Hawkins County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies

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Hawkins County

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Has anyone studied my Hawkins County, Tennessee family before?

Message boards and online family trees can help you learn if someone is actively researching your ancestors. More than 75 books or articles have been published about Hawkins County's families. Descendants of some historic residents have had their DNA tested.

Main article: Hawkins County, Tennessee

General

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Hawkins (County), Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 150,000 entries!

For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:

• East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]

Books that discuss multiple local families include:

• Hawkins County Genealogical and Historical Society. Families of Hawkins County, Tennessee. 2 vols. Rogersville, Tenn.: n.p., 1999. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.895 D2h v. 1 ff.
• Old Family Records Collection, ca. 1783-1966: Hawkins County, Tennessee. MSS., FS Library US/CAN Film 1550780.
• Trent, William S. Across the Mountain, Over on Clinch: A Folk History. Talbott, Tenn.: W.S. Trent, 2008. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 D2tw v. 1. [Includes Brown, Cole, Collins, Cope, Hardin, Martin, Stapleton, Trent and other families.]

Bibliography

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications about an ancestor's "FAN Club" (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors)

• [Acuff] McNamara, Billie R., Acuff Family Archives and Acuff-Ecoff Family Archives. Acuff Ancestors: Quarterly Journal of the Acuff Family Archives. Knoxville, Tenn.: Acuff Family Archives, 1995-[2001]. FS Library 929.27305 Ac93.
• [Arnote] Arnote, James Samuel. James Samuel Arnote, His Life: The Arnote Family or Clan. n.p.: J.S. Arnote, 1959. FS Library FAM HIST Book 921.73 Ar66a.
• [Ball] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Digital version at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 3, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 4, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 5, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 6.
• [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. Tennessee Ballards. Lincolnton, Tenn.: L.D. Miller, 2000. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B212mtn; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library .
• [Barrett] Pyron, Ron. John Clinton Barrett, Tennessee Settler in the Ozarks: The Life and Times of John C. Barrett, His Family and Descendants: With Notes and Excerpts of Findings on the Families of Wm. C. Baldwin and Thomas F. Allen. Greeneville, Tenn.: R. Pyron, 1980. FS Library US/CAN Film 1035924 Item 1.
• [Barrett] Pyron, Ron. The Descendants of Thomas and Winnie Barrett: With Notes on the Origins of the Hawkins County-Tennessee Barretts, Newspapers Clippings, Selected Letters, Wills, Bible Records, and Complete Index. Greeneville, Tenn.: R. Pyron, 1981. FS Library US/CAN Film 1035924 Item 2.
• [Beal] Bounds, Eleanor Poe. Biehl/Beal--Kuefer Descendants. Effingham, Illinois: E.P. Bounds, 1997. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B362be.
• [Bean] Garner, Hallie. The Bean Tree: Descendants of John Bean of Hawkins County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Garner Services, 2009. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B375g.
• [Beatty] Beatty, Marvin P. The Beatty Connection: A Genealogical Account of the Beattys Who Came from the Mountains of East Tennessee into the Hills of Southern Indiana. [Morris, Illinois]: M.P. Beatty, 2002. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B38bm 2002.
• [Booker] Caldwell, Kay Tunnell. Davis S. Booker: A Confederate Soldier from the Cumberland Gap to Vicksburg, 1834-1912. Surgoinsville, Tenn.: K.T. Caldwell, 1994. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B644ck.
• [Buren] Buren, Dorothy. The Buren Story. Colorado Springs, Colo.: D. Buren, 1961. FS Library US/CAN Film 872858 Items 4-5.
• [Byrd] Minter, Elbert J., Maxine Newton Gibson and Drinkard Funeral Home (Hartselle, Ala.). The Elbert Minter Collection. MSS., Morgan County Archives, Decatur, Ala., FS Library US/CAN Film 2315236 Item 1.
• [Caldwell] Caldwell, Kay Tunnell. The Andrew Caldwell Family of Hawkins County, Tn. Surgoinsville, Tenn.: K.T. Caldwell, 1994. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C127ck.
• [Campbell] Campbell, C.W. Descendants of Robert Campbell. Vandalia, Missouri: C.W. Campbell, 1894. FS Catalog 1787180 Item 13
• [Campbell] Campbell Family Information, ca. 1718-1915. MSS., Clan Campbell Society, Baton Rouge, La. FS Library US/CAN Film 1787180 Item 13.
• [Campbell] Derby, William B. Draft of Outline Checklist Partly Substantiating a Campbell Legend. FS Library FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 C152d. [Research of professional genealogical firm Institute of Family Research, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.]
• [Campbell] Campbell, Donald H. The Campbell Family of Virginia. 1990s. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Cantwell] Belknap, Donald F. Cantwell Family. MSS., 1945. FS Library US/CAN Film 1015845 Item 5.
• [Carter] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Digital version at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 3, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 4, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 5, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 6.
• [Charles] Smith, Sybil Roberts. The Charles Branch of My Sunshine Tree. [Grove, Oklahoma]: S.R. Smith, 1983. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C38s.
• [Church] Murray, James Lawrence. Church - Edens Families of Hawkins and Hancock Counties, Tennessee. El Paso, Tex.: J.L. Murray, 1960. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1487.
• [Criner] The Criner Family. 199-?. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 7829.
• [Crockett] Jones, Kathryn E. Crockett Cousins. Graham, Texas: K.E. Jones, 1984. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C872j and Supplement: FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C872j supp.
• [Dodson] Lehmann, Joy Deal. The Descendants of Elijah Dodson of Yamhill County, Oregon: Six Generations of Descendants Since His Arrival in Oregon Territory in 1847. Novato, Calif.: J. Lehmann, 1993. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 D668Lj.
• [Dyer] Dyer Family. Typescript. FS Library US/CAN Film 821597 Item 2.
• [Dykes] Rowland, Elaine. The William Dykes Family of Hawkins County, Tennessee, 1745-1985. Dallas, Texas: E. Rowland, 1985. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 D991f.
• [Edens] Murray, James Lawrence. Church - Edens Families of Hawkins and Hancock Counties, Tennessee. El Paso, Tex.: J.L. Murray, 1960. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1487.
• [Feazel] McCarley, LaJoy DeShane. George L. Feazle of Spring Valley, His Ancestors and Descendants: A Biographical & Historical Genealogy. Fort Worth, Texas: J.D. McCarley, 1980. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 F314m.
• [Feazel] Gritzbaugh, Sherry Gresham. John O. Feazel of Louisiana: His Ancestors and Descendants. Bellaire, Texas: S.G. Gritzbaugh, 199_?]. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 F314g.
• [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "John and Mary Finley of Montgomery (Wythe) County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):243-255; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):18-33; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):122-135; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):173-185; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):251-262. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991).
• [Flagg] Descendants of Josiah Flagg of Berkeley County, W. Va.; with sketches of the Flagg, Keyes, Foss, Shively, Hughes, Slemons and Campbell ancestries. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1920. Free digital copy.
• [Gardner] Myers, Nella Smith. The Gardner Family of East Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.: N.S. Myers, 1986. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 G171gmn.
• [Gideon] Gideon, Thomas Jefferson and Gertrude Cleghorn Josserand. Chronological and Biographical History of the Gideon Family of America. Pratt, Kansas: G.C. Josserand, 1949?. FS Library US/CAN Film 1783413 Item 12.
• [Greer] Shanks, Mary Jo. The Family of Joel Stacy Greer of Hawkins County, Tennessee. n.p.: M.J. Shanks, 1996. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 G859sm.
• [Grigsby] Grigsby Family Genealogical Collection, ca. 1789-1960. MSS., FS Library US/CAN Film 1550779, 1550781, 1550783.
• [Grigsby] Grigsby Family Records. MSS., FS Library US/CAN Film 972671-972675.
• [Grigsby] Compton, William H. Descendants of Nathaniel Grigsby, 1806-1859. Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Compton, 198-. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 G878c.
• [Gulley] Shockey, Amanda Rudder Taylor. Rudder & Relatives. Camden, Ohio: A.R. Shockey, 1993?. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R831saa.
• [Hileman] Garner, Hallie. Adam Trevey Hileman Family of Hawkins County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: H. P. Garner, 2007. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H547g.
• [Huffmaster] Huffmaster, James T. Huffmaster-Hoffmeister Family Records. [Galveston, Texas: Oscar Springer Print], 1922. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H872h; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Hutchisson] Hutchisson, Elmer. Family of Benjamin Hutchisson, 1765-1852. Portola Valley, Calif.: E. Hutchisson, 1976. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H97he.
• [Jones] Cook, Margaret W. and Rosella Dykes Faulk. Daniel Jones and His Descendants. Tennessee: Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society, 2001. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 J713c.
• [Jones] Garner, Hallie. Keeping Up with the Joneses: The Descendants of Peter Paul Jones of Hawkins County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: H. P. Garner, 2009. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 J723g.
• [Lawson] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L444Lf.
• [Lee] Johnston, Weldon. Some of the Descendants of Capt. Thomas Lee of Hawkins Co., Tennessee. Loudon, Tenn.: n.p., 1972. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L515j.
• [Livingston] Bass, Elise Livingston, Joanna Livingston Matthews and Leonard Livingston. The Livingston Cousins of Tennessee: A History of the Jacob Livingston Family, His Descendants and Their Cousins. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Company Publishers, 1994. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L762be and two supplements.
• [Long] Long--Batchelor--Purcell Families, ca. 1776-1957. MSS., FS Library US/CAN Film 1435497 Item 1.
• [Looney] Tompkins, Norma L. Looney, Hawkins County. Dallas, Tex.: N. Tompkins, 2000. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L873t.
• [Love] Love, Robert A. General Thomas Love of Western North Carolina and Western Tennessee and His Brothers Robert and James. St. Petersburg, Fla.: R.A. Love, 194?. FS Catalog 361835
• [Maddox] Thompson, Paul Terry. Fathers & Sons of Thomas Maddox. Stockton, Calif.: P.T. Thompson, 1987. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M264t.
• [Mallory] Boyett, Woodrow W. Mama's Tennessee and Virginia Mallorys (with Index). Tuscaloosa, Ala.: W.W. Boyett, 1991. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B696bw supp.
• [Manis] Spencer Owen Public Library (Spencer, Ind.). Manis--Maners Family Information. Typescript., FS Library US/CAN Film 1313127 Item 24.
• [Manis] Breazeale, E.V. and Ruth Ellen Maness. Manes, Maness, Mainess, Manis, Manus, Maners, Menees and Related Surnames: (The E. V. Breazeale Collection). FS Library US/CAN Film 1307671-1307674.
• [Manis] Breazeale, E.V. Descendants of Jacob Wilson Manes. Springfield, Mo.: E.V. Breazeale, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Film 1307671.
• [Miller] Wine, Cecil J. The Michael Miller Family. Radford, VA: Commonwealth Press, 1964. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M612w; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Moneyhun] Eppard, Sarah Elizabeth. The Moneyhuns of Copper Ridge, Hawkins County, Tennessee: John and Pharaba (Sizemore) Moneyhun and Some of Their Many Descendants. Indianapolis, Ind.: S. E. Eppard, 1974. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M746e; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Mosley] McCloskey, Cheryl Moore. Descendants of William Mosley, Sr. Early Resident, Floyd County, Kentucky, via Hawkins County, Tennessee, via Rockingham County, North Carolina: Allied Families, Boggs, Bolen, Boyd, Calhoun, Castell/Steel/Steele, Gearheart/Gayhart, Hale, Hicks, Hignite, Kitchen, Moore, Scutchfield, Stephens, Thornsbury. Villa Hills, Ky.: C.M. McCloskey, 2004. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M853mc.
• [Phillips] Phillips, Helen L. and James R. Shults. Jonas Phillips and Descendants: Children of the Mountains. Cosby, Tenn.: H. Phillips, 1993. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P544p; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Price] Garner, Hallie. The Ancestry and Descendants of Henry Price, Jr. of Hawkins Co., Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Garner Services, 2001. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P931gh.
• [Reynolds] Reynolds, John Hughes (b. 1846). Reynolds. Rome, Ga.?: J.H. Reynolds, 1900?. FS Library US/CAN Film 1698017 Item 13.
• [Riddle] Plum, Fred W. Genealogy of the Riddle Family, 1760 to 1965: 205 Years. Texas?: F.W. Plum, 1965. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R431pf.
• [Riddle] Plum, Fred W. History & Genealogy of the Riddle Family from 1760-1973, 213 Years. Mt. Pleasant, Tex.: Jack Firmin, 1973. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R431p; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Riddle] Riddle, Chauncey Cazier and Bertha Allred Riddle. Isaac Riddle and His Family. Provo, Utah: C.C. & B.A. Riddle, 1990. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R431rc 1990.
• [Riddle] Hill, Mary E. Vassel. William Riddle, 1740-1781. Provo, Utah: M.E.V. Hill, 1997. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R431hme.
• [Riddle] Riddle, Chauncey Cazier and Bertha Allred Riddle. The Descendants of John Riddle, 1803-1887. 3 vols. Provo, Utah: C.C. Riddle, 1997-2003. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R431rcc v. 1 ff.
• [Risner] Gausel, Kurt. The Risner Family of Eastern Kentucky. 4 vols. + index. Salyersville, Ky.: Magoffin County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1993. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R494ri ff.
• [Rogers] Huskey, Allan. The Joseph Rogers Papers. 2 vols. St. Louis, Missouri: A. Huskey, 1990. FS Library FAM HIST Book 921.73 R632j ff.
• [Shelton] Casey, Harold and Robert Brooks Casey. Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families. Stillwater, Oklahoma: H. Casey, 1988. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh44c.
• [Shultz] Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273R22b 1978. [The Shultz family is discussed in Vol. 2.]
• [Sizemore] Parrish, Verle H. Who's Who in My Sizemore Family. Georgetown, Ky.: V.H. Parrish, 1989. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Si99p.
• [Skelton] Skelton, Earl F. "The Skeltons of Colonial Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (August/September 1994):86-100; Vol. 3, No. 3 (November/December 1994):151-162. FS Catalog Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Smith] Smith, Leland L. Gone to Texas; Texas and Tennessee Smiths: and Related Breeding, Burleson, Burris, Chamblee, Fincher, Graves, Green, Grigsby, Haynes, Hill, Hobgood, Jones, King, Lewis, McMinn, Owen, Powell, Ridley, Shipman, Spears, Strickland, Taylor, and Turner Families of the South. 3 vols. Austin, Texas: Historical Pub., 1999-2000. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51sLL ff [FS Library lacks v. 2].
• [Spears] Spears, Helen R. Families of Samuel Spears, 1761-2001. Fountain Valley, Calif.: Joy Pub., 2002. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sp31sh.
• [Thompson] Caldwell, Kay Tunnell. Davis S. Booker: A Confederate Soldier from the Cumberland Gap to Vicksburg, 1834-1912. Surgoinsville, Tenn.: K.T. Caldwell, 1994. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B644ck.
• [Tunnell] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Digital version at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 3, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 4, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 5, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 6.
• [Vaughan] Frandsen, Margaret Walter Croom and Jean Knight Whalen. The History of William Vaughan and Related Families. [Las Vegas, Nevada?]: M.A. Frandsen, 1989. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 V465f.
• [Webb] Webb, Earl F. The Webb Genealogy: This is a Record of the Men Who were Born Webbs, as Well as the Women They Chose to Begat More Webbs; Also the Girls Who were Born Webbs and the Husbands They Married to Father the Children of the Allied Families, Who Carried On and Perpetuated the Long Line. Dayton, Ohio: E.F. Webb, 1982. FS Library US/CAN Film 1033908 Item 1.
• [Williams] Williams, Deward C. Our Yankee Kinfolk: Our Cumberland Mountain Kinfolk, Our Noble English Ancestry of Three PK's, Preacher's kids, Deward Charles Williams, Jr., Donald Eugene Williams, Betty Marie Williams Spitze. [Sesser?, Ill.: D.C. Williams, 193-?]. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 W671d.
• [Winegar] Doane, Lillian. Wineinger--Wininger--Winegar, ca. 1781-1981. MSS., FS Library US/CAN Film 1443516 Item 3.
• [Witt] Fisher, William Scott and Julieann Witt Fisher. Tales of Witt: The Lives and Times of Our Witt Family Ancestors. Fruit Heights, Utah: W.S. Fisher, 1996. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 W783f; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.

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