Place Names
Pea Ridge Relations
Pea Ridge is the high flat land South of the Elk River in Tennessee. It is generally thought of as the Southern half of Lincoln County, the old 17-25th Districts, but actually includes much of Madison County, Alabama and parts of Franklin County, Tennessee. You may consider yourself a Ridger if you have family or historical interests in Camargo, Skinem, Well’s Hill, Yukon, Belview, Pleasant Grove, Kirkland, Macedonia, State Line, Hazel Green, Toney, Taft, Blanche, Cash Point, Ardmore, Lincoln, Corder’s Crossroads,…
Pioneer Journals by Jane Waller
Jane Warren Waller, dec’d, Founding Publisher and Editor Volume I, No. 1, September, 1970 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 1, Extra, September, 1970 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 2, December, 1970 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 3, March, 1971 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 4, June, 1971 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 5, September, 1971 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 6, December, 1971 (PDF version) Volume I, No. 7-8, Mar/June, 1972 (PDF version) Volume II, No. 1, September, 1972 (PDF…
Mulberry School in Lincoln County
From: johnshutt [at] vallnet [dot] com (John L. Shutt) To: ‘George Waller’ <hbladm1 [at] uconnvm [dot] uconn [dot] edu> Subject: Mulberry Institute Date sent: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 03:44:21 -0600 Dear George, Better late than never! On December 21, Edward English Smith wrote wanting to know how he might obtain his grandfather’s records from Mulberry Prep School. I can’t answer his question, but I did come across an article in the “Fayetteville Observer” of 19 March 1891 titled “A Noted…
THE GOWEN PAPERS
Notes copied from a paper lent by Albyne Gowen Blythe, wife of Rees Blythe, Fullerton, California. Rees is a grandson of James Blythe, brother of my grandfather, Joseph Blythe. Albyne’s brother, Tom Gowen, had the complete group of notes duplicated for Albyne. I have copied only those parts applying to the Crocketts and the Blythes and a few excerpts which reflect the early times. What a memory for people he had! Ruth Blythe Walker Genealogy (circa 1964) ____________________________________________________ Notes and…
Geography and Topography
Lincoln County is bounded on the south by Madison and Limestone Counties Alabama; on the west by Giles County; on the northwest by Marshall County; on the north by Bedford County; on the northeast by Moore County; and on the east by Franklin County. County Boundary Changes: Between 1810-1820, a small portion of Indian land was added forming the southeast corner of the county. In 1836, the northwest portion of Lincoln County given to form part of Marshall County. In 1871, the northeast portion of Lincoln County given to…
Historical Sites in Lincoln County
Source: National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee
Lincoln County Museum
LINCOLN COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATES Address: 521 South Main Avenue, Fayetteville, TN 37334 Phone: 931-438-0339 (call before making a long trip) Hours: Thursday 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.(Central Time) Saturday 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Special Tours for Groups-by arrangement President: Peggy Bevels Highway 64 McBurg, Fayetteville, TN 37334 Phone: 931-732-4214 (home)
Article on Moore , Bedford, Coffee, Franklin & Lincoln Counties
The county of Moore was organized in accordance with an act of the General Assembly of the state of Tennessee, entitled “An act to establish a new county out of portions of the territory of Lincoln, Franklin, Coffee and Bedford Counties, to be called the county of Moore, in honor of the late General William Moore, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, one of the early settlers of Lincoln County, Tennessee, a soldier of the war of 1812,…