History of Carroll County, Tennessee Volume One - 1987 The
Joyners were French Juguenots. They went from France to England
and from England to America in the 1640's. The settled in Sussex
County, VA. Joshua Joyner migrated from VA to West TN in the
early 1820's. He settled in the south west part of Carroll
County. He was the father of Marshal, Jim, Newsom, Luther, and
Joe Joyner. Marshall, Jim and Newsom were all Baptist ministers.
Joe, the youngest, was a farmer. He spent all of his life in the
area where they were born and reared, just over the Carroll
County line in Gibson County. He was the father of Arden, Percy,
and Onel Joyner. Luther was killed dring the Civil War. Jim
moved to Jackson, TN when he was a young man. Newsome moved to
Huntingdon. He was the father of Ed and Ben Joyner. After
returning home from the Civil War, Marshal Joyner m. Lucy Morris
of Gibson County. They moved to the Concord Community of Carroll
County. He was the pastor of several churches in the area. He
helped to organize the Fi