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Williamson County celebrated in 1999 the 200th anniversary of its formation in 1799. In honor of this celebration, the Williamson County Public Library proudly offers a commemorative Pioneer Families of Williamson County, Tennessee Certificate to eligible persons. Anyone directly descended from a pre-1850 pioneer of the county is welcome to apply for this permanent remembrance of his/her family history. |
HOW TO APPLY
- Complete the Pioneer Families Certificate Application, the Line of Descent Chart, and Pioneer Family Group Sheet included in the application packet.
- Computer generated family group sheets may be substituted for Pioneer Family Group Sheets.
- Include proof of lineage for each generation. Proof may consist of county documents, United States Federal Census records, newspaper articles, family histories, marriage records, obituaries, birth certificates and death certificates.
- Photographs of your ancestors are welcome.
For additional information email the Special Collections Department or telephone (615) 595-1246.
TO RECEIVE YOUR COMMERATIVE CERTIFICATE
Mail the application forms and documentation to the Williamson County Public Library, Special Collections Department, 1314 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN 37064.
For example: Otey Henry or Otey.
Pioneer Family booklets are available for review only in the Special Collections Department.
Family photographs of select pioneers are available in the roster.
| A - C D - F G - I J - L M - O P - R S - T V - Y |
Daniel Adams • Bennett Aden
• Samuel Aikin 
• Ebenezer AlexanderMark Andrews • Ephraim Andrews, Sr. • William & Dicia White Ashlin • John Atkinson, Sr. |
B |
| Mary Banks • George W. Barnes • Charles Bartlett Baugh • John Beard • Henry Beatty John Beatty • Samuel S. Boehms • James W. Boyd • Robert Henry Bradley • Robert Franklin Bratton, Jr. • John Brim • Charles Brown • Randle Brown • William Brown Anson Burke • John Buttrey • John & Elizabeth McPope Burch • Lucy Ellen Burch • Baylor Byrd |
C |
| James J. Campbell • Minos Cannon • Gov. Newton Cannon • Robert Carothers Joel Champion • Benjamin Chapman • William & Abigail McLemore Christmas John Cochran • Jacob Critz • James Crockett • Joseph Crockett • Charles Crowder Peggie Crutcher • William E. Crutcher |
D |
| David & Sarah Stokely Davis, Jr. • Thompson Davis • Metcalf deGraffenried, I Benjamin Rush Denny • Sallie & Hightower Dodson Berkley & Dida Mira Armstrong Donaldson • Robert Donelson • Obadiah Driskill |
E |
| John Edmiston, Jr. • Martha Hampton Evans |
F |
| John Fly • Hugh Fox |
G |
| Milton Gambill • Lazarus & Elenor Little Gatlin • Sarah Green Gholson Francis Seymour Giddens • Edward Giles, Jr. • Ephraim Givens George Washington Givens • Sherwood & Martha Christmas Green Sherwood & Mary Johnson Green • William Green
Etchison and Sarah Turner Grisby, Sr. • Bright Marshall Grooms |
H |
| Johann "John" Haffner • Wyatt William Haley • Rebecca A. Hamilton • William Hampton Asa Harper, Jr. • William & Lucy Rucker Hatcher • Thomas Helm • Samuel Henderson Richard Herbert • Richard Hightower • Kemp Holland • John and Isabella Holt Claiborne & Margaret Ingram Holt • Benjamin Housden • James House • Benjamin Hughes John Hughes • Parmelia Alford Hughes • Richard Hughes • Robert Hulme Robert & Frances Clayton Hulme • Robert & Susan Beard Stockett Hulme • Booker Hunter |
I |
| Jackson C. & Amelia Ann Reams Irvin • James C. & Melinda Stokes Irvin • Robert Irvin |
J |
| Francis M. Jackson • Thomas Randall Jamison • William W. Jarrett • Green Jenkins Elcain Johnson, Jr. • Andrew Johnston, Sr. • Rachel Johnston • Abner Jones • William Jordan |
K |
| Mary Mory King • Peter & Nancy Gatlin King |
L |
| Anderson Lee • Abraham Little • Abraham & Temperance Huggins Little • Augustine Lofton |
M |
| George Marlin • Joseph B. Marlin • George Andrew Mayfield George & Catherine Williamson McClellan • David McLemore • Harvey McLemoreElizabeth C. McMahan • William H. & Mary Jane Vaughn McMahan • John McNabb James & Mary Cutchins Merritt • Charles Moran • Joseph & Comfort M. Guinn MortonDavid Thomas Moss • John & Jane Currie Motheral • Henry [Maury] Murrey |
N |
| John Neely • William Nolen, Sr. • Francis Tillman Nowlin • Wade Nowlin |
O |
| Solomon Oden • Evan Brook Ormes • Harvey Otey • Edwin William Overton John David Owen • Nathan & Jane Hightower Owen |
P |
| Jesse Pate • Thomas Pate, Sr. • William L. Payne • Joshua & Margaret Woodward Pearre Nicholas Perkins • Samuel Fearn Perkins • Thomas Harden Perkins • Jordan Perkins James B. Pewitt • William Hartwell Pewitt • Joseph Lee Polk • James Potts Charles Mac Poynor • Richard "Dick" Poynor • John Primm • Thomas Prowell Richard & Sarah McConnico Puckett |
R |
| John & Mary Giles Rainey •
William Marvin Rainey • Henry & Sally North Reams Shadrach W. Reed • Capt. George Reynolds • George & Susannah Reynolds • David Riggs Hiram Eleazer & Emmaline Tennessee Motheral Ring • Peter Rives • George Rucker |
S |
| Dempsey Sawyer • Dempsey & Courtney Kennedy Sawyer • Pryor Scally • Nathaniel Shaw Griffin T. Skinner • Richard "Rich" Smith • Samuel Smith • Richard Steele, Sr. Loammy Stevens • Stephen Stockett • Owen Sullivan • William & Artemese Green Sullivan Edward Swanson • Charles Peter Sweeney |
T |
| William Tanner • Alonzo M. Tenison • Joseph Tenison • David Tarrington. Thompson James Thompson • Isaac Tignor • William Tucker |
V |
| Asa Nicholas Vaughan • Enoch P. Vaughn |
W |
| William Waller • Jessie W. & Mary A. Fields Warren • Melville Wilkinson • Melville Wilkinson Rutledge William • Albert Neville Crutcher "A.N.C." Williams • Charles Hay Williams • James S. Williams Freeman & Martha Williams • Thomas Garrett & Elizabeth Minerva Jordan Williams • Thomas Williamson Zaccheus Wilson • William Winstead • Johnson Wood |
