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They are nonetheless valuable to genealogists because they establish the existence of young people who might otherwise go undetected in the more conventional genealogical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust as he did for 29 counties of East Tennessee, Dr. Alan Miller has sifted through the apprenticeship records of Middle Tennessee and brought them within the reach of the genealogy researcher. This second volume of Tennessee's \"forgotten children\" contains some 7,000 apprenticeship records scattered among the minutes of the county courts for Middle Tennessee. These records span the period from 1784 to 1902 and list in tabular form the apprenticeships created in the following 35 Tennessee counties: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Perry, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson, and Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Miller extracted this volume from county court minutes on microfilm obtained from the Tennessee State Archives, the Dallas Public Library, and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He has arranged the records by county and thereunder chronologically. For each record we are given the name of the apprentice, a date (either the date of the original bond or indenture, or a subsequent date), the age at apprenticeship, the name of the master, and miscellaneous information ranging from the name of the mother or a sibling, race, cause of apprenticeship (e.g., orphan), his\/her trade, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan N. 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These marriages are listed alphabetically by groom and cross indexed with a bride's name index located in the rear of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilas Emmett Lucas, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1999, paper, 114 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780893087241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e117-TN131\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Historical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39459938435190,"sku":"117-TN131","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/117-tn131-1500px.png?v=1777315194"},{"product_id":"101e-tn1419","title":"Lawrence County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1861-1866","description":"\u003cp\u003eLawrence County, located in middle Tennessee, was created on October 21, 1817 by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly with lands taken from Hickman and Giles counties. It was named for Captain James Lawrence who was commander of the USS \u003cem\u003eChesapeake\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1813 battle with the Royal Navy Frigate HMS \u003cem\u003eShannon\u003c\/em\u003e. While on this ship, Captain Lawrence uttered those famous words, \"Don't give up the ship! Blow her up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these records of marriages, the names of the bride\/groom, official and bondsman are given with the dates the license is issued and the date of the wedding. This is about all you will ever find in Tennessee marriage records.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003ePage 208 - Virgil A. Johnson to Ann Eliza McLaren by C. G. Porter, M. G. with James P. Tayes, bondsman. The license was issued on Feb. 16, 1864 and the wedding was February 25, 1864.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWPA Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epaper, 47 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788485008\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101E-TN1419\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40471128309878,"sku":"101E-TN1419","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101e-tn1419-1500px.png?v=1777148875"},{"product_id":"101e-tn0501","title":"Lawrence County, Tennessee History and Biographies","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1887 by Goodspeed, this publication is full of names and sketches of Lawrence County pioneers and complemented by a history of the county.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluded in publication but \u003cstrong\u003eNOT\u003c\/strong\u003e included in family sketch surnames index (below) are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames of Sheriffs and Terms in Office\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames of Clerks of the County Court and Terms in Office\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames of Clerks of the Circuit Court and Terms in Office\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames of Registers and Terms in Office\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames of Trustees and Terms in Office\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodspeed Publishing Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1887), 2023, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 68 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788491924\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101E-TN0501\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40471130439798,"sku":"101E-TN0501","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101e-tn0501-1500px.png?v=1777148408"},{"product_id":"101e-tn1272","title":"1820 Lawrence County, Tennessee Census","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first census of Lawrence County as the area was established as a county in 1817 out of part of Hickman and Maury Counties and named in honor of Captain James Lawrence, of the Chesapeake, who when mortally wounded said to his men: \"Don't give up the ship.\" The listings are by the heads of the household with all others in the house by sex\/age. Given in this are the slaves by sex\/age, freed colored by sex\/age and all other persons except Indians not taxed. We also give the occupation of the head of the household.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eStroud, Hampton - 010100\/10010\/0\u003cbr\u003e Heffington, Henry - 100010\/10100\/0 etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. 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Cemeteries: Allen, Black; Blair; Bumpass; City (Lawrenceburg); Dunn; Freeman; Henryville; McLean; Mimosa (Lawrenceburg); Mt. Ararat; Neal; Union Hill; Wade; Wasrop and West Point.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWPA Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1938), 2022, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 95 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788485794\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101E-TN1509\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41553763565686,"sku":"101E-TN1509","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101e-tn1509-1500px.png?v=1777148977"},{"product_id":"102-6333","title":"Tennessee Marriage Records: Lawrence County, 1818-1854","description":"\u003cp\u003eLawrence County, Tennessee, in the south-central part of the state, just above Alabama, was erected from parts of Maury and Hickman Counties in 1817. Its marriage records, commencing in 1818, are on file in the county clerk’s office in Lawrenceburg. The records abstracted in the first section of this book, covering the years 1818 to 1838, derive from the original bonds and licenses, while records appearing in the second section, covering the period 1818 to 1854, are based on a marriage register. Both sets of records, totaling about 2,500 marriages, provide the names of the bride and groom and the date of the marriage bond or license (frequently both). With the exception of the grooms in Section 1, who are listed in alphabetical order, the index contains the names of everyone mentioned in the marriage records–about 5,000 brides, grooms and bondsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdythe Rucker Whitley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1982, paper, 110 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806309781\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-6333\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669303005302,"sku":"102-6333","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/gpc-logo-102-6333-1500px.png?v=1777329995"},{"product_id":"117-tn160","title":"Lawrence County, Tennessee Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1818-1822","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis middle Tennessee County was formed in 1817 from Hickman Maury Counties. In these abstracts, one will find local office holders being appointed, the levying and expenditure of local taxes, selecting and summoning of juries, licenses being granted to operators of taverns, as well as deeds and bills of sale being acknowledge by the grantor. The Court also oversaw a wide range of matters involving estates and appraisements, as well as dealing with bastardy and many other valuable bits of information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly C. 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