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lay gathering dust. Between the hunger of rats and insects, they were slowly
being destroyed.
At first, the young man looking through the documents could not understand them. With
the help of a friend, he slowly began to realize the worth of his discovery. Between
the spider webs, dust, and mold there were records, lots of records …
church records, bible records, cemetery records, and miscellanous records.
Finally the true nature of the documents was confirmed: they were the lost Shelby
County, Tennessee WPA Records.
With a full-name index of 5,552 names (over 90% mentioned only once), this
8.5″x11″ oversized, hefty publication is a vital resource for any Shelby County
researcher or historian. Included is a wealth of information: family sketches,
Bible Records, letters, births, deaths, marriages, wills, hospital registers, obituaries,
previously unpublished Civil War Records, +++++ more.
Here’s a sampling of the lost records, found in an attic in Chattanooga, in 1991:
MITCHIE FAMILY: MICHIES IN SCOTLAND: What is know as to the origin of the
Michies was collected by Charles Michie of Edinburgh in his little pamphlet
entitled “Michies Abroad.” Charles Michie
was a contemporary of my father with whom he corresponded, collecting information about the
American branch of the family …. THE SURNAME: Some authorities
assert that the surname Michie is a debased Lowland form of MacEachan or MacIan. In either
case, therefore, the Sept would belong to the Clan MacDonald. A less
interesting but perhaps more probable suggestion is that Michie is a diminutive of
the once favorite Scottish Christian name, Michael, Mickie being easily converted
into Michie … Continues for 7 pages.
that no part of their ancient territory should be appropriated by the
white man until their own title had been legally extinguished by a purchase
negotiated with them by the United States (Proceeds with negotiations)…
1859, Mr. John Randolph, aged 40 years.
Mr. Randolph was born in Madison County, Alabama, on 23rd day of October, 1819, and
was therefore just 40 years of age, having died upon the anniversity (sic) of his birthday.
He emigrated while a young man to Monroe County, Mississippi, where he married
Mrs. Slatera Willis, and lived for several years (there). He then
removed to Shelby County, TN, where he lived beloved by
all who knew him until his death. He was a most worthy and
enterprising citizen … (goes on for 5 more paragraphs).
Page 17: Inscription: “General Evan Shelby
Died Dec. 4, 1974, Aged 74
His will is dated 21st day of February, 1778. It was proved in Washington County,
Virginia, October 16, 1798. The date of probate in
Tennessee, which was, of course, much earlier, is now unknown, since the records of
Sullivan County were burned during the Civil War.
* WPA Workers
During the Great Depression in the early 1900s, many Americans were given a “job” by
the United States Government to support their family. One such “job” was transcribing
early court, family, Bible, and cemetery records as well as other local records.
Original versions were typed on onion skin paper with “x” number of carbon copies.
Although the State Archives owns the vast majority of ‘first’ or typed copy, carbons
have circulated for years but are now scattered. Often the typing is not the best
and is difficult to read but these valuable records still constitute one of the
best sources of information for Tennessee Counties. In many cases, these are all
that remain of the original as many county records have been lost. WPA records are
generally full text transcription: much larger in scope than an abstraction or summary.
(* After name indicates six or more first names listed under surname.)
Adair, Adam, Adams, Ahles, Aitken, Akers, Alexander*, Allanach, Allbright, Allen*, Alston*, Alston, Amason, Amror, Anderson, Andres, Andrews, App, Apperson, Appleman, Arceneaux, Archer, Archibald, Aristide, Arkell, Armour, Armstrong, Arnaud, Arnold, Ashley, Askew, Atkins, Audler, Ausley, Austin, Avery, Aydult, Ayres
Babbs, Badger, Bahan, Baker, Ball*, Balla, Ballory, Bankhead, Banks, Barber, Barclay, Barhan, Barker, Barksdale, Barlow, Barnes, Barnett, Barrett, Barrow*, Barrow, Barry, Barth, Bartholomex, Bartlett, Bartley, Basemore, Bate*, Baugh*, Beasley, Beattie, Beauchamp, Beauregard, Bedinger, Beele, Behrendt, Belcher, Bell, Benham, Berkeley, Berry, Bickford, Biddick, Bienvenn, Biggs*, Bird, Birkhead, Birse, Bixler, Black, Blackburn, Blackwell, Blair, Blanchard, Blankenship, Bledsoe, Blick, Blundle, Blunt, Bohannon, Boisblanc, Bolin, Bolton, Bonaparte, Bond, Bonner, Boom, Boone, Borland, Bostick, Boston, Boswell, Bowen, Bowles, Bowman*, Bowmar, Boyd, Boyle, Bradford, Bradley, Bradshaw, Brandle, Brenham, Brannon*, Bridge, Bridges, Briggs, Brigham, Brimage, Bringle, Brinkley*, Brinkly, Brittain, Broach, Brock, Broom, Brown*, Brownell, Browning, Bruce, Brucher, Brummett, Brummitt, Bryson, Buch, Buchanan, Buck, Buckley, Bulger, Bullit, Bullock, Bunker, Buntyns, Burgett*, Burk, Burke, Burks, Burnett, Burns, Burton, Busby, Busey, Bush, Butcher, Butler, Byrd
Cabell, Cain, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Callery, Calloway, Campbell*, Canada, Cannon, Caradina, Caradine, Carey, Carlisle, Carman, Carr, Carroll, Carter, Caruthers, Cassiday, Cassidy, Cathey, Catlett, Caton, Causby, Causey, Cavanagh, Caven, Chadwick, Chalmer, Chapman, Chaunault, Chester, Chew, Chips, Choate, Chrisman, Christopher, Church, Clark, Clarke*, Clay, Clayton, Clements, Cleveland, Clifford, Clopton, Coats, Cobb, Coburn, Cochran*, Cocke, Coffee, Cohea, Coiron, Colden, Cole*, Coleman*, Coles, Colgan, Colhoun, Collier*, Collin, Colline, Collins, Colloway, Colmore, Colthurst, Conner, Conning, Cook, Coppedge, Corks, Corley, Corlock, Cossitt, Cothy, Coutts, Cowan, Cox, Craft, Craig*, Craighead, Crandall, Crandell, Crawford, Creed, Cremer, Crenshaw, Cromwell, Croner, Cross, Crouch, Crues, Cruse*, Cubbins, Cullen, Culp, Culpepper, Cummings, Cunningham, Currant, Curtin, Curtis
Dabney, Dakin, Dale, Daley, Dalton, Daly, Dandridge, Daniel, Dashiell, Davenport, David, Davidson, Daviny, Davis*, Davison, Dawson, Day, DeSlonde, DeWorthington, Deaderick, Deane, Dear, Dearing, Dearman, Deason, DeJarnette, DeLaHaussay, Delhomme, DeLlonde, DeMahey, Dempsey, DeVaynes, Dickinson, Dickson, Diffey, Diggs, Dill, Dillon, Dinwiddie, Dixon, Doherty, Donaldson, Donnahoo, Donohue, Douglass, Downey, Downing, Downs, Doyle, Droomgoole, Dubois, DuBose, Dudley, Duffey, Duke, Duncan, Dunn, Dunnica, Durall, Durand, Dwyer
Earle, Early, Eason, Eatem, Echols, Eckford, Edgcomb, Edmonds, Edmondson, Edmundson, Edwards, Egleston, Ego, Elder, Elliott, Ellis, Elmore, Elms, Ely, Enander, Englant, Enneau, Ensley, Eoss, Eps, Erwin, Evans*, Eveleth, Evelith, Ewing, Eyre, Ezell, Ezzell*
Fadley, Fairhair, Faley, Falls, Farrington, Feaster, Fellows, Felton, Fenner, Ferguson, Ferriott, Fewks, Fhill, Fischer, Fishback, Fishburne, Fitz, Fitzgerald, Flaherty, Fletcher, Flinn, Flood, Flournoy, Fogleman, Foley, Forbes, Ford, Forestier, Forrest, Forstall, Foster, Fowinkle*, Fowler, Franklin, Frazier, Frech, Freeland, Freeman, Fuller, Funk, Furlow
Gager, Gailland, Gailor, Gaines, Gallann, Gallery, Galloway, Gantrell, Garber*, Garnett, Garvey, Gates, Gatewood, George, Gepler, Gibbs, Gibson*, Gilbert, Gill, Gillam, Gillen, Gillifoi, Gilmer, Gilmore, Gilstripe, Given, Glass, Glauber, Glenn, Goforth, Goldsby, Goodlett, Goodloe, Goodson, Goodwin, Goodwyn, Gordon, Gottschalk, Graham, Granberry, Gravatt, Graves*, Gray*, Green, Greene, Greenlaw, Gregoire, Gregory, Grey, Grider*, Griffiths, Grifford, Grisby, Grimes, Grisham, Grogan, Gross, Gullbeaux, Gum, Gutaffell, Guy, Gwinn, Gynn
Haley, Hall*, Haller, Hamilton*, Hamlin, Hamlton, Hammbersly, Hammiltoun, Hammond, Hamner, Hampton, Hanly, Hanson, Hard, Hardcastle, Hare, Hargis, Harkleroads, Harkliroads, Harman, Harmon, Harper, Harrell*, Harris*, Harrison*, Harry, Harshaw, Hart*, Harvey, Hatch, Hatchett*, Hawes, Hawkins, Hawley, Hayden*, Hayward, Healy, Hebrard, Heisfield, Helms, Hench, Henderson*, Henghold, Henkle, Hennesey, Henry, Herman, Herron, Hewitt, Hewson, Heyward, Hicks, Higgins, Hilderbrandt, Hildreth, Hill, Hilton, Hine, Hines, Hinshaw, Hives, Hoden, Hodges, Hogan, Holiday, Holland, Holloway, Holmes, Holsenback, Holsomback, Horne, Horsby, Horton, Houghan, House, Houston*, Howard, Howell, Hoxton, Hubert, Hudgens, Hughes*, Humbert, Hunder, Hunt*, Hunter, Hutchison, Hyde
Ingram, Irvin, Irvine, Irving
Jackson*, Jamerson, James, Jameson, Jamison, Jenkins, Jennings, Jett*, Jobe, Johns, Johnson*, Jones*, Jorda, Jordan, Jouett, Jourdan, Judice
Karr, Keck, Keefe, Keegan, Kellar, Keller, Kelly, Kennedy, Kerr, Kersey, Ketcherside, Ketchum, Key, Kidd, Kilman, Kilpatrick, King, Kinkead, Kirby, Kirk, Knox, Kraft
Labatut, Lacefield, Lackey, LaCoste, LaFonta, Lake, Lamberton, Lameull*, Lancaster, Langford, Latane, Laurence, Lawrence*, Leake, Leary, Leath, Lee*, Leech*, Lefebre, Leftwich, Leggett*, Lenow, Leonard, Letlow, Lettor, Lwis*, Lindsey, Lindstedt, Lionberger, Littell, Little, Lloyd, Lock, Lofland, Logwood, Londrigan, Looney, Lorance, Lotspeich, Loudon, Love, Lowe, Lowe, Lowery, Loyall, Lucas, Ludgate, Ludlow, Luther, Lynn, Lyon, Lyons
Mabry, Mac Arthur, Mac Donald, Machner, Macon, Madigan, Mahan, Mahoney, Mallely, Mallory, Malloy, Malone, Maness, Mangum, Manual, Manuel, Mardhre, Margenim, Marin, Markley, Marshall*, Martin*, Mason, Mastin, Matier, May, Mayson, Mead, Meade*, Means, Meddoe, Merahan, Meriweather*, Meriwether, Merrill*, Merrin, Merriwether, Metcalf, Meulemang, Mhoon, Michie*, Micie, Middleton, Mihie, Milan, Miller*, Mills, Minary, Minninger, Minor, Misskelly, Mitchell*, Mitchie, Mitchum*, Mobley, Monroe, Monsanat, Montgomery, Moody, Moon, Moore*, Morahan, Moreland, Morgan*, Morland, Morris*, Morrison*, Morton, Mosby*, Moseley, Moss, Muir, Mulchy, Mullen, Mumford, Munford, Munn, Munson, Murphy, Murriel
Mc Auley, Mc Cain, Mc Cartan, Mc Carter, Mc Carthy, Mc Cluskey, Mc Comb, Mc Connell, Mc Crab, Mc Crory, Mc Cue, Mc Cullough, Mc Davit, Mc Davitt, Mc Donald, Mc Dowell*, Mc Farland, Mc Gairy, Mc Gaughey, Mc Gehee, Mc Ginnis, Mc Gowan, Mc Grath, Mc Gruder, Mc Hardy, Mc Intyre, Mc Kee, Mc Kellar, Mc Kinney*, Mc Lean, Mc Lemore, Mc Lendon, Mc Mahan, Mc Millan, Mc Minn, Mc Mullen, Mc Nairy, Mc Neill*, Mc Neily, Mc Reynolds*, Mc Reyunolds, Mc Spadden, Mc Whirter
Nabers, Nance, Nase, Nations, Naughten, Naughton, Neal, Neblett, Needham, Neely*, Neil, Neily, Nelson*, Netherland, Newby, Newman, Newnum, Nicholas, Noble, Noe, Hoekart, Norris, Nuckols, Nudgate, Nutt
O’Banion, O’Brien, O’Dell, Odlum, O’Grill, O’Hara, O’Kelly, Orgill, Overton, Owen
Packer, Page*, Parham, Park, Parker, Parks, Passino, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Paul, Paulette, Payne, Payton, Peck, Pennington, Percy, Perin, Perkins*, Permenter, Perry, Persons, Peters, Petter, Pettit, Petty, Peyton, Phillips, Picard, Piccirilli, Pickett, Pierce, Piggott, Pile, Pillow*, Pindell*, Pitot, Pittman, Pitts, Pledger, Plummer, Poindexter, Poitevent, Polk*, Pollock, Ponder, Pope, Porter*, Poston, Powell, Prendergast, Pretiss, Prescott, Presley, Preston, Price, Prichard, Pride, Prince, Proctor, Provine, Pryor, Pulliam, Purifoy, Pyron
Quarles*, Quattlebaum, Quintard, Quisn
Railey, Rainey, Ramsay, Ramsey, Randolph, Raney, Ransom, Rauscher, Rawleston, Rawlings, Ray*, Read, Readit, Reagon, Reames, Reams, Reardon, Rector, Reddick, Redman, Redus, Reeves, Reid, Rembert, Renfro, Rentfree, Reynolds, Reyster, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richardson, Ricks, Risk, Roark, Roberts, Robertson*, Robinett, Robinson*, Robson, Roemer, Rogers, Romain, Roolfolk, Rose, Ross, Rowland, Rowsey, Royster, Rudolph, Ruffier, Ruffin, Rusts, Rutledge, Ryan, Rynn
Sadler, Safarans, Saffaran, Saffarans*, St. Clair, Sale, Sallee, Samuel, Sanders, Sappington, Sarrizin, Saunders*, Savalier, Saxby, Scret, Scheine, Schneider, Schooler, Schooster, Scott, Scruggs, Scudder, Sebastian, Sedgwick, Seesall, Semmes, Shackleford, Shadle, Shanks, Shannon, Shaw, Shea, Sheffey, Shelby*, Shelton*, Shephard, Shepherd, Sheppard, Shepperd, Sherretz, Sherwood, Shinault, Shirley, Shirly, Shivers, Shrum, Shuford, Simmons, Simon, Simons, Simpson, Sims, Sinclair, Slattery, Slaughter, Sloan, Small, Smith*, Smythe, Sneed, Snowden*, Sossaman, South, Sparke*, Spear, Speed, Spottiswoode, Spratt, Standfield, Stanfield, Stanford, Stangier, Stanley, Stanton, Starr, Statum, Steele*, Steeles, Steger, Steiner, Sterling, Stevens, Steward, Stewart*, Stitt*, Stockard, Stockley, Stockton, Stone*, Stout, Strain, Strawn, Stringer, Strong, Stroud, Stuart*, Stucky, Sullivan, Sumner, Swain, Swan*, Sweeney, Sweeny, Swift, Swindle
Talbot*, Tanner, Tapp*, Tapps, Tarlton, Tate, Taylor*, Templeton, Terry, Theboveaux, Thomas, Thompson*, Thornton, Threat, Thrift, Thurman, Til, Timberlake, Timmins, Tipton, Titus, Todd, Tolleson, Tolton, Tomkins, Tomnlinson, Toole, Toombs, Towar, Trafton, Trammel, Trezevant*, Trezvant*, Trigg*, Trout, Troy, Truename, Truss, Tryggvason, Tryon, Tucker*, Turley, Turner*, Tyer, Tyler, Tyson
Underwood
Vaccaro, Vail, Van Dyke, Vanewort, Van Hooce, Venable, Vernon, Vessels, Vest, Via, Vinson, Volentine, Vollintine
Waddy, Waggener, Wagster, Waits, Walden, Walker*, Wall, Wallace, Wallis, Walls, Walt, Walter, Ward, Wardwick, Warner, Warren, Washington, Wasson*, Watkins, Watson*, Wayne, Weakley, Weathered, Weatherill, Weaver, Webb, Webber, Weier, Wells, Welsh, Wesson, West*, Westcott, Wetmore, Wharton, White*, Whitely, Whitmel, Whitsett, Whyers, Wickham, Wicks*, Wilcox, Wilkerson*, Wilkinson, Williams*, Williamson*, Williford, Willis, Williston, Wilson*, Winchester, Winston, Winton, Withington, Witter, Wood*, Woods*, Woodward*, Woody, Wooldridge, Woolfolk*, Worthington*, Wright*, Wurzback, Wyan, Wyatt, Wylie
Yost, Young
Zennis, Zuber
