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A Brief Sketch
OF
THE
Settiement and Early History
OF
GHes
County
Tennessee
By
James McCallum
1876
ncar
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andimpr
OI'C
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Ill
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Ih
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of
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th
ai
he
re
lll
embered
:'
A numb,:r
of
pcr
so
n
~
wcrethenlivingi
ll
theimlllediate
Il
ciShborltood and
vi
cinity
of
wh
omhe
rc
members.
P
attcr~o
n
.
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i
lkcr~o
lt
.
Bl
OId
.
IheBufords •
.\looreo5
andUlhers.Mf.
i\bern,
uh)'further
~latCs
th:1I
afler
'Ol11e
orIhe
lOIS
weresoldin
,\ugus
l1311. and thl'l',lIIe
CUI
tll.
wn
ull
Ihepublic stlll:,re.
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cu
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tlu
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wa.~
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11
the
pu
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s
'
l
u
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out
of
roulldlugs
,Ill!!
covcred withbo:tr
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s
ill
which
COU
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were heldfor sc
vc
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lyears.
It
StouU
abUIII
where the
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up
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orIhe
lOIS
W:IS
we
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bir
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numocr
of
house \
we
,
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ected,
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nd
Ihetownsenle.1 up by
eilierprisin~
men. I\mou
!;
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l mcn:lwnls
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of the Stillare.1\lex ander, whoke
pI
(
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th
esoutheasle
orn..:
r
of
lheI'liblie
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pl
areat
wh
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K
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!"ir
slphysicianswere1)
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Slwdrack Nyc.
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vid
Wo
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tl
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.
Ui
jahEltlrid:;e;\lIdC
h;t
rlesPerkins.elc.
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fi
rs
ll:tllyards
w
c
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s
lt
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ll
hy
la
s.
11:lmbyand by
I.
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is
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1,
u
ll
cs
Conllo
r:
theConnorsse
ll
ledthe
pl
ace whereG.W.
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r..:w·s
tany:mlisal prcse
n1.
:
l1u
lest:th
li
shcda
yard.
l1
:u
uhy se
tli..:
(1theI
lb
eenowownedhyJueB. Childers:ul(lest
;l
blishcIIay
an
lsouth
ofh
is
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nc
ar Ihe
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table
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(1
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c
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unlil about1847.The
1
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i(le
nll
:l
ll'yers
lI'en
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r-.
.
1.
lIarris. Geor
g..:
CUli
nillgh:
II
11.
Lunsford
,
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e.
Tryo
ll
M.Yancy.
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H.F
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111(1
A:
lrO
Il
V.Brown.
Amonglhe earlyse
ll
kr
s
in
th
eneighh
\ll"
ho
l)\1
of
Pulaski
II
UImcmimlctiwereiJ
;\
vis ,
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d
Wm.
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lI'cl
l.
Josiah
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ex:tn
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er.Will.W. W,
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ds,Gideon Pillo
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th
efa
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cr
ofGc
ll
cral
G.
J.Pillow.
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ptaillJo
hn
Phillips,
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lheruf0
111'
prcse
nt
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hn
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11
Pi
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Creek
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ss:t..:k
.
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c
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randf:llherofJ.
T.
Mc
Ki
ssack,
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le.llhe
pl
a
Ge
lalely uwned byJamcs
P.
S
mi
th.T
hu
s.
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ha
ll
011
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p
l:,
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on wh
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h Wi
ll
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Ah
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namenOIknow
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11.
Ihepl;l
CC
I;ucly owncd byJ
II
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ks.Thom
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Jo
hn
Williamson.the f:
lllt
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Thus.
S.
WilI
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ll
svn, in Ihe s:
lIn
eneighborhoodHughC:,mpbe
Jl
onthe 1I;,ec ;,ft
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w:lrfl
s
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ned
I.
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inGcorgeEverly;md U
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13
.
li
ewe)]t
(lilt
Imrl
er
Ge
ll
eral
J;I<;
bOIl,
and
Il
'
asappoint
ed
~
l I r
geo
ll
of
liisregiment.
li
en
til
e
talll
of
s..:rvice of
hi.
~
regime
nt
expir~d
,
be
wa~
app
ointedO
il
Ge
ll
.J:t
ckso
n'
s..Iedical
~t,dT.
andr
eilwined
th
rough
the Cr
ee
ke;llIIp;lign.
1"
theb:lltl
es
of
El1lm
:kfaw,
;lIId
En
0
lOe
h
op
ie,at
hi
sow
II
rt;q
ll
CS
t.
he
actcd
II'
i htheart iller)'
CO
IIl
pall
y
under tII
;
cO
lilm a nd
of
Li
eutenant
Arlll~trolig.
Not
~;l1
i
s
f i
e
d
with
Ili
s
OW
II
f
av
oriterifle w
hi
ch
li
etook frolllho
ITI
e,
he
p
I
r~
h:1
,c
d from
~
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a.io
r
Tho
ma
~
Wi
Ikill
,on
asm
0
<'1
hboreg
il
II
0
f
II
nils
It:l
Isi 7e
;ll1d
t;,tliber.the
barrcluf
which was
fiv
cf
ee
tlong.
It
cal'ricdfrom Ihirty-fivc
to
forty
buckshut
at
aload.
Th
ecl'ening
lh
.:
fore
ti
ll:
cxpedi
tionle
ft
Fl.St
r()
th
er
.heaudCh'
Irk
s
C.
Abcrn;
tthyran
,1
quantit
y of
bulkts
in
hi~
rif
(!
mould
swhich he
uscd
asshotillIU;lding.
shoo
tillgtwcllly-fivt;
rifle
b:tllsM:t
time.
At
E11lIlCkf;IW
,when tile
Indian
suwdean
atta
ck
befor
eday.Dr.T'
lyior
)(10k
goo
d position. Hetook
position
by
,\
Iree
in
the
dar
k and
wa
td
l
<:
tI
for
Ih
e
fI:
l~h
of
indian
g
Ull
sand fired at
lhe
nas
h.
When
ever
hefircd. his
co
mr'ld
es
ret:ugnizing
thereport
ofthc
g
Ull
, wuuld
cry
()
ut,
·
·The
r
e
·.
~
T'ly
lor'
s
nrtiller
y,
"'
\11
cX
:lI11in:llioll
of
th~
dead
"ncr
lhe
b:lllles
howed
tlwt
hi
s
bi
g gunh:td
been
n
se
d
to
t
errib
leerfee!.At the balticor Enotot:hopie,
when
Co
l.
Stulnjland his
e'
1\
'
,III
'Y
b~ca
m
e
demo
ralized
by
th
e
~h:tr
g~
of
lheIndi'
l1I
sin theIear.Dr. Taylorwas
<lll
~
of
theilllr
ep
id
III
'ellly-
ri
ve who
r
dc.femkd
ill
erordulltiltheIlifalitry
with
th
eartill
ery
cO
lildcro
ss.
Of
Ihat nublc
ba
nd
eig
ht
ecnwcre shot d(lwil.
Hi
s
coo
l[[
css
nnd
brav
ery
Oil
tJli
s (lec:lsion
ca
ll
edforth the Warlll
CO
nl[ll
endalio
nof
hi
s
Gener~tI.
liema
de
a
profcs
,
~i\ln
of
religion
in
ISI,I.
,"\(I
in1819
W'
lS(lrd:lined a minister
of
the
i\'
1.
E.Churc
h.
lIe
wa
.
~
:t
faithful
;!lId
m
os
t
efficicnlmini
ster
ofthatC
hur
c
h.
lie
II
'
a~
,I
mallwholllall
deli
ghted
to
hOllor as
wdl
lho
sc
of
other
cree
ds,asthe lllt;
llI
b
ers
of
hi
s
own
church.lIis
.
~y
lTlp:lthy
with
tli
e:Iffli
t:
led. llispas
toral
VI
S
II
S
to
lh
<:
sick,
:tnd
hi
s
:I
ff
cctiollate
interest
in
the
ir
spiritllal
welfare.
knell' nob
ound
s,,
mdgre,
ltly c
nde:ll"!
:dhim to
.111.
lie
diedthe
sixth
of
1
\ll
g
\l~t.
1.'\70.ill the
79th yea
I'
of
hi
sa
ge
.
"Th
e ,
-
Ie
mory
of
lite
Ri
ght
eo
ll
sis
I3le
sse
d.'·
Martin, Bal/entiTle
Ami
Carter
1re
cor
dof
Gile,
COI
I11t
ywould
be
in
complete
wit
li
oul
:1
me
l11
ori:t1
of
three
of
h
er
citizcns whoe
:ll11
e
so
mey..:arsafterthefirst
sC
lll
er~
butw
ho
fur ne'lrlyfo
rt
)'
ycars
filledalar
ge
pla
ce
in
It
er hi,tory:
who.hy
thcir
e
ll
crgy
perscvcr;IIICC,
inte
grity, Jibcr:tlity
~ll1d
Clll:lrgcdviews
of
pub
lic
policy,
l
ef
ttheir
impressio
n
forgood
onthepresent gener'llion.
I
ref
er
loTholll:IS"·I
anin.
A. M.Ballelltinc :llldDr.BenC:lrle
r.
No
Ill
ellevere
njoy
ed morefullythec
onfid
en
ceor
the
eomm
u1Iit
yin
wl
li
dil
I!Cf"h\"ed.:tmlIlOtI<:el
'e
rI
IlOI
'
'':
d
ese
rvcdit.
They
wer
e
leader
s
i[1
their
day
in :llithc
public
e
11t
erpri
ses
ill
the
COUlltY.
I\Sprominent
andS
lIc
t:cssfuIIllC
rc
h
an\
s,they cxerei
se
d a1:lrge:tnd
contro
lling
influence
0
11
the
IIl
crc
:lIl·
~'
n
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