Family Land Heritage-Century Farms Collection, 1975-1978
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State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 TENNESSEE FAMILY LAND HERITAGE-CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM RECORDS, 1975-1978 RECORD GROUP 62 Processed by John H. Thweatt and Sara Harwell Completed Feb. 6, 1979 MICROFILM ONLY SCOPE AND CONTENT The Family Land Heritage-Century Farm Program Records of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture contain validated information by 88 county historians on farm information submitted by 959 Tennessee families who operate 637 farms, which have been in continuous agricultural production for 100 years or more. The records answer questions about the ownership of the land, history of the land, descendant owners of the land, present status of the land, information for certificate presented by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, and certification of validation of the Century Farm application by the county historian. The Family Land Heritage-Century Farm program was established during National Farm-City Week, November 21-27, 1975, and concluded July 1, 1978. Presentations of Family Land Heritage-Century Farm certificates, honoring the farm land, were presented at the following fairs during the fall of 1976-Appalachian Fair, Gray (Upper East Tennessee counties); Mid-South Fair, Memphis (West Tennessee counties); Obion County Fair, Union City (Upper West Tennessee counties); Tennessee Valley A and I Fair, Knoxville (Lower East Tennessee counties); and Tennessee State Fair, Nashville (Middle Tennessee counties). Original records were loaned for microfilming by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. CONTAINER LIST Microfilm Roll #1 Anderson County 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. Clyde Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Farmer, Clinton, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Annie Dail Hackworth, Clinton Tennessee 3 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irwin Longmire, Andersonville, Tennessee 4 Mrs. Rose Longmire, Andersonville, Tennessee Bedford County 1 Mrs. Juliet Ryall Ashley, Shelbyville, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Maude Hinkle Carter, Bell Buckle, Tennessee 3 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob G. Crigler, Shelbyville, Tennessee 4 Mr. James H. Harrison, Shelbyville, Tennessee 5 Mrs. Mattie E. Locke, Shelbyville, Tennessee 6 Mrs. Virginia F. McBride, Shelbyville, Tennessee 7 Mr. Henry Dale Parker, Tullahoma, Tennessee 8 Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Philpott, Shelbyville, Tennessee 9 Mr. Joe Russell, Mr. James Greer Russell, Miss Mattie Russell, Shelbyville Tennessee 10 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stowers, Shelbyville, Tennessee 11 Mr. Orvle D. Stubblefield, Tullahoma, Tennessee 12 Mrs. Margaret Busch Hinkle Thoma, Tullahoma, Tennessee 13 Col. Clyde H. and Mrs. Thelma R. Wherley, Shelbyville, Tennessee Benton County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Cuff, Camden, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Ruth Priestley Lockhart, Mrs. Virginia Lockhart Whitworth, Mrs. Jean Lockhart Fry, Camden, Tennessee Blount County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Floyd Anderson, Rockford, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Cora F. Anderson Best, Maryville, Tennessee 3 Mr. Jackson C. Brickey, Townsend, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. James Luther Burns, Townsend, Tennessee 5 Mr. and Mrs. George Callahan, Louisville, Tennessee 6 Mr. George Joseph Davis, Maryville, Tennessee 7 Mr. and Mrs. Reese Tip Davis, Maryville, Tennessee 8 Mrs. Howard Gamble, Walland, Tennessee 9 Mr. J. Lloyd Garner, Maryville, Tennessee 10 Mr. J.R. Gamble, Jr., Maryville, Tennessee 11 Mrs. Ernest Hair, Greenback, Tennessee 12 Mrs. Margret Henry, Mr. William Garnet Henry, Jr., Greenback, Tennessee 13 Mrs. Oscar P. Henry, Mr. Earl Winston Henry, Maryville, Tennessee, and Mr. Harold Wilkinson Henry, Knoxville, Tennessee 14 Mr. Arthur Jeffries, Seymour, Tennessee 15 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kidd, Maryville, Tennessee 16 Mrs. Katherine Warren Leffell, Louisville, Tennessee 17 Mr. and Mrs. William Fred McConnell, Maryville, Tennessee 18 Mr. Joe Drinnen McMurry, Maryville, Tennessee 19 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ralph Phelps, Louisville, Tennessee 20 Mr. Edward Lee Raulston, Maryville, Tennessee Bradley County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ralph Alexander, Loudon, Tennessee 2 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Theodore Chase, Sr., Cleveland, Tennessee 3 Mr. Harold Wade Kelley, Cleveland, Tennessee 4 Mr. William Maroon Varnell, Cleveland, Tennessee Campbell County Mr. and Mrs. Carl Winston Baird, Pioneer, Tennessee Cannon County 1 Mr. and Mrs. James Ervin Campbell, Readyville, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Mary Dee Ready Cates, Readyville, Tennessee 3 Mrs. Lera Banks Haley, Morrison, Tennessee 4 Mr. Robert W. Hawkins, Woodbury, Tennessee 5 Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Leonard Parton, Woodbury, Tennessee 6 Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Todd, Woodbury, Tennessee 7 Mrs. Allie Vance, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 8 Mrs. George Youree, Woodbury, Tennessee Carroll County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey T. Aden, McKenzie, Tennessee 2 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Franklin Collins, Cedar Grove, Tennessee 3 Mrs. Betty Lou McDonald Penick, McKenzie, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Welch, McKenzie, Tennessee Carter County Mr. Ben Allen, Mrs. Connie Renfro Allen, Elizabethton, Tennessee Cheatham County Mr. James Omar Walker, Pleasant View, Tennessee Chester County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Carmon Johnson, Henderson, Tennessee 2 Mr. John Larry Tignor, Jacks Creek, Tennessee Claiborne County 1 Mr. Edgar A. Holt and Mrs. Alice Smith Holt, Tazewell, Tennessee 2 Mr. and Mrs. Don Pearson, Tazewell, Tennessee 3 Mr. and Mrs. David Haggard Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. William Brownlow Rogers, Speedwell, Tennessee Clay County Mrs. Agnes Donalson Terry, Celina, Tennessee Cocke County Mr. and Mrs. Manor G. Roberts, Cosby, Tennessee Coffee County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Brown, Hillsboro, Tennessee 2 Mr. Russell Carden, Beech Grove, Tennessee 3 Mrs. Nina Gunn Goodwin, Hillsboro, Tennessee 4 Mr. Will Hickerson, Tullahoma, Tennessee 5 Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Luke Jacobs, Wartrace, Tennessee 6 Mr. Paul G. Mason, Sr., Naples, Florida, and Mr. James Jacob Mason, Beech Grove, Tennessee 7 Mrs. Fred Murphy, Sr., Morrison, Tennessee 8 Mrs. Adeline Thomas, Manchester, Tennessee Crockett County 1 Mrs. Corinne Revelle Ball, Alamo, Tennessee 2 Mrs. James Howell Branch, Halls, Tennessee 3 Mr. Claude M. Conley, Mr. C.H. Conley, Jr., and Mrs. Claude Hansford Conley, Alamo, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Galbreath Humpreys, Humboldt, Tennessee 5 Mr. Charles Cuthbert James, Mrs. Annie Laurie James, Humboldt, Tennessee 6 Mr. Emmett Garfield Parker, Jr., Halls, Tennessee 7 Mr. W.A.E. Potts, Mr. J.E. Potts, Bells, Tennessee 8 Mrs. Irene Agee Riddick, Friendship, Tennessee 9 Mr. W.G. Spence, Sr., Mr. William G. Spence, II, Halls, Tennessee 10 Mr. Wiley Franklin Ward, Bells Tennessee 11 Mr. Jim Williams, Fruitvale, Tennessee Davidson County 1 Mr. Leonard Hooper Donelson, Kansas City, Missouri, Mrs. Mary Hooper Donelson Stevens, Old Hickory, Tennessee, and the heirs of John Donelson, Jr. 2 Mr. and Mrs. C. William Green, Nashville, Tennessee Decatur County 1 Mr. Bedford B. Keeton, Bath Springs, Tennessee 2 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore, Decaturville, Tennessee 3 Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Welch, Decaturville, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. Lealon Wyatt, Bath Springs, Tennessee DeKalb County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Corley, Liberty, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Toy Rose, Hickman, Tennessee Dickson County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Holland Berry, Dickson, Tennessee 2 Mr. Leslie D. Larkins, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Larkins, Jr., Whitebluff, Tennessee 3 Miss Lola M. Miller, Charlotte, Tennessee, Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, Nashville, Tennessee. 4 Mr. and Mrs. M.F. Powell, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee 5 Mr. Glen D. Steele, Mr. John D. Steele, Mr. David Steele, Charlotte, Tennessee 6 Mrs. Clara W. Stokes, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, Mr. William J. Stokes, Clarksville, Tennessee, and Miss Jennie Beth Stokes, Waverly, Tennessee Dyer County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Hurley, Dyersburg, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Florence Rebecca T. Schultz, Dyersburg, Tennessee 3 Mr. Robert Charles Scobey, Newbern, Tennessee 4 Mr. Charles Edward Sweatt, Jr., Friendship, Tennessee Fayette County 1. Mr. Harris A. Armour, Jr., Billie Reeves Armour, Somerville, Tennessee, and Mrs. Birdie Louise Armour Kay, Bolivar, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Eugene Cannon Boswell, Sr., Mr. Sam Carter Boswell, and Mr. Frank Holmes Boswell, Somerville, Tennessee 3 Mrs. Hattie Watkins Fowler, Somerville, Tennessee 4 Miss Margaret Baskerviller Green, Memphis, Tennessee 5 Mr. Alexander Henry Harvey, Mason, Tennessee 6 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harvey, Somerville, Tennessee 7 Mr. Harmon Dugene Havercamp, Somerville, Tennessee, Mrs. Marie Havercamp Cash, Mobile, Alabama 8 Mr. Rupert Harvey Pulliam, Rossville, Tennessee 9 Mr. and Mrs. Rhea V. Taylor, Jr., Somerville, Tennessee 10 Miss Elizabeth K. Winfrey, Mr. Mont R. Winfrey, and Mr. Will R. Winfrey, Somerville, Tennessee Fentress County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Johna L. Gilreath, Pall Mall, Tennessee 2 Mr. O.H. Green, Miss Ada Green, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Green, Jamestown, Tennessee 3 Mr. and Mrs. Carman Greer, Pall Mall, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Pile, Pall Mall, Tennessee 5 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pile, Pall Mall, Tennessee 6 Miss Olive Reed, Pall Mall, Tennessee 7 Mrs. Elma I. Upchurch, Pall Mall, Tennessee 8 Miss Gladys Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Walton Pile, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Pile, Pall Mall, Tennessee 9 Mr. and Mrs. James K. Williams, Pall Mall, Tennessee Franklin County 1 Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Glaus, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Glaus, Mr. Paul Henry Glaus, Belvidere, Tennessee 2 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Hayes, Mr. G.W. Morris, and Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Morris, Decherd, Tennessee 3 Mrs. James F. Scharber, Sr., Winchester, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Schwartz, Winchester, Tennessee 5 Mr. Fred V. Warmbrod, Belvidere, Tennessee 6 Mrs. Wilma Dale Crownover Williams, Decherd, Tennessee 7 Mrs. Mabel Williams Young, Winchester, Tennessee Gibson County 1 Mr. Joe Barnwell, Medina, Tennessee 2 Mrs. Kathryn Hooper Bass, Medina, Tennessee 3 Mr. William T. Bledsoe, Jr., Mrs. Edna Bledsoe Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Smith, Humboldt, Tennessee 4 Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Hampton, Bradford, Tennessee 5 Mr. Ben Primm Hazlewood, Humboldt, Tennessee 6 Mrs. Annie Laurie Porter James, Humboldt, Tennessee 7 Mrs. Helen Louvenia Roberts Lancaster, Trenton, Tennessee 8 Mrs. Joe F. Penn, Kenton, Tennessee 9 Mr. Joe Pope and Miss Anne Pope, Dyer, Tennessee 10 Mrs. Kitty Barnett Pulliam, Humboldt, Tennessee 11 Mr. and Mrs. Venice P.