yesterday's tennessee

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

In compiling the data for this second genealogical miscellany publication dealing with Henderson County, Tennessee the present writer acknowledges a debt of gratitude to the following individuals: Mr.Jack D. Wood and Mr. Robert D. Taylor, Jr., librarians, Jackson-Madison County Library; Mrs. Lynn Lewis, librarian and her staff members, Mrs. Dinah Harris and Mrs. Joy Johnson, Everett Horn Library, Lexington; Mrs. Genella Olker, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Dr. James R. Johnson, manager, History Department, Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and members of his staff; Mrs. Brenda Kirk Fiddler, local historian, Henderson County; Mr.Joseph F. Hall, Sr. and Mr. Joseph F. Hall, Jr., Jackson; the Henderson County courthouse officials; Mrs. Janie Hopper, secretary, Sand Ridge Baptist Church; Mr. W. C. Nichols and Mr. Woodrow Nichols with Hepzibah heritage; Mrs. Inez Nichols Lott with Hepzibah heritage; Elder T. L.Webb, Jr., B. D.Bryant Memorial Library, Milan; Mrs.Sue C. Stewart, Puryear of the Carrington descent; Historian's Office, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C.; numerous current postmasters of Henderson County; Ms. Noelle Yetter, diligent National Archives researcher; Mr.Steve Baker, librarian and members of his staff, Union University Library, Jackson; Mr. Bill Sumners, director, Library and Archives of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville.

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.