On August 25, 2016, Jayne Poynter of Corbin donated her extensive collection of genealogy books, documents and other materials to the Knox Historical Museum.
"This is a significant collection which Ms. Poynter has accumulated over a lifetime," said museum genealogist Wayne Adams. "Anyone doing research at our genealogy center will find the materials very useful."
The Jayne Poynter Collection ranges from books and records about the history and families in Knox and the surrounding counties to such interesting topics as the pirates of Colonial North Carolina, Tennessee's Indian peoples, a Letcher County Pictorial from 1842-1930, early settlers on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River, German-American names, and much more.
Items in the Poynter Collection are being distributed to the pertinent research categories within the genealogy center itself.
Here is complete listing of materials donated by Ms. Poynter:
- Early Adventures on the Western Waters by Mary B. Kegley & F. B. Kegley Vol. l; Vol. ll; Vol. lll - Part 1, Part 2; Vol. V.
- History and Families, Knox County, Kentucky
- History and Families, Bell County, Kentucky
- History and Families, Whitley County, Kentucky
- Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People By Worth S. Ray
- Before We Forget: Harlan County -1920 Through 1930 by William D. Forester
- Early Settlers on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River, Harlan County, Kentucky, and Adjoining Counties by Jackie Owen
- German -American Names by George F. Jones
- The Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas and Rebecca Borden Branson by Ralph and Mildred Branson Wandling
- The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina by Hugh F. Rankin
- People of the Maritimes - Acadians by Henri-Dominique Paratte
- Tennessee's Indian Peoples: From White Contact to Removal, 1540 -1840 by Ronald N. Satz
- Indians of North America by Geoffrey Turner
- The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch by Oscar Kuhns
- Scots Kith & Kin: A guide to the Clans and Surnames of Scotland by Collins
- Bloody Ground by John F. Day
- Oak Ridge by Ed Westcott
- The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America by N. Brent Kennedy
- Standing in Liberty: The History of Mount Zion Association of Baptists 1885 - 1895 Compiled by Janus E. Jones
- The Girls of Atomic City: The untold story of the women who helped win World War ll by Denise Kiernan
- One Mullins Family by Marie R. Justice
- Free People of Color: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves by Mary B. Kegley
- Fifth Survey District of Tennessee, Grants 1 - 800 Volume A by Diane E. Pedersen
- Claiborne County, Tennessee Will Book A, 1837 - 1846 By Claiborne County Historical Society
- Claiborne County, Tennessee Marriage Records Book ll, June 1838 - December 1850 by Georgeanna Buis Malone & Mary Evelyn Parkey
- Claiborne County, Tennessee 1839 Tax List by Paul W. Lemasters
- Claiborne County Census 1840 -1860
- Campbell County, Tennessee, 1830 -1840 U. S. Census
- Records of Emigrants from England &. Scotland to North Carolina, 1774 -1775, Edited by A. R. Newsome
- Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747 -1762 by Robert W. Ramsey
- Caswell County, 1777 -1877, Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina by Katherine Kerr Kendall
- The 1870 Bell County Census by Gertrude Nolan & Janette Nolan
- Bell County, Kentucky 1900 Census by Vesta Laws Minton
- Laurel County, Kentucky 1870 Census by Laurel County Historical Society
- Seventh Census of the United States 1850, Laurel County, Kentucky with Marriage and Vital Statistics by Laurel County Historical Society
- A History of Harlan County by Mabel Green Condon
- 1820 Harlan County, Kentucky Census and Tax List Annotated by Holly Fee
- 1850 Census, Harlan County, Kentucky, Compiled by Nelle C. Hiday
- 1860 Harlan County Census By Holly Fee
- 1870 Harlan County Census by Janette Nolan & Gertrude Nolan
- 1880 Census of Harlan County by Holly Fee
- Census of 1900, Harlan County, Kentucky, Compiled and indexed by Helen Pope -1910 Census of Harlan County by Kathryn Trait -Harlan Connections by Frances Y. Dunham
- Kentucky Marriages, 1807-1850, Harlan County 1818-50
- Harlan County, Kentucky Marriages Book t 1818 to 1850 by Holly Fee
- Following the Footsteps Volume One by Holly Fee - Following the Footsteps Volume Two by Holly Fee
- Cemeteries in Southwestern Harlan County, Kentucky (Fresh Meadows to the Bell County Line) Annotated by Kathryn Howard Trail
- The Adron Howard Photo Album "On the Cumberland Road" by Sheila Crider
- History of Harlan County People: Harlan County Journal by Annie Walker Burns
- From Riches to Rags: In Less Than a Decade by William D. Forester
- Scott County, Virginia Marriage Records, 1815 -1853
- Scott County, Virginia Consents & Bonds of Marriage 1815 - 1853 by Phyllis Louise Peterson
- Scott County, Virginia Marriages Book l Scott County, Virginia Marriage Book 2, 1854 -1893 by Phyllis Louise Peterson
- Scott County, Virginia Death Records, 1853 -1870 by Bernice (Peters) McKean
- Scott County Virginia 1820 Census by Elizabeth M. Carpenter
- 1850 Census of Scott County, Virginia by Rhonda S. Roberson
- Scott County Virginia Census of 1860 by Wilma J. Cornelius
- 1870 Scott County, Virginia Census
- Lee County, Virginia Census of 1820 by Don Simmons
- Lee County Virginia Census of 1830 By Don Simmons
- 1840 Lee County Virginia Census by Elizabeth M. Carpenter
- 1850 Census Lee County, Virginia by Rhonda S. Roberson
- 1860 Census of Lee County, Virginia by Earl Edward Hobbs
- Lee County, Virginia 1870 Census by Mark Treadway
- Lee County, Virginia Deed Records 1793 - 1844 by Mark Treadway
- Lee County Virginia Marriage Book it 1856 - 1916 by Harlan Heritage Seekers, Inc
- Lee County Marriage Reg. 2, 1853 -1884 by E. M. Carpenter
- Lee County, Virginia Marriage Book l, 1830 - 1835, 1851 - 1853, by Elizabeth M. Carpenter
- 1810 Lee County Personal Property Tax List
- Lee County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1835 by Joe
- The 1795 Lee County, Virginia Persona! Property Tax List by Jeffrey C. Weaver
- Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia 1774 by Mary B. Kegley
- Logan History by Logan County Chamber of Commerce
- Greenbrier County, West Virginia - 160th Anniversary - Part l, Transcribed by Lori Samples
- 1820 Greenbriar County, West Virginia Census
- Greenbriar County, West Virginia Early Census Pre-1790
- The 1782 Greenbriar County (West) Virginia Personal Property Tax List,
Transcribed by Jeffrey C. Weaver
- Tax List of Montgomery County, Virginia 1782 by Mary B. Kegley -Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1777-1790 by Mary B. Kegley -Russell County Virginia Census 1820 by Zandra Perry - 1840 Census Russet! County, Virginia by Elizabeth M. Carpenter
- Zion Church, Wythe County, Virginia Annotated Baptismal Records 1791 - 1835 compiled by Mary B. Kegley
- Logan County, West Virginia 1850 Federal Census
- Revolutionary War Pension Applications of Southwest Virginia Soldiers by Mary B. Kegley 1997
- Bell County Marriage Book A, by Virginia T. Green -1910 Census Bell County, KY transcribed by Garland Deaton -1815 Knox County, Kentucky Tax Book
- Knox County, KY Marriage Book Book B by Elizabeth (Hammons) Masterson
- Knox County, KY Marriage Books, Book X, 1917-1918; Book Y, 1910-1911; Book Z, 1911-1912; Book EE, 1874-1878; Book F, 1871-1890 by Knox County Genealogical Society
- Knox County Marriages 1800 - 1850
- 1850 Knox County, Kentucky Census by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1860 Knox County, Kentucky Census by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1870 Knox County, Kentucky Census by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1880 Knox County, Kentucky Census by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1900 Knox County, Kentucky Census Volume l, by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1900 Knox County, Kentucky Census Volume ll, by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1900 Knox County, Kentucky Census Volume lll, by Knox County Genealogical Society
- 1807 Clay County Tax Lists
- Perry County Marriage Book A, Perry County Genealogical Society
- Perry County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds, Book B 1858 -1865 by Mrs. Bruce Stephens
- Perry County, Kentucky Marriages, 1820-1848
- Index to 1830 Perry County, Kentucky Census by Mrs. Bruce Stephens -1830 Perry County, Kentucky Census
- Perry County, Kentucky Records; 1850 Census; Vital Statistics, 1852 -1859 by Perry County Genealogical Society
- Letcher County, Kentucky Marriage Book 1, by Ctayton R. Cox
- Letcher County Kentucky Marriages by Creda J. Baker Isaacs
- 1850 & 1880 U. S. Censuses, Letcher County, Kentucky by Dorothy Amburgy Griffith
- 1910 Letcher County, Kentucky Census by Zandra Addington Perry
- Letcher County Pictorial 1842 -1930, Volume l, by Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Letcher County Ancestors Pictorial, 1842 -1950 Volume ll by Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Letcher County Ancestors Pictorial, 1842 -1950 Volume lll by Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Letcher County Ancestors Pictorial, 1842 -1950 Volume lV by Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Southeastern Kentucky 1820 Census by Norvin Dixon & Norma Dixon
- First and Second Census of Laurel County, Kentucky 1830 and 1840 by Norvin W. Dixon
- Vital Stats: 1852 Death, Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Pulaski County Historical Society Newsletter: May 23, 1999; November 14,1999; May 11, 2000; November 12, 2000; May 20, 2001
- 1820 Population & Slave Schedule, Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Mill Springs Mill, Mill Springs, Kentucky by US Army Corps of Engineers
- Marriage Records Pulaski County Kentucky 1797 -1850
- Marriage Records Pulaski County Kentucky Book ll 1851 -1863
- 1850 U. S. Census Pulaski County, Kentucky by Dr. John F. Schunk, Editor
- Whitley County, Kentucky Witt Book No. 1,1818 -1854 by Clayton R. Cox
- Cemeteries, Whitley County Kentucky Volume l by E. Maynard Cornelius
- Cemeteries, Whitley County Kentucky Volume ll by E. Maynard Cornelius
- Cemeteries, Whitley County Kentucky Volume lll by E. Maynard Cornelius
- Vital Statistics, Whitley County, Kentucky by Charley Maynard Cornelius
- Early Marriages, Whitley County, Kentucky by Charley Maynard Cornelius
- Whitley County, Kentucky 1820 Census & 1819 Tax Book
- Whitley County, Kentucky 1830 & 1840 Census
- 1850 Census Whitley County, Kentucky by Kathleen Cook
- 1850 Census Whitley County, Kentucky by Carol F. Hopper
- 1860 Census Whitley County, Kentucky
- 1870 Census Whitley County, Kentucky -1880 Census Whitley County, Kentucky - My Branch of the Hall Family by John M. Hat)
- Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth Mass.