Walker family

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Genealogy for each of the following East Tennessee family surnames: Bradford, Bennett, Davis, Dunn, Ellison, Frazier, Hafley, Hardwick, Harrison, Hartley, Jeffreys, Rose, Taylor, Walker.

Also included is one photograph album UT Singers, 1967-1968, during which time Carl York was part of the group.

Scope and Contents Minutes of Big Spring Church of United Baptists (1822-1870), McMinn County, Tenn (Isaac and Sarah Lane were initial members). Roster of members transcribed 10.2010. Three bibles: Isaac Lane Bible (1803), Frankie Sherman Rasnake Bible (1874) (no family entries), and the Tola Sherman Bible (no date)(no family entries). Land entry no. 2573 for Thomas Shearman/Sherman, McMinn County, Tennessee, March 5, 1826. Blueprint copy of “Timberlake’s Map of Overhill Indian Towns, May 3, 1906. Letter to...

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Isaiah Walker journal. [Blount County, Tenn., Jackson County, Ala., etc.]. Ca. 1790s-1870s. (photocopy) Includes Walker family records (births, marriages, deaths) and other family records; 1790s records re: sheriffs of Wythe & Montgomery Counties; 1817 journal entry re: South West Point and the Cherokee Nation; business account information, etc.

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Research by Nancy Rosetta Myers Slatery (“Etta”) and her cousin Mary Alice Bird Dunn. Families include: Bryant, Campbell, Dunn / Abbott / Bird / Lawson, Headrick, Houser (and “Houser Hunter” newsletters), Myers, Nichols, Russell, Slatery, Walker, and Webb (includes research by Jack Webb Turrentine). Other materials include: American Education Week, 1952; Knoxville High School Blue & White (vol. 5, no. 14, December 23, 1926); clippings and articles on the Sultana.

Scope and Contents Genealogical research of Olga Jones Edwards of Puyallup, Wash. Primarily research on the Wear, Weir, Walker, and related families (most from Sevier and Blount Counties, Tenn.). Also includes her correspondence with Ina Wear Roberts, Izora Frizzell, Sue Tanco, and others. Copies of her books and publications are also included: Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers, The ’Connection’ in East Tennessee, Weir/Wear from Here to There to the White House, and Genealogy of a Jones Family of Arkansas...