Local Histories
| Beersheba Springs and Chickamauga Trace, Sketch of -
Blanche
Spurlock Bentley of McMinnville. A pamphlet published prior to
1933. |
| Blue Springs Baptist Church, Records of - Viola, Tennessee
- 1807-1858. This church was located on the left bank of Hickory
Creek in the village of Viola, Warren County, Tennessee. Contains
names of early settlers. |
| Doyle Institute Catalog - 1925-26 - At Doyle in White
County not far from the Calfkiller River. It was typical of many
early boarding and day schools. |
| Warren County, Early History of - 1930 -
Will
T. Hale. |
| McMinnville (Warren County) At a Milestone - 1960
- Walter Womack. 150th Anniversary of the City. Contains
a world of accurate information on government, people, places, mills and
industry, schools, etc. Mr. Womack did a large amount of research
prior to writing the book. An index would have added materially to
the value of the book. [An index has been done since Mr. Crouch's
writing.] |
| Mt. Zion, History of Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- 1809-1930 - Louise Biles Hill. Located in the Hickory Creek
area east of Viola. Valuable for names of early settlers and local
history. |
| One Hundred Years in the Cumberland Mountains along
the Continental Line - 1933 - Albert Ross Hogue. Most
unusual 87 page book covering Indian trails and individual and treaties,
early settlers in Fentress and Overton Counties, Gentree County History,
etc. Soldiers of the Continental Line for 7 counties, War of 1812
and Civil War. Names and location of early settlers and land grants
registered in Sullivan County are included and and alphabetical list of
land grants in Fentreee County. |
| Thaxton Reunion - And a Brief Sketch of the Thaxton
Family of Warren County, Tennessee - 1937 - W.G. McDonough.
This family settled in the Mt. Zion area in the western part of Warren
County in the area drained by Hickory Creek. |
| History of White County - 1935 - Reverend Monroe
Seals. The book contains a wealth of information arranged in
7 Chapters. It does not have an index and lists of people are in
random order. The result is that the reader must do a lot of reading
for a few names or facts. [Since Mr. Crouch's writing, an index has
been done.] |
| Williams, James Tate, His Family and Recollections -
1938 - Joseph Vincent Williams. A well written family book
with excelent photos, paper and printing all housed in a beautiful binding.
The Williams family settled in White County and lived in Hickory Valley
close to the Caney Fork at one time. |
Items of Statewide Interest
| Annals of Tennessee - 1967 Reprint - J.G.M.
Ramsey. |
| Critical and Analytical Index and Genealogical Guide
to Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee - 1920 - Fain. (This can
be of great value to those who own the original of the book which does
not have an index.) |
| Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee
- 1969 Reprint - John Haywood. |
| Cumberland, The Story of a Name - 1903 - John
M. Gault. |
| Indian Trails by Myer - 1928 - page 727 of the
42nd
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. (Contains
a comprehensive list and description of Indian trails, mounds, towns, maps,
etc.) |
| Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee -
1959 Reprint -
John Haywood. |
| Tennessee Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary
- 1971 Reprint of the original 1834 book - Eastin Morris.
(This is a wonderful source book for Tennessee as it was in 1834.
Very easy to use.) |
| Tennessee, History of - 1886 - Goodspeed. |
| Tennessee, History of - 1903 - Garrett and
Goodpasture. |
| Resources of Tennessee - 1874 - J.B. Killebrew
- 1st and 2nd Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture of Tennessee. |
| Steamboatin' on the Cumberland - 1961 - Byrd
Douglas. (Covers boats, landings and men on the Caney Fork River.) |
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