Category: Haywood County
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Westward from Bertie to Haywood
Photo: A section of “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” by Emanuel Leutze / As I continue to research my family tree, one question keept coming up: Why did so many of my Bertie County, North Carolina, ancestors load their wagons in the early 1830s and head west to Haywood County, Tennessee? The…
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Haywood High School 1939
This great photo of the Haywood County High School Class of 1939 was posted on the Haywood County Genealogy Facebook page managed by volunteers from the Genealogy Room at the Elma Ross Library in Brownsville, Tenn. Vicky Morrow Hutchings wrote she found it in a corn crib at her father-in-law’s house. I am very grateful she shared…
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More Old Photos
Front row: Jess Williams (my father’s brother), Bobby Williams (my father), Whit Smith, Billy CastellawSecond row: Frank Reid, Bobby Castellaw, Joe Christmas, J. C. CastellawBack row: Lyle Reid / I received some great photos this week from one of my Haywood County cousins, Roland Reid. I love it when I get photos like this. It…
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The Most Forgotten Famous Person from Haywood County
Richard Halliburton (1900-1939) may be the most famous person born in Haywood County, Tennessee, whom almost no one remembers. For a brief, bright stretch during the Jazz Age and the years that followed, Halliburton ranked among the best-known adventurers in the world. He swam the Panama Canal, slept on top of the Great Pyramid of…
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Womanless Wedding
My cousin Sandra sent me this photo from The Brownsville States-Graphic. It shows my grandfather, Jesse Lloyd “Bo” Williams (1910-2008), dressed as a minister and looking a bit like Charlie Chaplin. Her grandfather, Bear Mann (1902-1966), was the bride in the wedding. The caption under the photo is: Nuptial Headliners – Playing top roles in…
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1877 Haywood County Map
Today I finished uploading the information I have been able to locate so far on the Watridge family. The 1877 Haywood County map that hangs on the wall in our dining room, currently behind the Christmas tree, was especially helpful while I was working on this branch of the family. In this close-up of District…