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As time permits, sources listed below and many others will be uploaded here. Click active links typed and underlined in orange to go there. Check back for additional primary sources.

AUDIOTAPED RECORDINGS
  • Beulah and Tommy Nipper (my parents) -- a 1975 audiotaped discussion about their memories of ancestors [1 hour]
  • Susie (McKeehan) Nipper Blakemore (my paternal grandmother) -- a 1975 audiotaped discussion of her memories of ancestors [1/2 hour]
  • Buck and Maude (Raper) Ratledge -- a 1975 audiotaped discussion about the Ratledge, Robinson, and Goins families (my husband's ancestors) [1 hour]
  • O. P. (Price) Wilson (my cousin) -- a 1975 audiotaped discussion about our Wilson family, pioneers who migrated into TN and settled in Monroe County [1 hour]

    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
  • James Thomas Baker's biographical sketch (published 1889 in TX)
  • John Nichols Murphy's biographical sketch (published 1884 in KY)
  • Martin Roberts' biographical sketch (published 1884 in KY)
  • "The John L. & May Anne (Sutton) Stiles Family" written by Sandra Nipper Ratledge (copyrighted 13 July 1983, with the Library of Congress and housed in Washington, DC)
  • "The Thomas & Lousia (Smith) Stiles Family" written by Sandra Nipper Ratledge (copyrighted 13 July 1983, with the Library of Congress and housed in Washington, DC)
  • "The John Sutton Family" written by Sandra Nipper Ratledge (copyrighted 13 July 1983, with the Library of Congress and housed in Washington, DC)

    CERTIFICATES

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    CHURCH RECORDS, PHOTOS, & DEEDS

  • Bear Paw Baptist Church, Cherokee CO, NC   PHOTO !
  • Eleazar United Methodist Church and Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN   PHOTOS !
  • Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Records, Cherokee CO, NC
  • Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Meigs CO, TN   PHOTO !
  • Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Newton, Catawba CO, NC   PHOTO !
  • Peck's Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery, Maryville, Blount CO, TN   PHOTO !
  • Prospect Methodist Church and Cemetery deed in McMinn CO, TN  PHOTOS !

    DEEDS

  • Samuel & Sarah (Wattenbarger) McKeehan's Washington CO, TN 1835 land deed

  • Prospect Methodist Church and Cemetery deed in McMinn CO, TN  PHOTOS !

  • Obediah White's McMinn CO, TN land deed of 1834

    OLD LEDGER TRANSCRIPTIONS & GRISTMILLS

  • Bright Hope Iron Furnace Ledger from Greene CO, TN   ~ N E W ~

  • Clover Hill Gristmill in Blount CO, TN   ~ 2   P H O T O S ~

  • Ziegler Mill Ledger from Meigs CO, TN   ~ 12   P H O T O S ~

    MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS
  • John Richard Baker's CSA military service record
  • James S. Brannon's Civil War service, Col. D. Coleman's Company, CSA
  • Stephen A. Goins' Civil War service official discharge
  • George Smith Manis' Civil War service, CO G, 2nd Cav, CSA
  • James Harvey Manis' Civil War service, CO G, 2nd TN Cav, CSA
  • James Franklin Ratledge's Civil War service, CO G, 59th TN Mounted Infantry, CSA
  • Lemuel Talent/Tallent's Civil War service, Corp., 2nd TN Cav, USA
  • 3rd TN Mounted Infantry Regiment, USA, rosters and records

    NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
  • Cleveland Resident Is Killed by Train, 16 July 1951
  • News Articles from the Civil War
  • Cyclone Leaves Death and Destruction in Its Wake, 1908
  • Memorial Service Honors Soldiers Buried in Englewood
  • 106 M'Minn Boys Back for Two Weeks After Successful Army Induction, September 17, 1942
  • Thanksgiving Day Dinner 1946 at the McKeehan home
  • Wattenbarger Descendants Hold Family Reunion in McMinn County

    PETITIONS

  • State of Franklin Petitioners

  • The Watauga Petition and Its Signers

    PHOTO ALBUM INDEX
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