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Free State of Scott

10/7/2019

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by Barbara Hermann

This bit of information would have startled me awake in my 7th grade Tennessee History class: While doing research on Scott County, I discovered that in 1861, United States Senator Andrew Johnson made a speech in Scott County against secession from the Union. Scott County voters voted against secession. A short time later the county court, by resolution, formed “the Free and Independent State of Scott.” This took place after Tennessee voted to secede in June 1861. Although neither Tennessee nor the United States government  ever  legally recognized the Free State of Scott, the vote to create it was rescinded in 1986 as part of the statewide Homecoming ’86 celebration. You can read more about it in the Tennessee State Library archives at https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/tri-star-chronicles-scott-county.
 
Recently, I saw an ad for a movie on Netflix titled “Free State of Jones” and thought it might be fiction relating to Scott County, but it is actually the story of the real Jones County in Mississippi that became an independent state after a Confederacy draft law passed allowing one white male to be exempted from military service for every 20 slaves on a plantation. Poor farmers did not want to “fight a rich man’s war.” It turns out there was also a county in Alabama (Winston) that also chose to become a “free state” instead of joining the Confederacy! You can read more about these three counties in the online encyclopedias for each state.

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New Year's Resolutions: Organizing Your Family Genealogy

12/13/2017

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We all know that New Year's resolutions are hard to keep. Every year, we promise ourselves that we'll eat less and do more. But then life happens, and well... you know.

Good intentions, right?

So instead of making the same old resolutions we struggle with keeping year after year, what about making a list of flexible goals to tackle throughout the new year. 

Genealogy goals to be specific.

Join us on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, as we welcome Kim Richardson, of Southern Heritage Genealogy, when she presents Organizing Your Family Genealogy. It's a new year and time to tackle all of those files, folders, photos, documents and data that are lying around in boxes and piles, and Kim's going to show us how to do it. 

Kim Richardson is the founder and operator of the Southern Heritage Genealogy, providing professional genealogical services in a wide variety of areas. Kim graduated from Mississippi State University in 1996 with a degree in Communication. Since then, she has enjoyed a career in public service. She applies her skills to genealogical research and is active in helping others explore their family history and providing quality research and documentation.

Organizing your Family Genealogy will be held on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN. The lecture is free for TNGS members and $5 for the general public. Seats are limited, so please register now to participate in this fantastic start to the New Year!

Click here to register for Organizing Your Family Genealogy.

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