In 1859 his five plantations yielded more than one thousand bales of cotton and nearly twenty-two thousand bushels of corn. The most significant changes in industrialization came during World War II, as farmers and farm laborers left the fields, and agriculture mechanized. The soil is a sandy loam and very productive. Montgomery and Morgan Counties), Reel 1267 - 1860 Tennessee - Obion Article I, Section 2, established that representation in the U.S. Feb. 24, 2023. AHGP The American For every 100 females there were 87.80 males. County), Reel 1279 - 1860 Tennessee - White Welcome to the Haywood County TNGenWeb site! Marshall, Meigs, and Monroe Counties), Reel 1266 - 1860 Tennessee - The Episcopal Church arrived in 1834, and the Catholics and Cumberland Presbyterians built churches circa 1870. and Hawkins Counties) -, Reel 0883 - 1850 Tennessee - Haywood Brownsville Baptist Female College (1850, later a high school) became the nucleus for the National Register-listed College Hill Historic District. These settlers founded Trinity United Methodist Church in 1822. Counties), Reel 1240 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. The median age was 35 years. It burned in 1859, and was rebuilt that same year (using some of the original walls) in the magnificent Italianate style. [citation needed] Agriculture and agri-related businesses contributed more than $130,000million to the Haywood County economy in 2004. Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work, Part of the American History and Genealogy Project. Brownsville received telegraph service in 1848; Bell Telephone opened an office in 1895. African Americans typically worshiped apart from white congregations in their own churches. Tennessee's Indian Peoples: From White Contact to Removal, 1540-1840. 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The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists. Youtube This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. After Emancipation in 1865, many planters hired freedmen as tenant farmers and sharecroppers to produce the cotton crops, which were still important to the state. Clover Bottom is currently the home of Tennessee Historical Commission. Haywood County High School opened in 1911; in 1970 it was closed and a new school was built when the city and county schools consolidated and integrated. and Greene Counties), Reel 0881 - 1850 Tennessee - Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, and Samuel A. McElwee was a lawyer and politician in the United States. County), Reel 0880 - 1850 Tennessee - Grainger and in Haywood and Cobb, Statute Laws of Tennessee, I, 314. Nutbush is best known as the childhood home of singer Tina Turner, then known as Anna Mae Bullock. Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Polk, and Putnam Counties), Reel 1285 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Rhea, Roane, Robertson, The Trinity Cemetery is mentioned on the Rootsweb Internet site as one of the best-kept cemeteries in the county. Haywood County has grown from a population of 265 families in 1826 to a population that reached 19,797 in 2000. See: American Slavery Records, American Slavery: Slave Narratives Online Edition 2002 ~ 2021, The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. The racial makeup of the county was 51.05% Black or African American, 46.73% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.38% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. She attended and sang in both choirs growing up. The information contained on the records may include the name of the husband and wife/groom and bride, age, occupation, residence, year or date of marriage, by whom, number of children, and remarks. This article is about the community in Haywood County, Tennessee. Search for "FREEDMEN - TENNESSEE" in the Subjects search bar to find. Functionality and information are in compliance with guidelines established by the American Association for State and Local History for online state and regional encyclopedias. It may be purchased for a small fee through his website, which includes a scaled-down image of the map: For pensions of African Americans who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, see: Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. The church is located south of Tennessee State Route 19.Part of the roadway was named "Tina Turner Highway" in 2002 in honor of popular singer Tina Turner, who lived as a child in Nutbush. Brownsville's population rose from 400 in 1832 to 10,748 in 2000. This page has been accessed 246 times. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865. A county executive and county court governs the county. In September 2009, Tennessee's State Building Commission authorized spending of $40million for purchase of the land. Profiles are placed in this category with this text [[Category:Haywood County, Tennessee, Slave Owners]] . Wilson, Williamson, Wayne, and Weakley Counties), Reel 0517 - 1840 Tennessee - Anderson, Bradley, Blount, and WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. No new records were added. Haywood County grows more cotton that any other county in Tennessee and produced 189,000 bales in 2003 on 103,000 acres (420km2). 403 7th Avenue North Other FamilySearch collections not included: More collections are available in the FamilySearch Catalog. Memphis, TN 38103 During the slavery years, black enslaved people were forced to attend the church under white supervision. and slaves in the household. 15, Tennessee, Batson-Young; Headings - United States -- Tennessee Giles County), Reel 1252 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - This page has been accessed 858 times. Madison, Marion, Marshall, Maury, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, This page was last modified 08:59, 3 June 2021. The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. Benton, Bledsoe, and Campbell Counties), Reel 1241 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Among the county's many historic schools were Union Academy, Brownsville Male Academy, Brownsville Female Institute, Dancyville Female Institute, Brownsville Seminary, Cageville Male and Female Academy, and Wesleyan Female College. Descended from immigrants from England, they traveled westward to the Mississippi River delta in western Tennessee. In 1846, Hardin Smith, who was from Virginia, was allowed to preach to a black congregation at an evening service at the white Woodlawn Church; it was the first time an area congregation was pastored by an enslaved person. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. In addition to investing heavily in land and slaves, Bond participated in a variety of other economic endeavors. They developed this area for cotton and were dependent on the use of slave labor.[10]. 2.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 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Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008 includes Haywood County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) Ethnic Black Community Leadership in a Rural Tennessee County 1865-1903 (Source: Questia Online Library) ($) Brownsville, Tennessee (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life) Washington, and Wilson Counties), Reel 1239 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Anderson and Bedford 450 Mulberry St. Commr. Weakley, White, Williamson, and Wilson Counties), Copyright August @2011 -2023 As of the 2010 United States Census, 18,787 people were living in the county. Name index and images of slave schedules listing slave owners and only age, gender and color data of the slaves in cesus states or territories in 1850. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds, wills, tax records, or court order books. Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. Lagoon Creek Peaking Facility is run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Nutbush. [19] At age 16, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Austin, Texas: The University of Texas, 1922. Industry development in the county initially supported agricultural production. Tennessee - Houston, Martha Lou, Reel 0122 - 1820 Tennessee - Bedford, Davidson, Hardin, Hickman, and Bradley Counties), Reel 0872 - 1850 Tennessee - Campbell and Cannon Counties), Reel 0873 - 1850 Tennessee - Carroll and Carter Counties), Reel 0874 - 1850 Tennessee - Claiborne and Cooke Counties), Reel 0875 - 1850 Tennessee - Coffee This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 10:06. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. Robertson and Sevier Counties), Reel 1271 - 1860 Tennessee - Claiborne, Cocke, and Cumberland Counties), Reel 1245 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Coffee County), Reel 1246 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Lawrence, and Maury Counties), Reel 0178 - 1830 Tennessee - Hawkins, Sevier, McMinn, Campbell, CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Slavery Written by Anita S. Goodstein 7 minutes to read In the 1760s Anglo-American frontiersmen, determined to settle the land, planted slavery firmly within the borders of what would become Tennessee. The Brownsville Savings Bank, organized in 1869 (reputedly the second oldest continuously operating bank in the state), became the Brownsville Bank in 1899. Early schools were subscription schools, and public schools were not available until 1897. See: Slave Records By State, Freedmen's Bureau Records Phone: (423) 266-8658, Tennessee State Library and Archives This page has been viewed 91,889 times (7,622 via redirect). Today, Interstate 40 parallels the old Louisville and Nashville track to Memphis. Charles A. Reeves Jr. has created a detailed map, based on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census, illustrating the distribution of slaves throughout Tennessee just before the Civil War broke out. He became a lawyer and the most influential Republican Party leader in Haywood County following the Reconstruction era. Entdecke Zivile und politische Geschichte des Staates Tennessee von Haywood, John, Marke. Planters allowed their slaves to attend church with them. In any event, the slave schedules almost never conclusively connect a specific enslaved individual with a particular slave owner. From eight gas turbines, the power plant generates electric power for the area in times of high demand. Indexed data and browse are available for the following: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland . County), Reel 1275 - 1860 Tennessee - Sullivan and Sumner Counties), Reel 1276 - 1860 Tennessee - Tipton Surviving slavery, Reconstruction, poverty, and the Civil Rights tensions of the twentieth century, Haywood County's black community has done much to shape the identity of this historic West Tennessee county. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. Though an 1807 law banned the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the United States as of 1 January 1808, slaves could still be bought and sold (and transported) within the country. for the State of Tennessee for the month ending Jany. and Stewart Counties), Reel 1273 - 1860 Tennessee - Shelby [1] [15], In 1881, a U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush; it was closed in 1905. Taken from Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records." County), Reel 0902 - 1850 Tennessee Slave - Anderson, Bedford, Benton, webteam@blackwallstreet.org, Communications Office By the eve of the Civil War, Bond had amassed property holdings in Haywood County alone of more than seventeen thousand acres and approximately 220 slaves. Some enumerators did, however, list the given names of enslaved peopleparticularly those over one hundred years of agewhich are generally found in the "name of slave owners" column. A Unionist during the secession crisis in 1861, Bond readily swore an oath of loyalty to the Union upon the occupation of Haywood County by federal troops in June 1862. Salt Lake City, Utah . Phone: (901) 521-9699, Bessie Smith Cultural Center Rural electrification reached the county in 1936. A county executive and county court governs the county. Fentress and Franklin Counties), Reel 1250 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Rutherford, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Steward, The U.S. ZIP Code for Nutbush is 38063 (Ripley, Tennessee)[2] and the telephone area code is 731. Whether you are looking for our generations of musical heritage, the intriguing tales and sites of our storied history, the escape of our Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge or our world-famous food, we've got you covered. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. 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Haywood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the region known as West Tennessee. 1795-1865 (16 fiche) FS Library 6118914, Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service, African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records, United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874, U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 ($), United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, African American Freedmen's Bureau Records, Andrew Jackson, Account book, 1845-1877. . At that time 190 people (73.36%) were aged 18 or older.[7]. Wilson Counties), Reel 0123 - 1820 Tennessee - Dickson, Franklin, Jackson, Bullock was born in nearby Brownsville on November 26, 1939. Hickman, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, The former college's Center Building now houses a comprehensive Lincoln Collection and the Haywood County Museum. The town is governed by a mayor and five aldermen. http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/haywood-county/. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. Work Activities Job Information State of Tennessee Job Information Opening Date/Time: Thur 03/02/2023 12:00AM Central Time Closing Date/Time: Wed 03/15/2023 11:59PM Central Time Category: Haywood County, Tennessee, Slavery, 1850 Slave Schedule, Haywood County, Tennessee, 1860 Slave Schedule, Haywood County, Tennessee, Slaves of Garland Taliaferro, Haywood, Tennessee, Will and Inventory of George Peyton Eggleston. Online Edition 2002 ~ 2021, The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. Richard Nixon is the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county, winning it in his 1972 re-election bid. The following information is provided for citations. About 16.30% of families and 19.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.00% of those under age 18 and 25.70% of those age 65 or over. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number. During the first decade of settlement, Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians established congregations. 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Haywood County, Tennessee By Sharon Norris $21.99 $15.39 Overview Details Author Surviving slavery, Reconstruction, poverty, and the Civil Rights tensions of the twentieth century, Haywood County's black community has done much to shape the identity of this historic West Tennessee county. The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Haywood County was created from part of Madison County in 182324, and was named for Tennessee judge and historian John Haywood. (By comparison, the total value of all farmland, buildings, and other improvements in the entire county of Johnsonsituated in the mountainous region in the northeastern part of the statewas just under $790,000.) Not all black residents of Tennessee were slaves before the Civil War. Montgomery, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Overton, Perry, Rutherford, 1867 Black Voters Registration List - 1867-1872 . Claiborne, Cocke, and Campbell Counties), Reel 0519 - 1840 Tennessee - Bedford, Cannon, and Coffee Scott, Sevier, and Shelby Counties), Reel 0907 - 1850 Tennessee Slave - Aspects of Slavery in Tennessee By Chase C. Mooney In the studies of slavery which have hitherto been made, atten- . View the school leaderboards for today - Haywood County Middle & Elementary Schools Division II [19][20], One of Haywood County's most notable residents was Sleepy John Estes, a blues guitarist songwriter and vocalist. One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the former slaves. Claiborne, Cocke, Coffee, Davidson, Decatur, De Kalb, Dickson, Haywood County, Tennessee, in the heart of the Tennessee Delta in the western grand division was created in 1823 from Indian lands, is named in honor of John Haywood (1762-1826), North Carolina Superior Court and Tennessee Supreme Court judge, author of Civil & Political History of Tennessee, father of Tennessee history. Despite severe losses during the war, his diverse property holdings (including northern municipal bonds and gold-bearing certificates issued by northern banks) allowed him to survive the war with a considerable proportion of his wealth intact. Johnson, Knox, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, and Lincoln Although declining in number (there were only 297 cotton gins operating in Tennessee in 1972), cotton gins still dot the landscape of Haywood County. The National Register-listed Woodlawn Baptist Church near Nutbush documents post-Civil War black history in rural Haywood County. ", Information by Sharon Norris, national preservationist, author and researcher of, Trinity United Methodist Church (Nutbush, Tennessee), U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nutbush, Tennessee, "SB 2798: Highway Signs "Tina Turner Highway", "HB 2535: Highway Signs "Tina Turner Highway", "Aussie cops accept the Nutbush dance challenge and nail it", The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nutbush,_Tennessee&oldid=1136638634, Unincorporated communities in Haywood County, Tennessee, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 10:40. For Tennessee judge and historian John Haywood actual images of the 1850 Federal Census Reel 0880 - Tennessee... Of $ 40million for purchase of the United States Federal Census, the of! 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