DOCSLIB.ORG

Vol 50 No 1 2003.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Vol 50 No 1 2003.Pdf President JAMES E. BOB0 Vice President BYRON CRAm Editor DOROTEIY M. ROBERSON Contributions of all types of Tennessee-related genealogical Librarian LORETTA BAILEY materials, including previousiy unpublished family Bibles, Treasurer LUCIIJS F. WRIGET, JR diaries, journals, letters, old maps, church minutes or Business Manager JOHN S. WOODS histories, cemetery information, family histories, and other Recording Secretary MARY YARBROUGH doamems are welcome. Codbutors should seod photo- Corresponding Secretary SANDRA COOK copies of original documents or duplicates of photos since Membership Chairman WILLIAM C. WILSON they cannot be. returned. Manusnipts are subject to editing ' Director of Sales LORI TRENK for style and space requirements, and the contributor's name Director of Certificates JANE PARK PAESSLER and address will be noted in the published article. Please include footnotes in the article submitted and list anv Direct~at Large SANDRA AUSTIN ~ < additional sources. Check magazine for style to be used. Director at Large DOUG GORDON Manuscripts or other editorial contributions should be. typed or printed and sent to Editor Dorothy Roberson, 71 50 -: -: Jane and Frank Paessler, Carol Bels6eld Rd., Memphis, TN 381 19, Minag Helen Rowland, Jean Alexander West, Mark Williamson TC'3 SURNAME INDEX EIJJ2 Y STAFE; Howard Bailey, lean Belzer, Harold Members can obtain information from this file by writing Crawford, Kathryn Dickinson, Joanne Eastman, Lena Belie TGS. Give the full name of the ancestor you are researching, Forestq Shirley Gee, Jean Gillespie, Stewart Herron, Joan at least one date and one location, and enclose a self- Hoyt, Thurman "Buddy" Jackson, Sharon Kelso, Terry addressed, stamped #I Oenvelope. Ifthe information is Nelson, Sherry Nohsey, run Overman, Ruth Reed, Deborah available, you will receive two photocopy pages of up to 10 Sandndge, Juanita Sipson, Jean Thomas, Joan Vie, surname cards of your ancestors, including the name and Pauline Washington, Myra Grace Wright, Charles Yates, address of the person who submitted the information. Any and D. A R Saturday volunteers: Judy Cbafhq Debra other data, if available, will be supplied at 50 cents per page Nimitz, and Angela Groenhout from the Chief Piomingo (five cards to a page). Please limit requests to one a month, Chapter. Lois Tobias and Lenore Gellar, the Chickasaw Bluff and to one family name per request. Type or print on 3x5" Chapter; Mary Margaret Buck. Fort Assumption Chapter, index cards your ancestor's name; biideath, and marriage Ann Mitchell, River City Chapter; and Sylvia Harris,Watauga dates and places; and names of parents and spouse(s). In the Chapter. bottom lefthand corner, put your name,addres$ and the date 9- submitted. If you have not sent in your own surname data, Cover illustration of TGS Rsarch Cenier- Estelle McDnnicl please do so as soon as possible. 9 THE TEP publbhs The Tennessee Cenenlogical Magaghe, TGS sponsors this program to recognize and honor the ANeorchin'Nem, (ISSN 0003-5246) in Marcb, Jnne, settlers who came to Tennessee before 1880. To place your September, and Member of each year. Annual dus are ancestors in this roll of honor, request an application from $20, and memben receive the four bsus pubhhed in the Mrs. Jane Paessler, Certificate Program Director, at TGS. 12-months period followine payment of their dues. Luus Complete and return it with supporting documems or other missed due to late payment or uonoH~edchangs of proof of your ancestor's residency. (Family charts or wm- address can be bought sepnntely, if available, for $7.50 puter printouts are not considered su5cient proof.) Each each, including postage Members are entitled to one free application must be accompanied by a $10 fee. Amactive query each year and may place additional queries for $3 certificates suitable for framing are issued to each person each. (Non-members pay SS each.) All queries mrrrl be whose application meets program qualifjcations. Certi6cates relored fo Tennessee list the prime ancestor's name, when and where he or she settled in Tennessee, and the applicant's name and address. AND COMPV ANSURCHI~" NEHS, USPS ~n-iwb pabed qln~m donated to the TGS Library should be mailed to Librarian by lad for TRE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY,INC. Loretta Bdey at TGS headquarters. If a book review is de- 9114 hrin Phution Rd., Bmidt,TN, a mm - pmm orylhhPc.adiclL paw paid U Brmuni&. M 38014 sued, please indicate and include the cost of the book and d additid mdhgoh where readers can place orders. Memoriams are welcomed .m ANSrnRCrn NEWS P.O. Box 247, Brunswick TN 380160247 The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 50. NO. 1 - Spring 2003 Editorial Viewpoint by Dorotty Marr Roberson 1863 Nashville Calamity: Confederate Soldiers Literally 'Go Through the Floors' Union Citizens of Memphis Prepare for Visit by Grant Tennesseeans on 1867 Voter Registration Lists in Winston Co., Ala. by Dr. BeqS. Drake Andrew Jackson Given Lock of President Washington's Hair Tennessee Obituaries Lydia Russell Bean: Frontier Woman by Carol Y. Mittag Book Reviews Clay County Marriages, Vol. A nrurscribedby Mark Williamson Tennessee Comings & Goings Doubting Thomases Was the Right Thing To Do Isaac Thomas of Maury County Isaac Thomas of Sevier County Unicoi County Marriages, March 1879-December 1880 nrurscribed by JranA. West Tennessee Marriages James M. Green...' An Honest Man' by Ruby Yolee$Pnren Crockett County Deeds, Vol. A fl~rsta/imrrr/j) Former Bedford Countian Elected Vice President of Texas Republic Columbia Suffers Growing Pains in 1817 Southerners Convey Poignant War-Time Messages Gleanings from Here 'n There Dyer County Deaths, 1908-1909 Decatur County Vital Statistics flnsm/lment 3) Joking Between Friends Ends in Bloodshed Queries Surname Searching Was Your Ancestor One of Thse? Status Report on Gold-Prospectors Received in Memphis Wyatt Advises Gold Hunters: Bring Money Capt. Garrett Dies What Became of German Immigrants Stranded On Island 65? Read All About It The Census Index by Jane & Frruzk Paerrler : Paw 1 - THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE I ANSEARCHIN' NEWS Spring 2003 member Carol Minag provided this historical genealog EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT story.) . by These are just a few of the anicles we hope will widen your horizons. Reading the footnotes and bibliographies may lead you , "' Dorothy ' ' ':' , . ,, to some research sources you may have missed. *** MARK THOSE CALENDARS! - TGS sponsor two GREATLY EXPANDED research facilities are being opened genealogical seminars this year - one in the spring one in the this spring at the new W~lliam F. Winter Archives & History fall. ~~thare designed to help you with your research and will Building in Jackson, Mississippi. According to a press release, the feature experts in their respective fields. expmded facilities will have three reading rooms. The largest, ~h~ first 4 focus on researching virginia records and the Public Reading Room will have 20.000 genealogical and be presented Saturday, 29 March, by Robert Young clay, who historical reference books compared with 2,300 formerly and will retired two years ago as senior genealogical reference provide space for 150 researchers in contrast to 40 in the past. for the Library of Virginia. Without a doubt, Clay should lolow The Archival Reading ~oomwill provide access to archival whereof he speaks, H~ spent 30 years as an archi,,jst with the materials, Mississippians, and rare books, and the Media Reading ~ib~~of virgi,,ja, what makes him for us Room will give researchers access to 35,000 rolls of microfilm in T~~~~~~ those with T~~~~~~~ is that addition to microfiche, motion pictures, sound recordings, and he's one of - a native of nixon springs in smith co., T~,,,,., elmonic records. For hrther information, contact Anne L. with degrees from both the Uivenity of T~~~~~ in ~~~xvill~Webster, head reference se~celibrarian, Mississippi and George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. Department of Archives & History, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS An mist and a genealogist, Clay now devotes his time to 39205-9571. doing paintings and continuing to research his Wylines which 1.1 reach into Temessee, the Carolinas, Virginia. Maryland, the THE LAMPLEY FAMILY is holding its 1 lth national reunion District of Columbia, and pans of Great Britain For his seminar beginning at 10 a.m. on 21st June at Fai~ewRecreational here, he will provide tips on delving into all types of Virgiia Center on Highway 100 in Fai~ew,Tern., outside Nashville. records - land office, coloni& county, aod state - and deal with Those attending are requested lo bring main and side dishes for research procedures, misconceptions about records, etc. The an indoor potluck luncheon at noon, along with family seminar will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at our usual seminar genealogies, photos, news, recipes, and announcements to share. spot, Hillwood (Hill's Bam) at 3570 Devieshire Drive, on the A group photo will be made at 11:30 a.m. An outdoor pool is historic Davies Plantation at B~mwick adjacent to the center, and indoor activities also will be provided The fall seminar will focus on researching in south carolina for children. A cemetery tour is scheduled for late afternoon. For and is slated for 23 ~~~~~t.The wiu be ~~~~t directions or other information, call Camille Men at (615) Holcombe, whose name is familiar to anyone who has ever done 368-2052. any genealogid research in the Palmetto state. Holcombe The family's unique motto goes like this: "We are not just publishes his own quanerly on South Carolina genealogy and has LamPley: we are SuUivan, Hughes, Bunrey, King, Mang~m, done numerous books on the subject. More details will be coming Lanldord, Tidwell, Green, Barnhill, Hudgins, Richardson, on that panicdar seminar but, in the meantime, do put it on your Cunningham, Stinson, Martin, Hall, Garton, Oliphant, calendar and plan to be with us.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Tennessee Magazine
    Ansearchin'News, VOI.~~,NO.~Winter 1999 THE TENNESSEE MAGAZINE THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 9114 Davies Planrarion Road on rhe hisroric Davies Plantarion Maling Address: P. 0. Box 247, Brunswick, TiV 38014-0247 Telephone: (901) 381 -1447 TGS OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS President JAMES E. BOB0 Editor DOROTHY M. ROBERSON TGS Officers Elected For 2000-200 1 Acting Librarian LORETTA BAILEY Elected at the October 1999 meeting of the Tennessee Treasurer FRANK PAESSLER Genealogical Society were the following officers: James Business Manager JOHN WOODS E. Bobo, president; Bob Dunagan, vice president; John Recording Secretary JO B. SMITH, Woods, business manager; Dorothy Roberson, editor; Corresponding Secretary SUE McDERMOTT Loretta Bailey, librarian; Frank Paessler, treasurer; Ruth Membership Chairman SANDRA AUSTIN Director of Sales DOUG GORDON Reed, recording secretary; Betty Hughes, corresponding Director of Certificates JANE PAESSLER secretary; Doug Gordon, director of sales; Jane Paessler, Director at Large IMARY ANN BELL director of ancestry certificate program; Sandra Austin, Diector at Large BETTU HUGHES director at large. All were elected to two-year terms to Diector of Surname Index JEAN CRAWFORlD begin 1st Jan 2000. Director of Surname Index M VAN EYNDE EDITORIAL STAFF: Charles and Jane Paessler, Estelle McDaniel, Betty Hughes, Carol Mittag, Mary Ann Bell, Angela Groenhout, Jean Alexander West Contributions of all types of Tennessee-related gen- Michael Ann Bogle, Kay Dawson, Win- ealogical materials, including previously unpublished family nie Calloway, Ann Fain, Jean Fitts, Willie Mae Gary, Bibles, diaries, journals, letters, old maps, church minutes or Jean Gillespie, Barbara Hookings, Joan Hoyt, Thurman histories, cemetery information, and other documents and Jackson, Ruth 0' Donnell, Ruth Reed, Betty Ross, Jean articles are welcome.
    [Show full text]
  • The Tennessee -& Magazine
    Ansearchin ' News, vol. 47, NO. 4 Winter zooo (( / - THE TENNESSEE -& MAGAZINE THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 9114 Davies Pfmrauon Road on rhe h~srorkDa vies Pfanrarion Mailng Addess: P. O, BOX247, BrunswrCG, 737 38014-0247 Tefephone: (901) 381-1447 & BOARD MEMBERS President JAMES E. BOBO Vice President BOB DUNAGAN Contributions of all types of Temessee-related genealogical Editor DOROTEíY M. ROBERSON materials, including previously unpublished famiiy Bibles, Librarian LORElTA BAILEY diaries, journals, letters, old maps, church minutes or Treasurer FRANK PAESSLER histories, cemetery information, family histories, and other Business h4anager JOHN WOODS documents are welcome. Contributors shouid send Recording Secretary RUTH REED photocopies of printed materials or duplicates of photos Corresponding Secretary BEmHUGHES since they cannot be returned. Manuscripts are subject Director of Sales DOUG GORDON to editing for style and space requirements, and the con- Director of Certiñcates JANE PAESSLER tributofs narne and address wiU & noted in the publish- Director at Large MARY ANN BELL ed article. Please inciude footnotes in the article submitted Director at Large SANDRA AUSTIN and list additional sources. Check magazine for style to be used. Manuscripts or other editorial contributions should be EDITO-. Charles and Jane Paessler, Estelle typed or printed and sent to Editor Dorothy Roberson, 7 150 McDaniel, Caro1 Mittag, Jeandexander West, Ruth Reed, Belsfield Rd., Memphis, TN 38 119-2600. Kay Dawson Michael Ann Bogle, Kay Dawson, Winnie Calloway, Ann Fain, Jean Fitts, Willie Mae Gary, Jean Giiiespie, Barbara Hookings, Joan Hoyt, Thurman Members can obtain information fiom this file by writing Jackson, Ruth O' Donneii, Ruth Reed, Betty Ross, Jean TGS.
    [Show full text]
  • Industrial Market Turns the Corner Special Coverage on Industrial Sector’S Recovery, Office Market’S Struggles
    March 31-April 6, 2012, Vol. 5, Issue 14 SPECIAL EMPHASIS: OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIAL MARKET TURNS THE CORNER Special coverage on industrial sector’s recovery, office market’s struggles PAGE 16 TOWERING QUESTIONS Businesses seek answers as health care reform looms PAGE 26 Bill Courtney and the Manassas football team have the nation cheering. Illustration: Emily Morrow 28 Sports On a nightly basis it’s hard to predict which member of the Memphis Grizzlies will be the hero, but the chameleon approach is working for the team. WEEKLY DIGEST: PAGE 2 FINANCIAL SERVICES: PAGE 8 real EState: PAGES 30-31 artS AND FOOD: PAGES 38-39 EDITORIAL: PAGE 42 A Publication of The Daily News Publishing Co. | www.thememphisnews.com 2 March 31-April 6, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com weekly digest Get news daily from The Daily News, www.memphisdailynews.com. EEOC Accuses AutoZone Prudential’s Ware Receives Of Disability Discrimination Corporate Services Award A federal agency is accusing Memphis- Angie Ware of Prudential Collins-Maury based auto-parts retailer AutoZone Inc. of Inc. Realtors was honored with the 2011 illegally firing an employee because of her North American Corporate Services/Relo- disability. cation Director of the Year Award at Pruden- The U.S. Equal Employment Oppor- tial Real Estate’s recent sales convention. tunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit The honor is awarded for outstand- against AutoZone this week. ing facilitation of new corporate business The EEOC says the company fired a development and consistent service excel- manager in its Cudahy store in 2009. The lence in relocation and referral operations, agency says the woman had just received as well as participation in activities contrib- a doctor’s clearance to return to work with uting to network excellence.
    [Show full text]
  • Creating a Sense of Communityamong the Capital City Cherokees
    CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITYAMONG THE CAPITAL CITY CHEROKEES by Pamela Parks Tinker A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of George Mason University in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Studies Committee: ____________________________________ Director ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Program Director ____________________________________ Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Date:________________________________ Spring 2016 George Mason University Fairfax, VA Creating a Sense Of Community Among Capital City Cherokees A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Studies at George Mason University By Pamela Parks Tinker Bachelor of Science Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University 1975 Director: Meredith H. Lair, Professor Department of History Spring Semester 2016 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia Copyright 2016 Pamela Parks Tinker All Rights Reserved ii Acknowledgements Thanks to the Capital City Cherokee Community for allowing me to study the formation of the community and for making time for personal interviews. I am grateful for the guidance offered by my Thesis Committee of three professors. Thesis Committee Chair, Professor Maria Dakake, also served as my advisor over a period of years in planning a course of study that truly has been interdisciplinary. It has been a joyful situation to be admitted to a variety of history, religion and spirituality, folklore, ethnographic writing, and research courses under the umbrella of one Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program. Much of the inspiration for this thesis occurred at George Mason University in Professor Debra Lattanzi Shutika’s Folklore class on “Sense of Place” in which the world of Ethnography opened up for me.
    [Show full text]
  • Kindergarten the World Around Us
    Kindergarten The World Around Us Course Description: Kindergarten students will build upon experiences in their families, schools, and communities as an introduction to social studies. Students will explore different traditions, customs, and cultures within their families, schools, and communities. They will identify basic needs and describe the ways families produce, consume, and exchange goods and services in their communities. Students will also demonstrate an understanding of the concept of location by using terms that communicate relative location. They will also be able to show where locations are on a globe. Students will describe events in the past and in the present and begin to recognize that things change over time. They will understand that history describes events and people of other times and places. Students will be able to identify important holidays, symbols, and individuals associated with Tennessee and the United States and why they are significant. The classroom will serve as a model of society where decisions are made with a sense of individual responsibility and respect for the rules by which they live. Students will build upon this understanding by reading stories that describe courage, respect, and responsible behavior. Culture K.1 DHVFULEHIDPLOLDUSHRSOHSODFHVWKLQJVDQGHYHQWVZLWKFODULI\LQJGHWDLODERXWDVWXGHQW¶V home, school, and community. K.2 Summarize people and places referenced in picture books, stories, and real-life situations with supporting detail. K.3 Compare family traditions and customs among different cultures. K.4 Use diagrams to show similarities and differences in food, clothes, homes, games, and families in different cultures. Economics K.5 Distinguish between wants and needs. K.6 Identify and explain how the basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter and transportation are met.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 HON 201 – HNR (PHS 201) Elizabethtown History: Campus and Community Alexander Waskiewicz1 Professor Jean-Paul Benowitz 6 May 2021
    1 HON 201 – HNR (PHS 201) Elizabethtown History: Campus and Community Alexander Waskiewicz1 Professor Jean-Paul Benowitz 6 May 2021 White Swan Tavern: 14 East Front Street; Marietta, Pennsylvania Abstract: Constructed in 1808, by John Hain, originally as a log cabin, remodeled in the Two Thirds Georgian style on the eastern side and in 1811 the western side in the Federalist style; historically this hotel served the Pennsylvania Canal. Samuel McKinney opened this hotel which by 1848 was called the White Swan Hotel by his sister, proprietress Mary Fishbaugh. "Child’s Bummer" was the name of a cannon, owned by innkeeper Russel Child, who fired a blast announcing Union troop victories during the Civil War. The Reynolds family owned this property from 1880-1950. Harry Hartman, antiques dealer and interior designer, restored the property from 1965- 1973 during the historic preservation initiatives in Marietta. James Howell, Base Commander at Olmsted Air Force Base, opened White Swan Antiques in this historic property. Prologue This is one report in a collection of seventeen down the river and the crisscrossing of ferry boats reports about historically significant properties in connecting Lancaster and York Counties. In 2014, Marietta, Pennsylvania a National Historic District. Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, South Carolina) These reports form a collective study entitled, published a book entitled, Elizabethtown College as “Marietta, Pennsylvania’s Historic Homes On Front part of their Campus History Series: Images of Street: Transportation, Trade, Triumph, and Tragedy America, authored by Jean-Paul Benowitz, who Along The Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania teaches History at Elizabethtown College. In 2015, Canal.” Arcadia Publishing asked Jean-Paul to write a history These reports seek to re-create life in of Elizabethtown Borough, published under the title, Marietta on Front Street along the Pennsylvania Elizabethtown: Images of America.
    [Show full text]
  • The Tennessee Militia System, 1772-1857
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 5-2003 Pioneers, patriots, and politicians : the Tennessee militia system, 1772-1857 Trevor Augustine Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Recommended Citation Smith, Trevor Augustine, "Pioneers, patriots, and politicians : the Tennessee militia system, 1772-1857. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2003. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/5189 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Trevor Augustine Smith entitled "Pioneers, patriots, and politicians : the Tennessee militia system, 1772-1857." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in History. Stephen Ash, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Trevor Augustine Smith entitled "Pioneers, Patriots, and Politicians: The Tennessee Militia System, 1772-1857." I have examined the finalpaper copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements forthe degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in History.
    [Show full text]
  • The Tennessee Magazine
    Ansearchin ' News, VOI.46, NO.3 Fa11 1999 rT THE TENNESSEE MAGAZINE THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 91 14 Davies Plantation Road on the histonc Davies Plantation Mailing Address: P. 0.Box 247, Brunswick, W38014-0247 Telephone: (901) 381-1447 5 OFFICER$ & BOARD MEMBES TGS Librarian Nelson Dickey ident JAMES E. BOB0 .or DOROTHY M. ROBERSON Dies After Extended Illness ing Librarian LORETTA BAILEY Nelson Dickey, librarian of the Tennessee Genealogical asurer FRANK PAESSLER Society for the past five years, died 23 June 1999 at a Mem- iness Manager JOHN WOODS phis hospital following an extended illness. He was 67. ording Secretary JO B. SMITH, Born 9 Oct 1931 in Jackson, Tenn., he was the son of responding Secretary SUE McDERMOTT George Hervey Dickey and Mayrne Huber Chumber of Milan. nbership Chairman SANDRA AUSTIN On 19 June 1957, Nelson rnanied Gladys Ann Ross in Milan. %tor of Sales DOUG GORDON They later moved to the Memphis area where he was vice :ctor of Certificates JANE PAESSLER president of Atlas Contractors, Inc. He was a Navy veteran ector at Large MARY ANN BELL of the Korean War, a member of the Germantown United Methodist Church choir, a Mason, Shriner, and member of ector at Large BETTY HUGHES ector of Surname Index JEAN CRAWFORD the Sons of the American Revolution. Nelson is survived by his wife; two daughters, Dara ector of Surname Index MARILYN VAN EYNDE Fields Dickey and Dawne Dickey Davis, both of Leesburg, Va.; and two grandchildren. Graveside rites were held at : Charles and Jane Paessler, Estelle Oakwood Cemetery in Milan on 24 June, and memorial Daniel.
    [Show full text]
  • The African American Experience in the City of Memphis, 1860-1870
    THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, 1860-1870 by Nicholas Joseph Kovach A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Major: History The University of Memphis May 2012 DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my father, Ronald Joseph Kovach, my mother, Linda Marie Ireland, and my niece, Emily Elizabeth Hilkert. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. Arwin Smallwood, for his guidance, patience, and support. Without him, this thesis could truly not have been written. I would also like to thank Dr. Aram Goudsouzian and Dr. Charles Crawford for their valuable insight and support. Finally, I would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Richard Rupp for the initial spark that inspired me to become a historian. iii ABSTRACT Kovach, Nicholas Joseph. M.A. The University of Memphis. May 2012. The African American Experience in Memphis, 1860-1870. Major Professor: Dr. Smallwood. This is a study of African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. The primary focus is on the transition from slavery to freedom, 1860-1870, and how the changing social structure affected and was influenced by African American agency. City, county, federal and state records were used. Specifically, the Memphis Public Library, University of Memphis Special Collections, and Shelby County Archives served as sources of information. Additionally, a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources was examined and utilized. Unique conditions existed in Memphis. Since its founding, extremely oppressive conditions existed for slaves and free people of color, which created a resonating struggle for the African American community.
    [Show full text]
  • Great River Road Tennessee
    Great River Road Tennessee Corridor Management Plan Corridor Management Plan Recognitions Mayor AC Wharton Shelby County Byway Consultant Mayor Jeff Huffman Tipton County David L. Dahlquist Mayor Rod Schuh Lauderdale County Governor Phil Bredesen President Mayor Richard Hill Dyer County State of Tennessee David L. Dahlquist Associates, L.L.C. Mayor Macie Roberson Lake County State Capitol 5204 Shriver Avenue Mayor Benny McGuire Obion County Nashville, TN 37243 Des Moines, IA 50312 Commissioner Susan Whitaker Pickering Firm, Inc Department of Tourist Development Byway Planning Team Architecture – Engineering – Planning – Surveying Wm. Snodgrass/Tennessee Tower 312 8th Avenue North, 25th Floor Bob Pitts, PE Nashville, TN 37243 Mississippi River Corridor – Tennessee, Inc. Principal Owner Board of Directors Director, Civil Engineering Services Ms. Marty Marbry 6775 Lenox Center Court – Suite 300 West Tennessee – Tourist Development Memphis, TN 38115 Regional Marketing & Public Relations John Sheahan Chairman/CEO John Threadgill Secretary Historical Consultant Commissioner Gerald Nicely Dr. Carroll Van West Tennessee Department of Transportation Jim Bondurant Chair – Obion - Task Force Committe Director 505 Deaderick St. Rosemary Bridges Chair – Tipton - Task Force Committee Center for Historic Preservation James K. Polk Bldg. – 7th Floor Peter Brown Chair – Dyer - Task Force Committee Middle Tennessee State University Nashville, TN 37243 Laura Holder Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area P.O. Box 80 – MTSU Pamela Marshall Public Affairs
    [Show full text]
  • Marion County, Tennessee Many Coming Into Western North Carolina Through in the Beginning Watauga, Swannonoa, and Butt Mountain Gaps
    Marion Co., Tennessee – Cherokee Territory Submitted by Nomie Webb Hundreds of settlers moved through mountain gaps, Marion County, Tennessee many coming into Western North Carolina through In the Beginning Watauga, Swannonoa, and Butt Mountain Gaps. ~ Once upon a time, the area of Tennessee was The Great Wagon Road covered by a great inland sea. During a series of to the Carolina frontier. cataclysmic upheavals, giant folds (like an accordion) Early settlers used rose and the sea drained. The draining sea left a wide these routes to reach fertile basin, and the folds became known as the Great western North Carolina. Smoky and Cumberland Mountains. As a lush forest sprang from the basin, soil and groups of Indians settled here. In the 1700s four or five Indian tribes inhabited this area and by then this region belonged to the British Colony of North Carolina. New immigrants to America looking for new lands to settle, began forming groups to penetrate these vast open lands, but the Blue Ridge Mountains were barriers to travel. For that reason it was easier for the new settlers to come into the area of (now) The early settlers crossed the mountains and moved Tennessee from the north than from the east. Many of into the Great Appalachian Valley. these early settlers, therefore came from Virginia, or “overland”, by way of the Kentucky route. Starting as early as 1768 several families came in To the north east corner of this area from the Uplands of North Carolina. They banded together as the Watauga Association in 1771 and spread over the eastern part Of the section.
    [Show full text]
  • Magazine Summer 2010 from the President
    Magazine Summer 2010 From the President Dear Friends of Austin College By now, we all are familiar with the impressive statistic that allows Austin images with as much depth and sophistication as they approach written College to lay claim to being a national leader in global education: over texts or statistical evidence. They need to be able to communicate using the last 10 years, an average 70 percent of our students have studied images—still and moving—with the same degree of confidence with abroad. Equally remarkable, during that same period, our students have which they communicate in writing and speech. Yes, the courses our explored 92 countries on six continents. While I am eager for that students take in the visual arts are a part of this, but we also are number to reach 100, I am gratified to know that we continue to find increasing the attention we pay to visuality in disciplines that are ways to enhance the educational component of study abroad. traditionally more rooted in text. A new initiative involves encouraging Austin College students I would be grateful to hear from those of you who find visual literacy returning from study abroad to create digital stories that use both words an important part of the work you do. Let me know what you would and images to convey meaningfully the core of their learning. My thanks recommend that we offer to our students. to Truett Cates, director of the Center for Global Learning, for We intend to be more intentionally visual in our recruitment and spearheading this effort, and to Brett Boessen, assistant professor of development efforts, too.
    [Show full text]