County, TN


p.32-33 Rountree Family Bible Records

p.33 New Indus Super Varrel Reader donated to LCGS


p.42-44 Index




Cover – Family Reunion at Grandpa John Wesley Hosch’s at Gladstone Nursery in 1926



p.2 Donations

p.2 Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN

p.3-13 The Hosch Family, Pioneers and Patriots of America and Lincoln County, Tennessee


p.23-25 Nineteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Camargo).


p.32-37 Smith Cemetery, Lincoln Quadrangle, At Skinem on East Side of Ardmore Highway 110 and Benjamin Franklin Smith (1841-1931).

p.38 Workers for Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN – abt 1910


p.39-40 Index



Cover – Capt. Napoleon Monroe Bearden, C.S.A.


p.2-4 New Books, Microfilm and CD’s on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.4 Donations

p.5-11 The History of Andrew Jackson Lodge #68 F.&A.M.

p.12-25 Nineteenth Civil Distrct – 1870 Lincoln County, TN (Post Office Camargo).


p.31-34 Fayetteville Observer, March 1882-April 1882

p.35-38 United States Marshall James M. Davis (1849-1882)

p.39-40 Index


Back Cover – LCGS Membership Form


Cover – The Bearden Family



p.3 Photo of Bearden’s Mill on Elk River near Fayetteville, TN

p.4-18 The Beardens of Lincoln County

p.17-18 Colonel Davis Gaines Smith (1800-1886)

p.19-29 Nineteenth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN (Post Office Camargo).


p.34-38 Lincoln County News, Fayetteville, Tennessee, Friday, Sept 17, 1909 – With the Boys Who Wore the Blue


p.39-40 Index


Volume 16 No. 1 (Spring 2013)

Cover – Claude Edward Johnson, Spanish-American War



p.2 Words Found in a Will that Genealogists Should Know

p.2 Donations

p.3 Cemetery Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Adjoining Counties

p.4-18 Angus Johnson (1790-1861)

p.19-20 Johnson-Warden Cemetery

p.21-36 Twentieth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Molino).

.36-38 Holy Bible Printed by New York American Bible Society, 1845 – Original Owner: Samuel Huey Abbott

p.38 Query: Hamilton, Reid, Greer, Blair, Taylor, Morton, Wyatt, Sicotte.

p.39-40 Index




Cover – William J. Hopkins and wife, Martha Ann Franklin


p.2 Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society

p.2 Heritage of Lincoln County

p.2 Donations

p.3-19 Bedford Hopkins Family

p.19 Bellview School, 7th and 8th Grades, 1952-1953

p.20-36 Twentieth Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN (Post Office Molino).

p.36-41 Genealogical Notes of Martha Ann Taft Lewter

p.42 Cemetery Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Adjoining Counties

p.43-44 Index



Cover – Robertson Family


p,2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society


p.3 Taft Junior High School – abt 1930

p.3 Queries: Collins, Hampton, Flynt, Reeves, Everett, Perkins, Story, Brotherton, Mahan, Medlin, Longmire, Gibson, Williams.

p.4-12 David Robertson (1793-1863)

p. 13-18 Pitts and Mitchell School, Petersburg, TN, O. P. Pitts and J. C. Mitchell, Principals, 1909-1910


p.25-38 Twenty-First Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.39-40 Index




Cover – Wyatt Jean and wife, Eliza A. Susannah Bryant


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogy Society, Monetary Donations, photo of Old City Cemetery abt 1901.

p.3-17 Jean Family


p.23-30 Twenty-First Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Fayetteville).

p.30-32 Twenty-Second Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.33-37 Items of Interest

p.37 Photo of cotton gin at Vann Town in Lincoln County, TN

p.38 Cemetery Records of Lincoln County, TN & Adjoining Counties (About the Books)

p.39-40 Index


Cover – Twin brothers, Wilsie Parmer & Willie Massey Cunningham, WWI


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society, Donations, photo of Fayetteville Bed & Breakfast originally owned by James & Arepha Roe Cunningham.

p.3-18 Cunninghams from Surry County, N.C.


p.25-36 Twenty-Second Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.37-38 Early Days in the Town of Fayetteville

p.39-40 Index


Volume 18 No. 2 (Fall 2015)

Cover – Green Rives (1776-1859)


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society, Donations, David Lee Harris (1830-1917)

p.3-13 Captain Green Rives (1776-1859) of Tennessee


p.22-33 Twenty-Third Civil District – 1870 Lincoln County, TN Census (Post Office Lynchburg).

p.33 Photo of old Nathan Pryor Graveyard at Flintville, TN

p.34-37 Settlement of Administrators and Executors, 1847-1855

p.38-40 Index

p.40 For sale Cemetery Records of Lincoln County & Adjoining Counties, Heritage of Lincoln County, TN, and Membership Form


Back Cover – Early Map of Lincoln County


Cover – Boaz Brothers, sons of Edmond A. & Elizabeth Hoots Boaz. L-R sitting: William Newton & John Wilson Boaz, standing: Thomas Aaron, James Archibald & Henry Doak Boaz.


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society, Donations by Larry Foster (AKA William Gordon Dubard) of Solvang, CA, Donations, For Sale: Cemetery Records of

Lincoln County & Adjoining Counties, Vols. A-L & M-Z. Heritage of Lincoln County.

p.3-15 Boaz Family of Lincoln County, Tennessee


p.22-32 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census, Twenty-Third Civil District – Lynchburg

p.33-38 Settlement of Administrators and Executors, 1847-1855

p.39-40 Index


Back Cover – Lincoln County Genealogical Society Membership Form


Cover – Jefferson Montgomery Stone Family, L-R Littleberry Stone, Edgar Stone, Flora Files, Willie Stone, Mattie Fuller & Charlie Stone.


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. For Sale: Cemetery Records of Lincoln County & Adjoining Counties, Vols. A-L & M-Z. Heritage of Lincoln County.

p.3-17 The Stone Family of Lincoln County, Tennessee.

p.18-29 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census, Twenty-Fourth Civil District – Lynchburg.

p.29 Scholl house located off Shelbyville Highway 231 at foot of Chestnut Ridge.

p.30-35 Genealogical Notes of Martha Ann Taft Lewter.

p.36-28 Moses Stone, 1780-1847

p.39-40 Index




Cover – Private Wiley Smith Towry 1895-1918 World War I

p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society.

p.2 Donations

p.2 A History of American Legion, Towry Post 42

p.9-18 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census – Twenty-Fifth Civil District.


p.25-30 Settlement of Administrators & Executors, 1847-1855.

p.31 SCV Camp Installs Marker for John R. Massey 152

p.33 Jane Nix Yakovina letter – Company A, 44th Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A.

p.34 Capt Stiles Company – Company A, 44th Tennessee Regiment.

p.35-36 Index



Volume 20 No. 2 (Fall 2017)

Cover – Lt. John Young Gill, 1838-1909, C.S.A.


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. Cemetery Records of Lincoln County & Adjoining Counties, Vols. A-L & M-Z. Heritage of Lincoln County.

p.3-13 Gill Family from North Carolina.

p.14-23 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census - Twenty-Fifth Civil District.



p.34 James H. Rutledge.

p.34 Samuel M. Woodward.

p.35-36 Index

Back Inside Cover - Lincoln County Genealogical Publications.

Back Cover - Lincoln County Genealogical Society Membership Form


Cover – John William Monks Family L-R Front Row: Vera Mae, John William, Vessie Jeffries, John William, Jr. and Emma Frances Monks. L-R Back Row: Lawrence Paul, Maurice Cecil and Mildred Evelyn Monks.


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. Cemetery and Heritage Books For Sale.

p.3-14 Monks Family from Ireland to Tennessee.

p.15-24 1900 Census for Lincoln County, Tennessee - First Civil District.

p.25-30 Fayetteville Observer, March 1882-April 1882.


p.35-36 Index

Back Inside Cover - Lincoln County Genealogical Society Publications



Cover – John Dean Alsup, teacher, and his students at Boonshill School in Lincoln County, TN


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. Cemetery, Heritage and 1870 Lincoln County Census Books for Sale.

p.3-13 Morgan Davis from North Carolina.

p.14-21 1900 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census - Second Civil District.

p.21 W. T. Solomon.

p.21 Isaiah Parker.

p.22 William Hay Halbert.

p.22 Roberson A. Whitaker.



p.34 Identify the Photos.

p.35-36 Index




Cover – House on Daves Hollow Road built by Joel Middleton Harris abt 1860


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. Photo - Rainey Falls near Skinem - Burrell Smith, Dovie Beavers, Will McWhirter & Willie Ventress.

p.3-14 Harris Family of Howell, Tennessee.

p.15-16 Harris Cemetery, Daves Hollow Road, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

p.16 1930 Central High Reunion, November 29, 1979, Fayetteville, TN.

p.16 Query - McClelland, Riddle, Baker, Waggoner.

p.17-19 Cyclone Sweeps Through Lincoln.

p.20 Interesting Facts about Tennessee.

p.21-28 1900 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census - Third District.

p.28 Fayetteville Municipal Band.


p.35-36 Index




Cover – Ashby Cemetery near Mimosa, TN.


p.2 New Books on Shelves at Lincoln County Genealogical Society. Donations. Cemetery Records of Lincoln County & Adjoining Counties, Vols. A-L & M-Z. Heritage of Lincoln County. 1870 Lincoln County Census.

p.3-14 Halifax Ashby From Surry County, N.C.

p.14 Ashby-Turner Cemetery.

p.15 Ashby Cemetery on hillside of Cornerstone Farm.

p.16 Ashby-Warden-Groce Cemetery.

p.16 Ashby Family Cemetery near Hawthorn Lane.

p.17 Waid-Ashby Cemetery.

p.18-27 1900 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census - Fourth Civil District.

p.28 Mabel Elizabeth Abbott Tucker - Founder of Lincoln County Genealogical Society


p.35-36 Index




Cover – Rocky Springs Stagecoach Inn built by Jacob Hamilton in 1836 near Elora, Lincoln County, TN.


p.2 New Books

p.3 Donations

p.3 Falls Mill Waterfall, Belvidere, Tennessee

p.4-14 Jacob Hamilton from Elora, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

p.15 Rocky Springs Cemetery

p.16 Falls Mill, 134 Falls Road, Belvidere, Tennessee 37306.

p.17 1900 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census – Fourth & Fifth Civil Districts.

p.23 Genealogical Notes of Martha Ann Taft Lewter (continued)

p.29 Settlement of Administrators & Executors, 1847-1855 (continued)

p.34 Thomas Gregory

p.34 Dr. William Stewart

p.34 Isaac Rutledge

p.35-36 Index



Cover – John Martin Routt, son of Willis Roden Routt and Elizabeth Jane Martin.



p.2 McKinney Bros. Drug Store, Fayetteville, Tennessee

p.3-10 The Routt Family of Lincoln County, Tennessee and the Black Widow of Hazel Green, Alabama. p.11 Routt-Wells Cemetery p.12 1900 Lincoln County, Tennessee Census. – Fifth District.

p.19 Daniel Tafts Family

p.28 Genealogical Notes of Martha Ann Taft Lewter.

p.31 James Bright (1781-1871)

p.31 Jefferson Kelso (1806-1871)

p.32 Settlement of Administrators & Executors, 1847-1855 (continued)

p.35-36 Index


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