Early days in Henderson
County, TN, recalled in this spiral bound booklet compiled
from excerpts from the rare 1887 book: History of Tennessee,
originally published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., and other sources.
The booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged
for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the
front cover.
Containing overly
long paragraphs and lacking illustrations, the booklet nevertheless
holds a wealth of information. The first paragraph, for instance,
describes the terrain, tells what or who the creeks were named for,
discusses soil erosion, water, cotton, soil, minerals, and the need
for railroad transportation. Other subjects covered include: Early
settlers, early marriages; the formation of the county; who the
county was named for; public buildings, churches, early political
disputes, schools, Lexington: the county seat, businesses in Lexington,
newspapers, lodges, and smaller towns: Sardis, Scott's Hill, Juno,
Independence, Barren Springs, Long (formerly Middlebury), Crucifer
and Lone Elm.
The next section of the booklet
contains biographies of prominent residents (in 1887): Jackson
Anderson, William Barry, G.W. Beacham, Felix Bray, W.F. Brooks,
J.L. Cochran, A.B. Cunningham, R.A. Davidson, P.J. Dennison, Clark
Diffee, James Dodds, Wm. Elkins, Euphrates Flake, G.W. Florence,
H.W. Foster, James Fuller, M.L. Galloway, J.N. Hall, Issac W.
Hassell, Samuel Howard, J.W.H. Knowles, G.L, Laws, John Lockhead,
W.T. Logan, Wm. Long, G.W. McCall, John E. McCall, D.E. McCallum,
W.C. McHaney, LaFayette F. McHaney, S.A. Mynders, Peter Pearson,
John Pearson, Stephen Powers, Moses Segraves, Maj. T.A. Smith,
John Smith, L.A. Stanford, T.M. Stubblefield, John M. Taylor,
J.A. Teague, E.J. Timberlake, Wm. H. Warren, O.P. White, E.G.
Whitehead, Richard Williams, J.T. Wilson, and Levi S. Woods
The final part of
the booklet contains brief excerpts from Counties of Tennessee
by Austin P. Foster, and Tennessee, a Guide to the State,
compiled and written by the Federal Writer's Project of the WPA
in 1939. The guide has information on the Sardis Model Community,
and on a man who was over eight feet tall in Darden. It also has
a map of this part of the state.
Wouldn't this make a unique
gift?
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