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1817 Wilkes Co. NC 1820 Overton Co. TN |
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Currently there are only two adult males and one teenage
boy and young lad from this direct Cooper line to continue -
one young lady and a grandgirl
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Bledsoe census shows them in 1830, Overton court records show Joseph paid for guarding a prisoner in 1838, then Overton census in 1840. Showed up in Ms. about 1844 and bought land. |
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Seemed to be several HARRIS who moved to Illinois within a few years. I am seeking info on a William HARRIS b.cir.1795. He also had a brother David HARRIS b.cir. 1796. Both went to what became Fayette County , Ill. |
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Before going to Illinois, George Thomas HOLMES married Minerva TAYLOR--daughter of Simeon TAYLOR. |
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Haley JACKSON came to Benton County, Arkansas in 1830. He went back and forth. He finally settled in Benton County in 1850 |
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Includes letters written from John W. JOHNSON family from Texas back to kin in Overton Co., TN from 1873-1898 |
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Allied families in Overton Co., TN are: CHOWNING, FLETCHER,
EMBREE
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Overton/Fentress Co area |
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KEETON families, along with the BRUTON, STEWART, & HAYES
families moved from
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Originally from SW VA & NE NC |
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Putnam County, after 1870- Some of family went to western TN, then some went to Texas-Interested in Chesley MALONE |
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Still living in Overton and surrounding counties; and thru-out
the United States.
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1830-Morgan Co.,TN 1840-Overton Co.,TN |
1870 Hill Co.,TX Iron & Howell Cos MO. abt 1880 |
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William STEPHENS m Lavina SEWELL abt 1835 in TN and his sister,
Rebecca m Nelson ADAMS s/o David ADAMS. They were all in Morgan
Co.,TN in 1830.
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Migrated from NC about 1795 to Overton County |
1835 left Overton County and migrated to Johnson County Arkansas |
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William Fletcher WILMOTH family moved to Johnson Co., Arkansas between 1844 & 1848-Eventually part of his family including his widow ended up in Oklahoma |
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The migrations were made by single families or groups of families. These migrations were supposed to have taken place over a period of years. I understand southern Illinois was swampy and the migrants went through a combination yellow fever and typhoid epidemic in the 1830's and 1840's. It has been told that many of the survivors returned to the homes of their kin in Overton County.Gary Norris |
There were many Confederate soldiers and their familes who migrated to Texas after the Civil War so they might escape the wrath of the Union men in the county. The Klan was also on the rampage and young men could not get land or jobs.Gary Norris |
Many people migrated to railroad towns in the late
19th and early 20th centuries. Before there were factory jobs
there were busy rail centers. I have seen letters in old Overton
County newspapers which talked of job opportunities in such railroad
towns. Rockwood, Tennessee was such a center in Tennessee. Later
on Overton Countians went to Cincinnati to make radios for Crosley.
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