Index to Goodspeed’s History

The Goodspeed Publishing Company of Nashville and Chicago issued A History of Tennessee from the Earliest Times to the Present, together with a Historical and a Biographical Sketch of … [County names go here] . . during 1886 and 1887. Unfortunately, the project was not completed. Therefore, not all Tennessee counties are represented in this series.

A total of eighty-two counties were recorded; however, the histories of Davidson County and twelve rural counties of the Cumberland Plateau were never published. Goodspeed published its work in three parts. First was the general History of Tennessee, Illustrated; second, the histories of the individual counties; and, third, some biographies of persons from the individual counties.

The TNGenWeb Project has undertaken a transcription of the complete History. Click here to view a list of completed counties.

The table below was created as an index to the Grainger County section of Goodspeed’s History. The compiler was not identified, and the notations were not explained. [Update — 5/31/20111 — it appears this mirrors a listing at the Surname Site. More annotated information for individuals may be available there.

Antesell	T. S., M. D.	ca. 1880s	[named in TT]
Arnold	E. A., Prof., M. D.	of Vincennes, Ind., late 1860s	[named in WJH]
Ashby	no first name, Col.	Confederate Army	[named in AST]
Atkins Mullens	Nancy	ca. 1806-07, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887, Grainger Co., 80 yrs.old	[mother of EM]
Austin Haun	Mary	dau. b. 1836	[mother-in-law of NGD]
Beeler	Jacob	dau. mar. 1876	[father-in-law of WHC]
Beeler	Nancy	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of WHC]
Beeler Cadle	Sarah E.	mar. 1876	[wife of WHC]
Bowen	Brazele	dau. b. 1824	[father-in-law of JMM]
Bowen Moody Mitchell	Nancy N.	b. 1824, Sevier Co., TN – liv. 1887	[wife of JMM]
Bower Needham	Sarah	22 Nov 1823, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887, Grainger Co.
Boyd	James	dau. mar. 1866	[1st father-in-law of AST]
Boyd	Julia	no maiden name	[1st mother-in-law of AST]
Boyd Tate	Laura	d. ca. Feb. 1867	[1st wife of AST]
Brumley	R. T., Prof.	ca. 1880s	[named in TT]
Burbridge	no first name, Gen.	Civil War	[named in DT]
Burbridge	no first name, Gen.	Civil War	[named in DT]
Cadle	Albert R.	25 Nov 1883 – liv. 1887	[child of WHC]
Cadle	Mark	31 Mar 1810, Claiborne Co., TN – 15 May 1887, near Cumberland Gap, TN	[father of WHC]
Cadle	Mary	Covey	[mother of WHC]
Cadle	Maud B.	10 Oct 1885 – 1 Jun 1887	[child of WHC]
Cadle	Newton P.	22 Sep 1881 – liv. 1887	[child of WHC]
Cadle	Sarah E.	Beeler	[wife of WHC]
Cadle	William H.	15 Jan 1848, Cumberland Gap, TN – liv. 1887	[WHC]
Carmichael	Daniel C.	1800, Grainger Co. now Hamblen Co.	[father of JHC]
Carmichael	John H., Rev.	2 Feb 1833, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[JHC]
Carmichael	Mary E.	Grove	[wife of JHC]
Carmichael	Prudence	Howell	[mother of JHC]
Carr Tomlinson	Martha	ca. 1807-08, NC – 1886, 78 yrs. old	[mother of TT]
Chamberlin	Andrew	dau. b. 1833	[2nd father-in-law of SNT]
Chamberlin Tate	Elizabeth J.	29 Jan 1833 – liv. 1887	[2nd wife of SNT]
Clark	Ermin C.	Northern	[wife of WC]
Clark	Joseph	18 Aug 1800, VA – 2 Oct 1865, Grainger Co.	[father of WC]
Clark	Martha	Grove	[mother of WC]
Clark	William	2 Apr 1839, Clarkstown,Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[WC]
Cobb Gill	Diana Y.	1818, Knox Co., TN – liv. 1887, Grainger Co.	[mother of JSG]
Cobb Murray	Sarah	1805 – 1883	[mother of WTM]
Coffin	C. H.	employer, ca. 1850s	[named in TJJ]
Coffin	D. L.	employer, ca. 1850s	[named in TJJ]
Covey Cadle	Mary	8 Nov 1812, Lee Co., VA – living 1887	[mother of WHC]
Cox Moody	Eliza A.	14 Feb. 1841, Grainger Co.now Hamblen Co.	[wife of TBM]
Dail	Abner	b. VA – d. Grainger Co.	[father of NGD]
Dail	Elisabeth	Haun	[wife of NGD]
Dail	Jane	McDonough	[mother of NGD]
Dail	N. G., M. D.	28 May 1830, Grainger Co. now Union Co.	[NGD]
Davis	Elizabeth	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of TAV]
Davis	John	dau. b. 1835	[father-in-law of TAV]
Davis Vineyard	Louisa Jane	9 Jun 1835, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[wife of TAV]
Easley	no first name	of Rutledge, 1859	[named in JML]
Ferguson Lowe	Elizabeth	ca. 1812-13, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887, about 75 yrs. old	[mother of JML]
Gill	Carrie	parents mar. 1878	[child of JSG]
Gill	Diana Y.	Cobb	[mother of JSG]
Gill	James S.	12 Oct 1857, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[JSG]
Gill	Jessie	parents mar. 1878	[child of JSG]
Gill	John	parents mar. 1878	[child of JSG]
Gill	Sallie B.	Morgan	[wife of JSG]
Gill	Samuel	12 Apr 1812, Grainger Co. – 29 Jan 1884, Grainger Co.	[father of JSG]
Gill	Samuel	employer, ca. 1850s	[named in TJJ]
Gill	Samuel	dau. mar. 1867	[father-in-law of WTM]
Gill	Thomas	20 Dec 1774, Yorkshire, Engl.; to Bertie Co., NC, ca. 1790; to Grainger Co. by 1800	[grandfather of JSG]
Gill Jarnagin	Martha	ca. 1810-11, Grainger Co. – 1878, Grainger Co., age 67	[mother of TJJ]
Gill Jarnagin Murray	Elizabeth J.	d. 28 Nov. 1880	[wife of WTM]
Godwin	Caroline	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of JML]
Godwin	Jacob	dau. mar. 1866	[father-in-law of JML]
Godwin Lowe	Angeline L.	of Grainger Co.	[wife of JML]
Goodson	no first name	of Turley=s Mills, ca. 1860s	[named in DT]
Goodson	no first name	of Turley=s Mills, ca. 1860s	[named in DT]
Gray Tate	Mary A.	1820 – 1885, Grainger Co.	[mother of AST]
Grigsby	J. B., M. D.	of Buffalo, Grainger Co., 1846	[doctor with SNT]
Grove	George H.	19 Mar 1832, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[GHG]
Grove	Nancy	Mayes	[mother of GHG]
Grove	Nannie M.	27 Sep 1863 – 26 Oct 1885	[child of GHG]
Grove	Reuben	19 Mar 1777, Loudon Co., VA – 16 Sep 1866, Grainger Co.	[father of GHG]
Grove	Susan E.	Senter	[wife of GHG]
Grove Carmichael	Mary E.	mar. 1858	[wife of JHC]
Grove Clark	Martha	18 Aug 1812, Grainger Co. – liv., 1887?	[mother of WC]
Haecker	Frederica	Von Losse	[mother of WJH]
Haecker	Joseph, Prof.	came to U.S., 1855, Louisville, KY, d. ca. 1884, Bean=s Station, Grainger Co.	[father of WJH]
Harris	Henry	of Fair Garden, Sevier Co., TN, ca. 1850s	[brother-in-law of TJJ]
Haun	Adam	dau. b. 1836	[father-in-law of NGD]
Haun	Mary	Austin	[mother-in-law of NGD]
Haun Dail	Elisabeth	10 Apr 1836, Jefferson Co., TN – liv. 1887	[wife of NGD]
Heacker	W. J., M. D.	26 Mar 1832, Westphalia, Ger. – liv. 1887	[WJH]
Henderson	G. Mc., Hon.	wife b. after 1858	[son-in-law of JH]
Henderson	Mary E.	Hoffmeister	[child of JH]
Hoffmeister	Elizabeth	Whitesel	[mother of JH]
Hoffmeister	Joseph	b. Shenandoah Co., VA – d. 92 yrs. old	[father of JH]
Hoffmeister	Joseph, M. D.	15 Jan 1825, Rogersville, TN – liv. 1887	[JH]
Hoffmeister	Nancy B.	Huddleston	[2nd wife of JH]
Hoffmeister	Virginia	Tate	[1st wife of JH]
Hoffmeister Henderson	Mary E.	b. after 1858, mar. by 1887	[child of JH]
Howell Carmichael	Prudence	1807, Grainger Co. now Hamblen Co.	[mother of JHC]
Huddleston Hoffmeister	Nancy B.	mar. after 1857	[2nd wife of JH]
Jarnagin	Chesley	ca. 1806-07, Grainger Co. – Mar. 1879, Tate Springs, Grainger Co., age 72	[father of TJJ]
Jarnagin	Chesley G.	liv. ca. 1858-59, Rutledge	[brother of TJJ]
Jarnagin	Henry T.	liv. after 1867	[brother of TJJ]
Jarnagin	John J.	liv. 1857, Rutledge	[brother of TJJ]
Jarnagin	Kate M.	Taylor	[wife of TJJ]
Jarnagin	Martha	Gill	[mother of TJJ]
Jarnagin	no first name	d. by 1867	[1st husband of wife of WTM]
Jarnagin	Spencer C.	liv. 1867	[brother of TJJ]
Jarnagin	Thomas J.	20 Jan 1835, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[TJJ]
Jarnagin Murray	Elizabeth J.	Gill	[wife of WTM]
Justus	Elizabeth	Taber	[mother of RJJ]
Justus	Nancy	Partiller	[stepmother of RJJ]
Justus	Robert J.	26 Oct 1842, Henderson, NC – liv. 1887	[RJJ]
Justus	Sarah E.	Ledgerwood	[wife of RJJ]
Justus	William D.	19 Mar 1819, Henderson Co., NC – ?	[father of RJJ]
Kimbrough	Daniel	dau. b. 1842	[father-in-law of WN]
Kimbrough	Piety	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of WN]
Kimbrough Needham	Susanah	22 Nov 1842 – liv. 1887	[wife of WN]
Ledgerwood	William	dau. b. 1847	[father-in-law of RJJ]
Ledgerwood Justus	Sarah E.	17 Apr 1847 – liv. 1887	[wife of RJJ]
Lloyd Mitchell	Anna	1803, near Salem, NC – liv. 1887, Grainger Co.	[mother of JMM]
Lowe	Angeline L.	Godwin	[wife of JML]
Lowe	Elizabeth	Ferguson	[mother of JML]
Lowe	Isaac M.	ca. 1807-08, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887, nearly 80 yrs. old	[father of JML]
Lowe	John M.	1 Jun 1838, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[JML]
Lowe Moody	Elizabeth	b. NC	[mother of TBM]
Mayes Grove	Nancy	13 Oct 1788, Grainger Co. – Apr 1852, Grainger Co.	[mother of GHG]
McConnell	William	dau. b. 1820	[1st father-in-law of SNT]
McConnell Tate	Katherine A. K.	25 Dec 1820 – 18 Jul 1845, Grainger Co.	[1st wife of SNT]
McDonough Dail	Jane	b. Knox Co., TN – d. Grainger Co.	[mother of NGD]
McKinney	John A.	dau. b. 1832	[1st father-in-law of GBM]
McKinney	Rebecca	no maiden name	[1st mother-in-law of GBM]
McKinney Mitchell	Artalissa A.	20 Jan 1832, Grainger Co. – 25 Jan 1882	[1st wife of GBM]
Mitchell	Anna	Lloyd	[mother of JMM]
Mitchell	Artalissa A.	McKinney	[1st wife of GBM]
Mitchell	Benjamin	1797, Stafford Co., VA – 1850, Grainger Co.	[father of JMM]
Mitchell	G. B.	25 Jul 1830, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[GBM]
Mitchell	Greenberry	28 Sep 1786 – 20 Feb 1860, Grainger Co.	[father of GBM]
Mitchell	James M.	23 Jul 1827, 5th District, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[JMM]
Mitchell	Mahala	Perrin	[2nd wife of GBM]
Mitchell	Nancy N.	Bowen	[wife of JMM]
Mitchell	no first name	from VA, d. Missouri	[grandfather of GBM]
Mitchell	no first nor maiden name	son b. 1786	[grandmother of GBM]
Mitchell	Susan	Vineyard	[mother of GBM]
Moody	Eliza A.	Cox	[wife of TBM]
Moody	Elizabeth	Lowe	[mother of TBM]
Moody	Henry	d. by 1850	[1st husb. of wife of JMM]
Moody	Thomas B.	10 Aug 1835, Rutledge, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[TBM]
Moody	William M.	b. VA – d. Grainger Co.	[father of TBM]
Moody Mitchell	Nancy N.	Bowen	[wife of JMM]
Moody Tate	Lucy H.	13 Mar 1792, TN – 1853, Grainger Co.	[mother of SNT]
Morgan Gill	Sallie B.	Feb. 1863, Knox Co., TN – liv. 1887	[wife of JSG]
Mullens	Archibald	22 Jan 1804, NC – liv. 1887, Grainger Co.	[father of EM]
Mullens	Elijah	23 Jan 1832, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[EM]
Mullens	Elizabeth C.	Yates	[wife of EM]
Mullens	Nancy	Atkins	[mother of EM]
Murray	Elizabeth J.	Gill	[wife of WTM]
Murray	Sarah	Cobb	[mother of WTM]
Murray	William	ca. 1800 – 1866	[father of WTM]
Murray	William T.	2 Jun 1839, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[WTM]
Nance Vineyard	Jane	ca. 1801-02, Grainger Co. – Jun 1847, Grainger Co., about 45 yrs. old	[mother of TAV]
Needham	John	2 May 1821, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887, Grainger Co.	[father of WN]
Needham	Sarah	Bower	#VALUE!
Needham	Susanah	Kimbrough	[wife of WN]
Needham	William	26 Oct 1844, 12th Dist., Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[WN]
Nicholson	no first name	business partner, 1887	[named in TJJ]
Northern	John	dau. b. 1842	[father-in-law of WC]
Northern Clark	Ermin C.	16 Nov. 1842, New Market, TN –	[wife of WC]
Otey	W. R.	liv., ca. 1865-69	[brother-in-law of WHC]
Parrott	Joseph H.	d. by 1883	[1st husband of 2nd wife of GBM]
Parrott Mitchell	Mahala	Perrin	[2nd wife of GBM]
Partiller Justus	Nancy	mar. after 1859	[stepmother of RJJ]
Peck	James H.	dau. mar. 1867	[2nd father-in-law of AST]
Peck	Mary A.	dau. mar. 1867	[2nd mother-in-law of AST]
Peck Tate	Ariana	mar. 1867	[2nd wife of AST]
Peck Turley	Martha	of Jefferson Co., TN	[wife of DT]
Peck Turley	Martha	of Jefferson Co., TN	[wife of DT]
Perrin Parrott Mitchell	Mahala	25 Oct 1846 – liv. 1887	[2nd wife of GBM]
Proffitt Tomlinson	Melvina	Jun 1836, Hawkins Co., TN – liv. 1887	[wife of TT]
Senter	Adaline E.	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of GHG]
Senter	P. M., Gen.	dau. mar. 1858	[father-in-law of GHG]
Senter Grove	Susan E.	mar. 1858	[wife of GHG]
Smith	H. C.	liv. 1877	[named in GHG]
Taber Justus	Elizabeth	1824 – 13 Feb. 1859	[mother of RJJ]
Tate	Allen S., Gen.	23 Sep 1842, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[AST]
Tate	Ariana	Peck	[2nd wife of AST]
Tate	Edward	19 Jul 1785, TN – ca. 1860, Grainger Co., about 85 yrs. old	[father of SNT]
Tate	Edward L.	Dec 1818 – 20 May 1862, Confedate prison, Madison, GA	[father of AST]
Tate	Elizabeth J.	Chamberlin	[2nd wife of SNT]
Tate	Katherine A. K.	McConnell	[1st wife of SNT]
Tate	Laura	Boyd	[1st wife of AST]
Tate	Lucy H.	Moody	[mother of SNT]
Tate	Mary A.	Gray	[mother of AST]
Tate	S. B.	dau. mar. 1857	[1st father-in-law of JH]
Tate	Samuel N., M. D.	27 Dec 1820, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[SNT]
Tate Hoffmeister	Virginia	d. 8 months after marriage, 1857-58	[1st wife of JH]
Taylor	F. W.	of Russellville, 1846	[named in DT]
Taylor	F. W.	of Russellville, 1846	[named in DT]
Taylor	Frances	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of TJJ]
Taylor	Hughes O.	dau. mar. 1859	[father-in-law of TJJ]
Taylor Jarnagin	Kate M.	mar. 1859	[wife of TJJ]
Taylor Turley	Desdemona	1788, VA – 17 Dec 1877	[mother of DT]
Taylor Turley	Desdemona	1788, VA – 17 Dec 1877	[mother of DT]
Tomlinson	Henry	ca. 1807-08, NC – 1856, about 48 yrs. old	[father of TT]
Tomlinson	Martha	Carr	[mother of TT]
Tomlinson	Melvina	Proffitt	[wife of TT]
Tomlinson	Thomas, Capt.	24 Aug 1834, Cheraw, SC – liv. 1887	[TT]
Turley	Daniel	29 Apr 1812, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[DT]
Turley	Desdemona	Taylor	[mother of DT]
Turley	Desdemona	Taylor	[mother of DT]
Turley	Martha	Peck	[wife of DT]
Turley	Martha	Peck	[wife of DT]
Turley	no first name, Judge	oldest bro. b. 1812	[brother of DT]
Turley	no first name, Judge	oldest bro. b. 1812	[brother of DT]
Turley	Thomas	ca. 1783, VA now WV	[father of DT]
Turley	Thomas	ca. 1783, VA now WV	[father of DT]
Vineyard	Buford F.	parents mar. 1854	[child of TAV]
Vineyard	Jane	Nance	[mother of TAV]
Vineyard	John R.	parents mar. 1854	[child of TAV]
Vineyard	Louisa Jane	Davis	[wife of TAV]
Vineyard	Martin	ca. 1799-1800, Grainger Co. – 15 Mar 1853, Grainger Co., 53 yrs. old	[father of TAV]
Vineyard	Samuel S.	parents mar. 1854	[child of TAV]
Vineyard	Tilghman A.	15 Apr 1833, Grainger Co. – liv. 1887	[TAV]
Vineyard Mitchell	Susan	10 Nov 1787, VA – 5 Feb 1874, Grainger Co	[mother of GBM]
Von Losse Haecker	Frederica	d. ca. 1883, St. Louis, MO	[mother of WJH]
Walker	H., Dr.	liv. ca. 1850	[named in JH]
Wheeler	no first name, Gen.	Civil War	[named in WTM]
Whitesel Hoffmeister	Elizabeth	b. Shenandoah Co., VA – d. advanced age	[mother of JH]
Whitson	W. H.	of Clinton, TN, ca. 1850s	[named in TJJ]
Yates	Nancy	no maiden name	[mother-in-law of EM]
Yates	Riley	dau. b. 1831	[father-in-law of EM]
Yates Mullens	Elizabeth C.	15 Oct 1831, Bedford Co., TN – liv. 1887	[wife of EM]

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