Category: Joyner Family
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Nancy Ross Joyner and Her Family’s Journey to West Tennessee
While updating the Joyner family page on my website, I discovered that my third-great-grandmother, Nancy Ross Joyner (1825-1906), had a much more interesting family history than I realized. Nancy was born April 22, 1825 (according to her headstone) and died June 25, 1906, in Madison County, Tennessee. Apparently, her family remained confused about her actual…
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Where was the Home of Richard Nixon, the First Haywood County Settler?
I have driven along Poplar Corner Road east of Brownsville many more times than I can count. Until I began researching the earliest history of Haywood County, I never paid much attention to the narrow stream passing beneath the road near the house of my late grandparents Guy and Virginia Lovelace. View of Nixon Creek…
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Bridgeman Joyner and Thomas Joyner Jr. and Bacon’s Rebellion
I was in Amsterdam last week and stumbled upon the “Occupy” protest in front of the Euronext stock exchange building. Regardless of a person’s political or social opinions, there is something exciting about being present at an event you know will someday be part of history. There was an intense energy in the crowd, but…
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Alfred Bunn Joyner and Family
Photo: Alfred Bunn Joyner and Family, Haywood County, Tennessee, mid-1890s I love finding a photo of a whole group of my ancestors in front of their house. My aunt, Joline Joyner Williams, originally shared this one with me. Of course, I enjoy seeing what they looked like, but a photo like this one also provides…
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Solomon Norman Brantley, Sincerely Yours in Peace
Photo: My third great-grandfather, Henry Day Brantley, (1845-1918) The country is currently marking the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the The Civil War. A few nights ago, I was flipping through channels and stumbled across Ken Burns’ documentary “The Civil War” on PBS. It caught my attention because I recently discovered Solomon Norman Brantley’s…
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Alfred Bunn Joyner
The departure of the pioneers of the county deserves more than passing notice. While at the Genealogy Room at the Brownsville Library recently, I ran across an obituary of my third great-grandfather, Alfred Bunn Joyner. It provides some great information on several families in my tree. Alfred’s father, Littleton Bunn Joyner (1782-1852), was born in…
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Thomas Joyner of Bere Regis
I’ve been researching my Joyner family for the last few weeks and am getting close to having enough confidence in the information to upload more of it to my website. One ancestor in particular is making me want to plan a trip to England. My father, Bob Williams, and grandfather Lloyd “Bo” Williams My grandfather…