Genealogy and History
General Description The Oak Hill Farm Historic District includes approximately 213 acres of farmland straddling the Tipton and Haywood County lines. The district is comprised of two dwellings, including an 1834 Federal-style I-house, and a collection of outbuildings associated with the mid-20th century period of rural reform and agriculture. The main house, referred to as…
Lucinda Thacker was born on 1 Oct 1803, in Allen, Kentucky. Her father was Edward P Thacker, born 1 Jan 1775 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He died on 8 Nov 1845 in Allen County, Kentucky. Her mother was Elizabeth Polly Morgan, born 18 Nov 1779 in North Carolina. She died on 6 Feb 1842 in…
James N Young was born on 12 Sep 1832, in Ireland. His father was Robert (21yo) and his mother was Grace (23yo). James (16yo) is shown living in Tipton County, Tennessee in the 1850 US Census. He is listed along with his parents, Robert (40yo) and Grace (45yo), and siblings, William (18yo), Sarah J (14yo),…
Friday, February 6, 1959 Mary Frances Piercy Nichols’ Family — My father was Wm Thomas Piercy and he married my mother Alice Elizabeth Dodson, April 25, 1892. I was born May 3, 1893 at White Haven, Tenn., my brothers (Bill) William Piercy was born January 8, 1895, Duke Piercy was born Sept. 18, 1896, Walter…
Wednesday, January 28, 1959 Jimmy was a sweet boy and Frances would remember he visited many times with “Miss. Nichols” and Martha was visiting us at the time. As her brother Walter stated once here, when he and I were out looking at the shrubs and flowers. There would have to be a heaven, if…
Tuesday, January 6, 1959 I want to tell you this funny thing about Aunt Mary Cotton and me (she was papa’s aunt and my great aunt). I have spent time in her home, first when Grandma, her sister, 20 years older would go there. After through the years I would visit her. She lived till…
Mary Ann Baucom Williams was born 1 Aug 1846, in Tennessee. Her father was Gilliam Baucom, was born in 1814 and died in 1885. Her mother, Mary Elizabeth “Eliza” Agours Baucom, was born in October 1846. Her date of death and burial are unknown, but I do know that she died after 1900 as I…
James Franklin Williams was born in 1842 in West Tennessee. James Franklin was a son of Carney E (~1816 – ~1857) and Frances Williams (~1811-1880). His father, Carney, was born in Jamesville, North Carolina, the son of Kinney and Frances Williams. His mother, Martha, was born in Virginia to Captain Joseph Edward (~1785-1842) and Nancy…
Mrs. Meckie Hilliard died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Poindexter, in the vicinity of Clopton, at 6 o’clock Sunday night, and was buried at Clopton graveyard at 3 o’clock Monday, the funeral service being conducted by Rev. R. A. Wood, pastor of the church there. Mrs. Hilliard was a daughter of the…
A Very Special Sunday Once a year, the shutters are opened, the windows are raised and the faithful fill Old Trinity-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in rural Tipton County, Tenn. Their very special service makes up for the fact that the 128-year-old church is unused the other 51 Sundays of the year. Page 4 Once a year,…