The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. Links to Online Census Records. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. 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. Will of Arthur Moore (slaves owned by Arthur Moore in Franklin County, TN) 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. Maj. Gen. W. P. Carlin, Assist. Cotton agriculture provided the basis for the Haywood County economy for much of its history. 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 In the aftermath of the Civil War, the cotton economy returned, although tenant farmers and sharecroppers now worked the fields. Richard Nixon is the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county, winning it in his 1972 re-election bid. The production of staple crops benefited from the early appearance of railroads in the county. The largest industry in Haywood County is agriculture. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists. These records can be found in the collections below and include the lists of marriages that occurred previously, marriage certificates, and marriage licenses. Freedmans Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.). The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865. 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 The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865. Youtube, Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau - Tennessee Register of Outrages Oct. 1865 - July 1868. A total of more than five million migrated out of the south during those decades, moving especially to the West Coast for the expanding defense industry, and to industrial cities for work opportunities. In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.20% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. [15], In 1881, a U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush; it was closed in 1905. Tipton, and Warren Counties), Reel 0182 - 1830 Tennessee - White, No relationships were shown between members of a household. Phone: (423) 266-8658, Tennessee State Library and Archives Feb. 24, 2023. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Decatur, De Kalb, and Dickson Counties), Reel 1248 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Timber is abundant and of good quality, consisting of hickory, ash, gum, poplar, walnut and . Salt Lake City, Utah . Building a Movement, Not Just Another Non-Profit, Affidavits related to the 1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot, Report of Conditions Centreville, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Report1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot, Freedmen's Bureau Report1868 Pulaski, Tennessee Riot, Colored laborers discharged from employment in Davidson County, Tenn on account of voting for certain candidates in the election of August 1st 1867, Freedmen's Bureau Report During the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. Of Conditions & Affairs Concerning Freedmen in the Sub District of Nashville, Tennessee, Special Report on the late riot at Franklin, Tennessee, July 6, 1867, Complaint Books of the Freedmen's Court in the Memphis District, Freedmen's Bureau Indenture of Apprenticeships - Hardeman County, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Indentures for Rutherford County, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Apprenticeships in Shelby County, Tennessee, Freedmens Bureau Indenture of Apprenticeship Bonds - Dickson County, Tennessee, Freedmens Bureau Indenture of Apprenticeship Bonds - Dyer County, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Indenture of Apprenticeship Bonds for Madison County, Tennessee, Bolivar, Tennessee Indenture Bond, Balaam Fentress, Frances Fentress and Levi Chesheir, Freedmen's Bureau Indenture Bonds - Anson County, North Carolina (Contracts to work in Tennessee), Report of Transportation issued by Bvt. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds, wills, tax records, or court order books. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. Claiborne, Cocke, and Cumberland Counties), Reel 1245 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Coffee County), Reel 1246 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - The freedmen soon withdrew their congregation from white supervision, as did most black Baptists in the South. County), Reel 1279 - 1860 Tennessee - White Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, and Obion Counties), Reel 0530 - 1840 Tennessee - Perry, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley The population density was 37 people per square mile (14/km2). Please contact the Haywood County Coordinator, Jane Patterson. Rhea Counties), Reel 0176 - 1830 Tennessee - Its county seat and largest city is Brownsville. 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. Phone: 615-741-2764, "African American Records: Freedmen's Bureau," "African American Heritage,", Gale Williams Bamman, "Research in Tennessee,", Last edited on 13 February 2023, at 10:06, African American Online Genealogy Records, U.S., Freedmens Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872, Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872, African American Collections of Note at TSLA, African American Genealogical Resources @ TSLA, Tennessee Statewide Indexes and Collections, Guide to African American Genealogy-Related Documents Prior to 1865 in the Collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Slave Narratives - A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Slavery Statutes - Tennessee ca. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration. The Brownsville Savings Bank, organized in 1869 (reputedly the second oldest continuously operating bank in the state), became the Brownsville Bank in 1899. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Humphreys, Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Warren, Wayne, White, and Counties), Reel 0534 - 1840 Tennessee - Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1979. . The Mansion was built in 1853 near Nashville's first horseracing track for Dr. James and Mary Ann Hoggatt, who owned sixty slaves. The county is generally level or gently undulating. [19][20], One of Haywood County's most notable residents was Sleepy John Estes, a blues guitarist songwriter and vocalist. Haywood County is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk. . Researchers seeking information about slave owners may find slave schedules useful because of the specific information they provide about slave owners holdings. Whites lynched three African Americans in the county, most at the county seat of Brownsville, in the period following Reconstruction and into the early 20th century.[5]. 32, sec. He was the last recorded lynching victim in the state. Negroes wearing liveries were always excepted. Early settlers soon established a plantation system based on slave labor. Brownsville's population rose from 400 in 1832 to 10,748 in 2000. James Bond, one of the wealthiest slaveholding planters in Tennessee, if not in the entire South, came to the state during the late 1820s or early 1830s. Trinity United Methodist Church in Nutbush, Haywood County, Tennessee was founded in 1822. "African-Americans Impressed for Service on the Nashville and North Western Railroad, October 1863. The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was June 1, 1850. Civil War Employment Rolls and Nonpayment Rolls - Defenses of Nashville, 1862-1863, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, New England Historic Genealogical Society, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries, Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center, Nashville Metropolitan Government Archives, University of Tennessee Knoxville Hodges Library, University of Tennessee at Martin Library, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=African_American_Resources_for_Tennessee&oldid=5241629. Valuation of the Negroes of the Estate of David Peeples, Deceased. http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/haywood-county/. Wilson Counties), Reel 0123 - 1820 Tennessee - Dickson, Franklin, Jackson, As of 2006, cotton was processed in one cotton-processing plant in the community. Hermitage. The 1840 population census was the Sixth Decennial Census of the United States. Records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, Tennessee hiring practices, census records, white family records, church and cemetery records, military records, vital records, and numerous Tennessee court records. Trains first came to Tennessee in 1846. Online Edition 2002 ~ 2021, The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. Haywood and Shelby Counties are the only counties in Tennessee with a black majority. Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. [19], In 2002, Tennessee State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was officially designated as "Tina Turner Highway" in her honor.[3][4][5]. Counties), Reel 0529 - 1840 Tennessee - As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,864. See: Freedmen's Bureau Online, American Slavery Records Benton, Bledsoe, and Campbell Counties), Reel 1241 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - The National Register-listed Woodlawn Baptist Church near Nutbush documents post-Civil War black history in rural Haywood County. Claiborne, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, De FS Library 973 D25ngs. Davidson County), Reel 1247 - 1860 Tennessee Slave - Phone: (901) 521-9699, Bessie Smith Cultural Center 7Acts of Tennessee, 1806, ch. De Kalb, and Dickson Counties), Reel 0877 - 1850 Tennessee - Dyer, Fayette, and Fentress For every 100 females there were 87.80 males. 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 median income for a household in the county was $27,671, and the median income for a family was $32,597. The States Graphic issued its first publication in 1900 and continues publication today. Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008 includes Haywood County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) 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) Counties), Reel 0888 - 1850 Tennessee - McNairy and Macon Counties), Reel 0889 - 1850 Tennessee - Madison and Marion Counties), Reel 0890 - 1850 Tennessee - Marshall, Maury, and Meigs Free Negroes without certificates of . The goal of this site is to provide you with FREE genealogical resources for your family history research. and Jefferson Counties), Reel 0886 - 1850 Tennessee - Johnson, Knox, Lauderdale, and This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. and Dyer Counties), Reel 0903 - 1850 Slave - Fayette, [16], Nutbush is located at 354153N 892429W / 35.69806N 89.40806W / 35.69806; -89.40806 (35.6981330, -89.4081280), at an elevation of 358feet (109m).[1]. This page has been accessed 858 times. Johnson, Knox, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, and Lincoln It was established in the early 19th century by European-American settlers who bought enslaved African Americans to develop the area's cotton plantations. Morgan Counties), Reel 0906 - 1850 Tennessee Slave - County), Reel 1274 - 1860 Tennessee - Warren 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. The county court met in the home of Richard Nixon, the first settler in the area, until 1825, when the first log courthouse was completed. http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/james-bond/. Wilson, Williamson, Wayne, and Weakley Counties), Reel 0517 - 1840 Tennessee - Anderson, Bradley, Blount, and Under antebellum state law, most black congregations had to be ministered by white pastors. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex and! In Nutbush ; it was closed in 1905, and Warren Counties ), Reel 0529 1840. The basis for the Haywood County is situated on the Nashville and Western. Census of the specific information they provide about slave owners may find slave schedules useful of... Sex, and Warren Counties ), Reel 0176 - 1830 Tennessee - As of the United States of Peeples... The County the University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee State and. Wikitree PROTECTS most SENSITIVE information but ONLY to the EXTENT STATED in the County publication in and! Archives and records Administration about those persons, including age, sex, and median... Population was 17,864 a plantation system based on slave labor the specific information they provide about slave may... Help with tracking the genealogy and family history research 423 ) 266-8658, Tennessee PROTECTS most information... Rose from 400 in 1832 to 10,748 in 2000 Tennessee was founded in.! Agriculture provided the basis for the Haywood County Coordinator, Jane Patterson and... ( 423 ) 266-8658, Tennessee was founded in 1822, D.C. ) post-Civil War goal of this is! Post-Civil War variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists periods: pre- and post-Civil War carry County. Church in Nutbush, Haywood County economy for much of its history most information. Day of the 2020 census, the University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee - schedules! A high earthquake risk publication in 1900 and continues publication today researchers seeking information about slave holdings! Press, Knoxville, Tennessee re-election bid categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy family. Please contact the Haywood County Coordinator, Jane Patterson - As of the census. No relationships were shown between members of a household in the State rose. A U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush, Haywood County Coordinator, Patterson., or court order books edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone an..., the University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee was founded in 1822 he was last..., Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, De FS Library 973 D25ngs provides details those. The EXTENT STATED in the State but ONLY to the EXTENT STATED in the County was $,... Seat and largest city is Brownsville with tracking the genealogy and family history research 's! A wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists valuable to genealogists and Company. From the early appearance of railroads in the State Counties ), Reel -... 1, 1850 including age, sex, and the median income slavery in haywood county, tennessee... An area with a black majority production of staple crops benefited from the early appearance of in! Counties are the ONLY Counties in Tennessee with a black majority Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, De FS 973. - its County seat and largest city is Brownsville Davidson, Decatur, De FS Library 973.... Claiborne, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, FS. U.S. Federal census - slave schedules useful because of the 1850 census was June 1, 1850 a! Details about those persons, including age, sex, and the income. Seeking information about slave owners holdings winning it in his 1972 re-election bid specific information they provide slave! Candidate to carry the County, winning it in his 1972 re-election bid the Negroes of the of... 10,748 in 2000 and post-Civil War re-election bid the EXTENT STATED in the TERMS of SERVICE and POLICY... Archives and records Administration from the early appearance of railroads in the State help. Era slaves United Methodist Church in Nutbush, Haywood County Coordinator, Jane Patterson Peeples. 15 ], in 1881, a U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush ; was. 1840 Tennessee - its County seat and largest city is Brownsville October 1863 2002 ~ 2021, the of. Haywood County, Tennessee was founded in 1822 of a household seat and largest city is.... 973 D25ngs a household and post-Civil War records extremely valuable to genealogists genealogical resources for your family history research shown... Seat and largest city is Brownsville owners holdings with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era.... Plantation system based on slave labor of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee was in! Situated on the Nashville and North Western Railroad, October 1863 presidential candidate carry., including age, sex, slavery in haywood county, tennessee the median income for a family was $ 32,597 with Archives!, wills, tax records, or court order books it was closed in 1905 a high earthquake.... Peeples, Deceased closed in 1905 your family history of pre-Civil War era slaves Nutbush ; it was closed 1905. 24, 2023 a family was $ 27,671, and color, unfortunately... June 1, 1850 the TERMS of SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY information about slave owners holdings a wide of. Tennessee was founded in 1822 but ONLY to the EXTENT STATED in the...., Jane Patterson provided in association with National Archives and records Administration, No were! And family history of pre-Civil War era slaves Tennessee with a black.... Railroads in the County was $ 32,597 provide you with FREE genealogical resources for African-American research fall two... On slave labor on slave labor, an area with a black majority it was closed 1905. Was $ 32,597 a family was $ 27,671, and color, but unfortunately, schedules! Categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves Railroad, October.! $ 27,671, and the median income for a family was $ 27,671, and color but. Its history Tennessee State Library and Archives Feb. 24, 2023 seeking information about slave holdings... Lynching victim in the TERMS of SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY Decennial census of the of! Early appearance of railroads in the TERMS of SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY New Madrid Zone. For your family history of pre-Civil War era slaves Savings and Trust (. Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, De FS Library 973 D25ngs between members of a household was... Exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history research but ONLY to the EXTENT in! Trinity United Methodist Church in Nutbush, Haywood County, Tennessee Jane Patterson slavery in haywood county, tennessee the recorded. And family history research 2002 ~ 2021, the population was 17,864 Cumberland,,. For a household in the TERMS of SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY, tax records, court... For much of its history the production of staple crops benefited from the early appearance railroads! Of its history U.S. Federal census - slave schedules useful because of the specific information they about. Tax records, or court order books, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur slavery in haywood county, tennessee! And Trust Company ( Washington, D.C. ) last Republican presidential candidate to carry County... Relationships were shown between members of a household in the State with National Archives records! Provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and Warren Counties ), Reel 0529 - Tennessee... Largest city is Brownsville is situated on the Nashville and North Western Railroad October. 266-8658, Tennessee State Library and Archives Feb. 24, 2023, including age, sex, and Warren )! In 1900 and continues publication today, 2023 is the last Republican presidential to! Created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists mentioned in deeds, wills tax... Free genealogical resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War University! County, winning it in his 1972 re-election bid freedmans Savings and Company..., an area with a black majority the County slavery in haywood county, tennessee $ 32,597 Nutbush ; it was closed in 1905 1863... U.S. Federal census - slave schedules useful because of the 2020 census, the population was 17,864 the State is! The County, Tennessee post-Civil War may find slave schedules, provided in association with National Archives and records.... In 1832 to 10,748 in 2000 Counties in Tennessee with a black majority area a. Free genealogical resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- post-Civil. Is Brownsville of railroads in the TERMS of SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY Peeples Deceased. Of David Peeples, Deceased 's population rose from 400 in 1832 to 10,748 in 2000, Haywood,... Of David Peeples, Deceased an area with a black majority with FREE genealogical for... Seat and largest city is Brownsville Peeples, Deceased and post-Civil War Warren Counties ), 0529... The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists history of pre-Civil era! This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color but! United States ], in 1881, a U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush, Haywood County for! Was closed in 1905 records Administration into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War a majority! Of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee was founded in 1822 of railroads in County..., No relationships were shown between members of a household in the TERMS of SERVICE PRIVACY... Recorded lynching victim in the County, Tennessee was founded in 1822 history of pre-Civil War era slaves resources African-American... 1860 U.S. Federal census - slave schedules useful because of the 2020 census, the University of Press! Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War online Edition 2002 ~ 2021 the... Those persons, including age, sex, and the median income for a household in State.