Tennessee Non-Population Census Manufacturing Schedules

 

Below are links to the U.S. Non-Population Manufacturing Schedules for Tennessee on FamilySearch. You will need to log in to view them, but account registration is free.

While these schedules can be spotty for certain years and locations, they are a fantastic genealogical resource as they offer a window into local business networks and reveal the craftsmen, millers, and merchants with whom your ancestors may have traded.

1850 Industry/ Manufacturing Schedule--TN: Anderson-Wilson counties
(NARA Series T1135, Roll 30)

1860 Industry/ Manufacturing Schedule--TN: Monroe - Wilson counties
(NARA Series T1135, Roll 32)

1870 Industry/ Manufacturing Schedule--TN:  Anderson - Lewis counties

(NARA Series T1135, Roll 33)

1880 Industry/ Manufacturing Schedule--TN:  Anderson - Lawrence counties; Lewis - Wilson counties

 (NARA Series T1135, Roll 35)

 (NARA Series T1135, Roll 36)

The 1850 schedule for Bedford County TN only covers Districts 20-25, but is a good example of the assortment of industries in the area. If you are lucky enough to have an area that has multiple years available, comparing them would be a great learning exercise.

1850 Bedford County Tennessee Dist 20 21 22 23 24 25 Industry/Manufacturing Schedule Images via FamilySearch.org
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Name	Business name	Raw Material	Power	Product
Nicholas Anthony	Mill & Flour	Logs and grain	water &saw	Flour & Meal
R L Landris & Cummins	Tanner	Hides and Bark	Hand
Heard and Russel	B Smith	Iron	Hand power	Sundaries
George W Heard	Wool Carder	Wool	Water	Wool
George Hufman	Mills SawMiller	Logs	Water & saw	Plank
John and A Hufman	Miller Flour	Logs	Water & saw	Flour & meal
James Maupin	Tanner	Hide	Hand	Leather
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B M Burow	Blacksmith	Iron & coal	Hand	Sundaries
John B Pearson	Tanner	Hides & bark	Hand	Sides Soleboot Skins
George H Castle	Tanner	Hides & bark	Hand	Sides Sole Leather
Joshua M Hix	Blacksmith	Iron & coal	Hand	Sundaries
Mathew Cuningham	Blacksmith	Iron & Coal	Hand	Sundaries
John Coleman	Blacksmith	Iron & Coal	Hand	Sundaries
J G and J Evans	Manufactor	Hemp	Hand	Balings Rope Twine
John P Henry	Cabinet Maker	Plank & ?	Hand	Furniture
Samuel Nealy	Blacksmith	Iron & Coal	Hand & Fire	Sundries
Samuel Thompson	Blacksmith	Iron & Coal	Hand & Fire	Sundries
A Smith & Co	Miller	Logs	Water Saw Stones	Plank
John Chandlier	Miller	Logs	Water Saw	Plank
James W   E??y	Wagon Wright	Iron & Coal	Hand	Wagon & Carts
Frost and Heise	Tanner	Hides & Bark	Hand	Sides Sole Leather Skins
J W Bearden	Gun Smith	G Barrells G lock	Hand	Guns
Kindred Pearsen	Tanner	Hides & Bark	Hand	Sides Sole leather skins
Charles Pearsen	Hatter	Wool	Hand	Wool Hats
A Phillip	Tanner	Hides cord & cork	Hand	Skins and Leather
C T Phillip	Sadler	harnesses	Hand	Saddle & Bridles
William Hall	Blacksmith	Iron & coal	Hand	Sundaries
Daniel Dean	Blacksmith	Iron & coal	Hand	Sundaries

A Timeline for Barsheba Fleming(1834-1898) of White Co. TN & later Polk & Newton Counties of Arkansas

Found a power of attorney for Barsheba Fleming, one of my Hitchcock  & Fleming double cousins.  It mentioned the estates of her father, her paternal grandfather, and her maternal grandmother.  This led to me finding another document(a mineral lease) filed by her maternal aunt in 1865 for the land that was part of her maternal grandmother's estate. So I thought it would be a good time to fix a timeline and sources for her and save it as a PDF on my tree at Ancestry.  I can add to it as I find more.

Barsheba Fleming(1834-1898)

• c. 1834: Birth - Born in Tennessee to Alfred Patten Fleming and Nancy Hitchcock.

• 1840: Residence - Listed in the federal census living with parents in White County, Tennessee(presumably the White Female age 5-9 yrs old)

• 1850: Residence - Listed in the federal census living with her parents in District 6, White County, Tennessee.

• 1855: First Marriage- Marries George Washington Bickle in Tennessee.

• c. 1856: Migration - Moves west with her husband to Polk County, Arkansas, where her first child, John Henry Bickle, is born.

• 1856:  Death in Family - Her widowed maternal grandmother, Millie Riddle Hitchcock, passes away in Tennessee; 

• January 4, 1859: Father's Death - Her father, Alfred Patten Fleming, passes away in Polk County, Arkansas.

• 1860: Death in Family - Her paternal grandfather, John Fleming, passes away in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Likely a dower freeze on any land owned.

• 1860: Residence - Listed in the federal census living in Center, Polk County, Arkansas.

• May 29, 1861: Grandmother's Prenup & Remarriage- Her widowed grandmother, Nancy Combs Fleming, signs a prenuptial agreement protecting her separate property before marrying William Neal in Van Buren County, Tennessee. 

• c. 1865: Divorce & Second Marriage - Divorces George W. Bickle and marries Joseph Joel Canady in Polk County, Arkansas. (Note: Local courthouse records for these events were later destroyed in an 1883 fire).

• June 22, 1865: Mineral Rights Lease - Maternal Aunt Amelia "Milly" Hitchcock Pursley signs a 30-year mining lease on the Millie Riddle Hitchcock tract in Warren County, TN, set to expire around 1895.(Note: The 100 acre tract of land which was owned by George Hitchcock(Milly Riddle Hitchcock's husband) is mentioned in this document

• 1870: Residence =Residing in Prairie, Marshall Prairie, Newton County, Arkansas, working as a housekeeper.

• December 28, 1874: Mother's Death = Her mother, Nancy Hitchcock Fleming, passes away in Polk County, Arkansas.

• January 4, 1880: Widowed = Her second husband, Joseph Joel Canady, passes away in Arkansas.

• 1880: Residence - Listed in the federal census as a widowed head of household in Prairie, Newton County, Arkansas.

• January 26, 1881: Third Marriage - Marries J. W. Gamblin in Newton County, Arkansas.

• April 26, 1881: The Catalyst Death - Her paternal grandmother, Nancy Combs Fleming Neal, passes away in Llano County, Texas. 

• February 2, 1886: The Power of Attorney- Barsheba and J. W. Gamblin execute a Power of Attorney which was recorded in Van Buren County, Tennessee records, appointing William T. Murray to collect her inherited shares from the estates of her father (Alfred P. Fleming-d. 1859), grandfather (John Fleming d. 1860), and maternal grandmother (Millie Riddle Hitchcock d. 1856).

• August 12, 1894: Widowed Again - Her third husband, J. W. Gamblin, passes away in Arkansas.

• 1898: Death -Barsheba passes away in Mena, Polk County, Arkansas, and is buried in Dallas, Polk County.

Sources:

1840 US Federal Census Population Schedule, White County, Tennessee, Dist Not Stated, p 47(written) Alfred Flemming Household; Digital Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-46Q :  accessed 5 July 2026), IGN 5154905, Image 54 of 766.

1850 US Federal Census Population Schedule, White County, Tennessee, Dist 6, p. 60(stamped), Dwelling 780, Family 780, Line 10, Barsheba Fleming in Household of Alfred & Nancy Fleming; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68KL-F7 accessed 5 July 2026) IGN 4206057, Image 123 of 252.

1860 US Federal Census Population Schedule, Polk County Arkansas, Center Twp., Dallas P.O., pg 16 (written) Dwelling 409, Family 405, Line 21, Barsheba Bickle; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-SYXQ : accessed 5 July 2026), IGN 5165619, Image 84 of 507.

1870 US Federal Census Population Schedule, Newton County Arkansas, Prairie Twp., Marshall Prairie P.O., p. 7(written), p 187(stamped), line 11, Barsheba Canady; image, FamilySearch

(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZQ-RDJ: accessed 5 July 2026), IGN 4259274(item 3), image 76 of 117.

1880 US Federal Census Population Schedule, Newton County, Prairie Twp., p 618(stamped), Dwelling 411, Family 420, Barshby Kennedy; image FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYN-S2N1 : accessed 5 July 2026), IGN 5157270, image 544 of 827.

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," Marriage Records Book B 1879–1888, p. 37, Entry for J W Gamblin and B A Canady, 26 January 1881; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTY3-JVS : 5 July 2026), IGN 4331444, Image 318 of 623.

Warren Co TN Deed Book Vol 1 Mar 1866- July 1867, p 113-116, Mineral Rights Lease by Milly Hitchcock Pursely to W H Hart? 22 June 1865; images, 

FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1X-M9K2-M : accessed 5 July 2026), IGN 8418856, Image 321-323 of 580.

Van Buren Co Tennessee,  Guardian Administrators & Executor's Settlements, Vol 3 , 24 Feb 1886–Jul 1951, p 1,  J.W. Murray Power of Attorney for W G Gamblin and wife Barsheba; image, 
FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SVD1-P9 : accessed 2 July 2026) IGN 4776207, Image 164 of 745.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83004612/barsheba_a-gamblin: accessed July 5, 2026), memorial page for Barsheba A Fleming Gamblin (1834–1898),Memorial ID 83004612, citing Old Dallas Cemetery, Dallas, Polk County, Arkansas, USA.

Happy Birthday, America!!

The final draft of the Declaration of Independence was approved 250 years ago today. Happy Birthday, America!  I've listed some of my ancestors who were patriots in the American Revolution. All of my ancestors that I have identified so far who were living during that time were all already living in the colonies by 1776. I have provided a bit more on Wm Harrison as he is my most recently discovered ancestor who took part in the American Revolution. He was at the battles of Germantown and Brandywine which were losses for the patriots. That had to be rough.  Thankful for all of their sacrifices.  

I've linked those ancestors who have a descendant who has joined DAR thru a line of descent from them.[Note:  this is not a complete listing]

Paternal

William Harrison

Above link from DAR 

Transcription Below from Pension File at Fold3 and at National Archives.

West - Tennessee.
William Harrison,
Rutherford Co: W. Tenn
Lieut. in Col. Hogan's reg. N. Carolina line,
15 months.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Issued on the Roll of West-Tennessee,
at the rate of 20. Dollars per month, to commence
the 15th of May, 1820.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of Oct. 1820
and sent to S. R. Rucker, agt
Murfreesborough, East-Tenn.[should say WEST not East even though Murfreesboro is in present day Middle TN]

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820.      $ 73.61
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March 120. 
3 mo. 17/31 1821...                   $ 193.61
& 4/30

{ Revolutionary claim. }
{ Act 18th March, 1818 }
and 1st May
1820...}

• Charles Brandon
• Leroy Upshaw
• John B Manire
• Robert Harris
• William Ogilvie
• John Webb
• Jacob Sutton
• Nathan Frizzell  (I descend from him thru 2 seperate lines.)

Maternal

• Peter Luna/Looney
• William Lewis
• John Hatfield
• Leonard Adcock

Heirs of Thomas Jones(1812-1896): White County, Tennessee Chancery Records

I found a court case at FamilySearch that involved land that Thomas Jones of White Co., Tennessee, owned at the time of his death. The land was being sold, so there was a need to confirm his heirs. This was not taking place a few months after his death, but over 25 years after he had passed. Some of his children were deceased by that time as well, which necessitated naming their children, and—in cases where a grandchild was deceased—their surviving children.

This is a lot of great information for anyone researching this family. Thomas' wife, Rebecca Hitchcock Jones, was a sister to my 3rd-great-grandfather, James P. Hitchcock. The file includes 12 children, 22 grandchildren (representing the 6 deceased children), and 10 great-grandchildren (representing the 2 deceased grandchildren).

I extracted the information on the heirs from the file and have organized it in a spreadsheet, in which I also included the source citation. I plan to save it as a PDF and attach it to Thomas Jones' profile within my family tree at Ancestry.