SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HAYWOOD CO., TN. COUNTY CLERK MINUTES; VOL. L/254

January 5, 1875--Tuesday
     ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT JAMES MYDYITT BE APPROPRIATED $75.00 FOR BUILDING A BRIDGE.

SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HAYWOOD CO., TN. DEED BK. 5/245

J.A. MIDGETTE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY SOLD TO J.W. BATCHELOR OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, FOR $5.00, A TRACT OF LAND IN HAYWOOD COUNTY & BOUND BY THOS. W. BATCHELOR AND CONTAINING 335 ACRES. "THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE ON ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS RECENTLY CONVEYED TO ME BY SAID BATCHELOR IN TRUST. THE CONDITIONS OF SAID TRUST HAVE BBEN COMPLIED WITH, WHEREFORE THE RECONVEYANCE TO THE SAID BATCHELOR..." THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE FEB. 4, 1876.
WIT: GEO. C. PORTER          J.A. MIDGETTE
     F.P. BOND

SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HAYWOOD CO., TN. DEED BK. 5/246

J.A. MIDGETT OF HAYWOOD COUNTY SOLD TO J.A.M. BATCHELOR, FOR $5.00, A TRACT OF LAND IN HAYWOOD COUNTY ON JEFFERIES CREEK & BOUND BY J.W. BATCHELOR. "THE ABOVE LAND WAS CONVEYED TO ME IN TRUST, THE CONDITIONS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN FULFILLED & COMPLIED WITH, THENCE THIS RECONVEYANCE..." THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE FEB. 4, 1876. (No acreage mentioned in this deed.)
WIT: GEO. C. PORTER          J.A. MIDGETT
     F.P. BOND

SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: MADISON CO., TN. DEED BK. 35/17-18

JAMES R. VANN SOLD TO JAMES A. MIDYETT, FOR $10,000.00 TO BE PAID IN 10 NOTES OF $100.00 EACH, A TRACT OF LAND IN MADISON COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON, BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE LANDS OF F.W. CAMPBELL AND J.M CARTWELL, EAST BY THE LANDS OF J.B. PEARCY AND A.M. WHITE, SOUTH BY THE LANDS OF MR. PYLES & OTHERS, AND WEST BY THE LANDS OF MRS. McCLELLAN, CONTAINING 350 ACRES. THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE JUNE 28, 1877.
                    JAMES R. VANN
               by S.D. BARNETT, CLERK

SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: MADISON CO., TN. DEED BK. 39/60

J.A. MIDGETT SOLD TO J.R. VANN, FOR $5.00, A TRACT OF LAND "...I BOUGHT FROM HIM, SITUATED IN MADISON COUNTY WEST OF & NEAR TO THE CITY OF JACKSON & BOUNDED BY F.M. CAMPBELL, J.M. CANTWELL, J.B. PEAREY, A.M. WHITE, MR. PYLES AND MRS. McCLELLAN, CONTAINING 350 ACRES, AS I NEVER HAVE PAID & CANNOT PAY FOR SAID TRACT OF LAND..." THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE AUGUST 16, 1878.
     REG: JUNE 7, 1881          J.A. MIDGETT
          A.C. MIDGETT

SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1880 MADISON CO., TN. CENSUS (DIST. #10)

MIDYETT, JAMES   AGE: 29   FARMING   TN TN TN
     "   , AMELIA   28   (Wife)   TN TN NC
     "   , MIRA   2   (Daughter)   TN TN TN
     "   , HELEN   1   (Daughter)   TN TN TN