Searching For Emily is a timeline starting in 1811 and continuing through the 1960's compiling over 450 pages of records from Deed Books, Will Books, Minute Books, Census Records, Newspaper Articles, Circuit Court Records, Mortality Schedules, Criminal Court Records, U.S. colored Troop Records, Superintendent Records, School Board Meetings, Tax Records, Vital Records, Evidence Before the Grand Jury, Jury Book Records, Board of Education Records, WWI & WWII Registration Records and County Court Apparitions that were located in the hopes of aiding individuals searching for their own family history in Cannon County. |
Janice Marie Taylor of Readyville was the 1st to graduate.
|
|
Until a few surnames began appearing in 1850's the first names of the slaves are given along with the owners.
Surnames 1850 - 1969:
Surnames 1850 - 1969:
Adams
Adamson Alexander Allen Anderson Angett Bailey Baines - Bain Baker Barbie Barger Barkley Barnes Barton Bass Bassham - Basham Batey - Beatty Beard Bethel - Bithel Bias Bibbins Biles Bill Bins Bishop Bivens Black Blair Blue - Blew Bly Boone Bowen Bowlen - Bowlin - Boline Bowling Braden Brandon Brannon Brewer Brooks Brown Bryant Bryson Burger Burks Burnell Burnett Butler Byers Byles Caffey Campbell Cantrell Carnahan Carr Carson Carter Chafin Chambers Chamlus Childers Childress Cinch - Chinch Clark Clay Coffey Collea Cook Cooper Coouse Cope Couch Covington Cox Crisk Crisp Cumiham - Cunningham Cummings Curlee Daniel Dannd Darnel Daugherty Davis Deadrick Dement Denby Dennis Dickens Dillard Dillon Doak Dobbins Dobbs Donal Doss Duck Duke Duncan Dunn Eason Eddings Edwards Elidge - Ellidge - Elledge Elkins Elliott Ellison Emery Ewing - Yewing - Ewin Ezell Faris - Farris Ferrell Finger Finley Flearet Fleming Fletcher Flowers Floyd Foutch Francis |
Franklin
Frazell Frazier - Frasher Frizzel Fugitt Gaines Gaitor - Gaither Galasley - Galaspy Gardner - Garner Gassaway George Gilbert Gill Gillam Gilley Glimps - Glimpse Goins Goodlow - Goodloe Goodman Gowan Grimnet Grinsap Grizzle Grooms Growin Gruss Gunter Haby Hall Hammonds Hammores Hancock Hardin Hare Harmon Harris Hayes - Hays Haynes Higgins Hill Hobson Hogwood Holt Hooper Houchin Hubard Huddleston Hudgins Hughes Hulda Hutchins Ivory Ivy - Ivie James Jarrett Jennings Jennins Jett Jetton Johnson Jones Jordon - Jordan Keys Kimbro King Knight Knox Laster Lavendar Lawrence Lawyer Lee Lefevers Lester - Luster Lillard Lorance Lusk Lyon - Lyons - Lion Maberry Macon Mallard Maney - Manney Martin - Marton Mason Massey Masten - Maston Mathis Matthews Mattison McAdoo McBroom McClellan McCreary McFarland - McFarlin McFerrin - McFarren McGill McGrigor McHenry McKnight McNary McNelly Meadows Meban Melton Miller Milligan - Mulligan Mills Mitchell Moore Mount Mullenix - Mullinax Mullins Murfee - Murphy Murray Muta Myers Nard Needmore Neel - Neal Nelson New Newby Newman |
Odom
Officer Offrin Overall Owenby Owens Paris Parker Parton Paul Peck Peeples - Peoples Penn Pennington Peppers Petty Pinkerton Pomp Powell Prater Price Qualls Ragland Rains - Raines - Range Ramsey Rassy Raven Rayburn Ready Reed Rediant Rhodes Rich Roberson Roberts Robertson Robins Robinson Rucker Rufe Rushing Sampson Sanders Sandridge Scott Scruggs Seay Shirley Simmons Smith Sneed Spry Spurlock Starke - Starks Stephens Stewart - Steward Stone Sullivan Summars - Summers Swarford Tally - Talley Taylor - Talor Tenpenny Thomas Thompson Tinyerson Todd Trammel Travis Trimble Turner Vance Verner - Vernon Victor Wadden Wade Walkup Ward Warmack Wash Webb Weeden - Weedon - Weeding Wesley Wetherly - Weatherly - Weatherby Whitaker White Whitfield Wiley - Wile Williams Williford Wilson Wiseman Witherby Witton Womack - Wommack - Womac Wood - Woods Woodard Woodland Worford Wright - Right Yewing - Ewing York Young Youree |