This project is part of the State of Tennessee Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Tennessee. You can add profiles for:* People born in Tennessee* People who lived in Tennessee* People who died in TennesseeWhen you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.If you have project...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Tennessee. Official Website During the early part of the 18th century, this area was known as part of the traditional homelands of the Cherokee Nation. In 1756, during the French and Indian War (the North American front of the Seven Years War), the British established Fort Loudoun on the Little Tennessee River near ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Meigs County, Tennessee. Official Website History Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. Especially following the American Revolutionary War, land-hungry European-American settlers began to enter this territory in greater number. They established ferries across the Tennessee River from R...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wilson County, Tennessee. Official Website Wilson County was created in 1799, and named for Major David Wilson, a Revolutionary War veteran and statesman.[1] The county remained predominantly agrarian throughout the 19th century. The arrival of the railroad after the Civil War boosted the county's timber sector, and several large f...
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee after Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-most populous overall, a...
Project for those who were born, lived or died in Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee. Minor Hill is named for Joseph Minor, an early settler in the area. A later owner of the Minor tract donated part of it for the establishment of a school, church, and cemetery in the mid-19th century. A post office was established in 1870, and the city incorporated that same year. On November 19, 1863, duri...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sumner County, Tennessee. Official Website History British colonial longhunters traveled into the area as early as the 1760s, following existing Indian and buffalo trails. By the early 1780s, they had erected several trading posts in the region. The most prominent was Mansker's Station, which was built by Kasper Mansker near a s...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hickman County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was established in 1807 and was named for Edwin Hickman, an explorer and surveyor who was killed in an Indian attack at Defeated Creek in 1791. Adjacent Counties Dickson County Humphreys County Lewis County Maury County Perry County Williamson County
This cemetery is located on 535 Shute Lane, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Wikipedia Sewanee: The University of the South, also known as Sewanee, is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the church. The university's School of Letters offers graduate degrees in American Literature and Creative Writing....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henderson County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was founded in 1821 and named for Lt. Col. James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Carroll County Decatur County Hardin County Chester County Madison County Cities, Towns & Communities Cedar Grove Chesterfield Crucifer Da...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Haywood County, Tennessee. Official Website Haywood County was created from part of Madison County in 1823–24, and was named for Tennessee judge and historian John Haywood. For much of the county's history, agriculture, especially growing cotton as a commodity, was the basis of the local economy. After Emancipation in 1865, man...
This cemetery is located on Scottsville Road at Haysville Circle, Haysville, Macon County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 298 Harmony Lane, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardin County, Tennessee. Official Website Hardin County was formed in November, 1819. The county was named for Revolutionary War veteran, Joseph Hardin, a former colonial assemblyman for the Province of North Carolina, Speaker of the House for the unrecognized State of Franklin and a territorial legislator of the Southwest Territo...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Official Website Hardeman County was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1823. It is named for Thomas J. Hardeman (1788-1854), a veteran of the Creek War and War of 1812 and a prominent figure in the fight for Texas independence. He served as a congressman in the Republic of Texas. The Battle o...
Wikipedia Vanderbilt University (also known informally as Vandy) is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1873. The university is named in honor of shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the South. The Commodore hoped that his gift and the greater work...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Hancock County, Tennessee. Official Website The act establishing the county was passed by the state legislature in 1844, but several Hawkins residents sued to block its creation. In 1848, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in favor of the new county. The county was named after the Revolutionary War patriot John Hancock Adjacent C...
This cemetery is located on 5421 East Andrew Johnson Highway, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 5351 Highway 153, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Official Website History Hamilton County was formed on October 25, 1819 and was named after Alexander Hamilton, an officer in the American Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, the first US Secretary of Treasury, and one of the founding fathers of the United States. The area was orig...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Official Website Hamblen County was created in 1870 and was named in honor of Hezekiah Hamblen (1775–1854), an early settler, landowner, attorney, and member of the Hawkins County Court for many years. Adjacent Counties Greene County Hawkins County Cocke County Jefferson County Grainger Cou...
This cemetery is located on 4851 TN-126, Gunnings, Sullivan County, Tennessee. The cemetery is on a hill, unfenced and has numerous burials. It is well maintained and is still in use. The east side of the cemetery is the older section. Find a Grave TN Gen Web Tennessee Gravestones
This is the only sign for this cemetery. It is located at the end of the driveway. The cemetery is within sight of Gum Springs Cemetery Road Find a Grave Billion Graves USGW Archives
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