| This CD-ROM contains electronic image reprints of the following five books of Tennessee history and genealogy: ***Davidson County, Tennessee, Deed Books “T” and “W”, 1829-1835 - Mary Sue Smith (1994). These records identify family members (and relationships) for both white and black families in Davidson Co. between 13 February 1829 and 27 August 1835. The books index listing refers to the original deed book page entry. ***Davidson County, Tennessee, Deed Book “P”: Personal Property Deeds 15 November 1821-13 February 1829 - Mary Sue Smith (1997). Transcribes personal property deeds for Davidson Co., including deeds of trust, deeds of gift, deeds of transfer, bills of sale, mortgages, marriage agreements, powers of attorney and other agreements. A preponderance of slave sales. ***Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families - Jay Guy Cisco (1909). Contains some of the most interesting details about the first settlement and the first settlers of the county. ***History of Sweetwater Valley - W. B. Lenoir (1916). Describes the beginnings of Sweetwater Valley through a series of stories. Biographies represent the main text, which ends with churches, schools and local Civil War skirmishes. ***Historical Sketches of the Holston Valleys - Thomas W. Preston (1926). The Holston River valleys, also known as the Kingsport Territory, lie mainly in northeastern TN. This book traces their history from the time when they were inhabited by the predecessors of the Cherokee Indians. - United States - Tennessee - |
| Emphasizes the founder and foundation of Sumner County, and, in fact, the work is substantially genealogical in content. The first fifty pages of the volume move rapidly over such topics as early exploration of the county, local topography, territorial laws and officials, early land owners, and, of course, Sumner County in the wars, particularly the Civil War. Thereafter, the work focuses on Sumner County pioneers and their families in a series of genealogical and biographical sketches of varying lengths, some of them illustrated. In addition to the featured families of Bledsoe, Cage, and Douglass, Sumner County researchers will discover essays on the following pioneers and their progeny: Anderson, Barrow, Barry, Bate, Bell, Bertinatti, Blackmore, Belmont, Bowen, Bowie, Breckenridge, Campbell, Carmack, Carr, Cisco, Clark, Desha, Donaldson, Ellis, Fulton, Gaines, Garth, Guild, Gwin, Hall, Hallum, Hammond, Hatton, Head, Judd, Lauderdale, Lindsey, Malone, Mansker, Martin, McKendree, Morgan, Morris, Odom, Parker, Peyton, Pickett, Read, Rogan, Rogers, Rutherford, Sanders, Sharkey, Shelby, Scurry, Smith, Spencer, Trousdale, Vanderbilt, Walton, Weatherred, Williams, Wilson, Winchester, and Wynne. - United States - Tennessee - Sumner |
