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Whether it be Union soldiers or Chattanooga tourists of today, for some, Sequatchie County is just a place to pass through to get elsewhere. To others, however, it's home. Camp tells a story of people who struggle to survive and better their lives. Highlighted are the county's early settlers, its formation, religion, coal mining, and day-to-day striving on Spencer and Signal Mountains and within the valley.
During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Will Books for the years 1858 to 1895. This book contains these originial transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. An excellent genealogical source.
Here is an essential guide to the formation and historical highlights of 100 Tennessee counties in existence at the time of the work's original publication in 1923. Each essay gives the county's date of formation, the names of all parent counties, the names of some of its earliest pioneers and landowners, the dates its courts were organized, locations of county seats, and additional information on each county's topography and economy.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Transcription of the Sequatchie County, Tennessee County Court Minutes from 1858 to 1874. Includes names of individuals whose business or appointments came before the court, and also contains information on real estate, roads, court orders, petitions, etc. Includes index of names.