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This includes this publication and a frequent NEWSLETTER to all members. I N M E M 0 R I A M Campbell H. Brown - Murfreesboro Bob Bell - Nashville Mary Ellen Hendricks - Franklin Alice Elizabeth McCampbell - Franklin Ellse Park - Jackson A. Battle Rodes - Franklin i ^ A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT WITH THE PASSING OF OUR FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT-. UE ARE ALL CALLED UPON TO REEVALUATE THE SOCIETY'S HISTORY AND ITS FUTURE. FOR MANY YEARS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS SERVED AS A MEETING PLACE FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOVE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND HER HERITAGE, THROUGH THE JOURNAL AND ITS SPECIAL PROJECTSn WHOSE ASPECTS OF THE COUNTY'S HISTORY HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED-i IF NOT ALWAYS SAFEGUARDED. THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN MADE UP OF A BAND OF STRONG-HEARTED INDIVIDUALS-. MANY OF WHOM HAVE COMMITTED LONG AND THANKLESS HOURS TO THE TASKS AND PROJECTS BEFORE THEM. WE COULD FILL THIS ENTIRE EDITION OF THE JOURNAL WITH THE HISTORY OF THOSE-. PAST AND PRESENT-. IN THE SOCIETY WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE UNDERSTAND OF OUR HERITAGE. YET-. WHILE OUR PAST IS THE FOCUS OF OUR INTEREST^ THE FUTURE ALWAYS LIES BEFORE US- NEVER BEFORE HAS OUR HERITAGE BEEN MORE THREATENED THAN IT IS TODAY. AT TIMES OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS READ LIKE A RECORD OF OUR DIMINISHING MATERIAL CULTURE- IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE ALL THAT REMAINS VANISH BEFORE OUR VISION-. THE SOCIETY IS GOING TO HAVE tO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A FORUM FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST. THIS LOSS. COLONEL CAMPBELL BROWN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES HAVE LEFT US A PRECIOUS HERITAGE- IT IS UP TO US TO BUILD OUR COUNTY'S FUTURE UPON IT- ROBERT HICKS STATEMENT From The Editors N^ne.te.e.n hand^td and z-ightcf-n^ne. maAk-S. thz tcoznt-Czth y&aA that thz WttZtam6on County HtstoA-CcaZ Soctzty ha.6 pubtt£h&d thd JouAnat. 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MaAy lAZm AndzAson .A RZzhaAd WaAwZck L\ CONTENTS Two Young Ladies Of The South Rick Warwick 1 Early Recollections Of Franklin George S. Nichols 7 A School Called "Battle Ground Academy" Rosalie Carter 12 The House With The Glass Dome Derry Carlisle 17 A People With A Dream Mattye Jackson 25 Garrison Methodist Episcopal Church M. h. Meacham 28 A Fellowship, A Family, A Forum Perry C. Cptham 35 Hardy Murfree Judith Grigsby Hayes 63 Nicholas Nichol Cox Frances Anderson Gibbs 65 Sneed Acres Sarah Sprott Morrow 70 History Of McClanahan Hollow Elizabeth McClanahan Mayfield 76 The Roberts Family Of Williamson County Elizabeth Roberts Redford 88 The 1909 Garrison Cyclone Marion Joyce Poynor 92 Slavery In Williamson County Thomas Vance Little 101 Burke Hollow Elizabeth Burke Plattsmier 130 Almost Heaven - Nolensville Marie Williams Batey 136 Contributors 149 Members 153 Index 102 TWO YOUNG LADIES OF THE, SOUTH Rick Warwick The term "moonlight and magnolias" is sometimes used to capture the romantic feeling that swelled in the hearts and memories of the Southern female during, and long after, the Civil War. Two examples of Southern pride and emotion will be shared for their beauty as nineteenth century prose. They are appropriate for this issue of the Journal because they were written in Williamson County, and 1989 is the , one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Franklin. The first essay entitled "The Sunny South" was found in a trunk among the family papers of Mrs. Nan Rodgers Chapman of Bingham. It is very possible that one of Miss Nan's .aunts wrote the essay while attending the Franklin Female Institute. "A Woman's Farewell to Sam Davis" was written by Ella Hughes McKennie of Triune, a relative of Mrs. A. Battle Rodes. A copy was found in the Williamson County Historical Society's files, which are housed in the Old Jail. I hope you are open to the literary style and flowery language expressed here. I find it uplifting and innocent. My students are puzzled by the unfamiliar references to. "myrmidons" and "toscin of war" but appreciate the call for patriotism and defending the home from the Northern vandals. The boys can identify with the hero-scouts who met their destinies, while the girls try to visualize the possibility of romance between Miss Ella and the brave Sam Davis. Both items have been copied as written, without Os, editing. THE SUNNY SOUTH The subject I have selected is of thrilling importance to everyone present, for it concerns us all. While I attempt to read to you these few, disconnected lines, my heart throbs with unusual emotion. Our hitherto happy and united land is threatened with war, the worst of all wars a civil one. Where once was heard naught but the sound of bustling active and thriftly pursuits. Now the Earth itself groans beneath the tread of armed squadrons. Why all this arming? Why these heartrending separations? Why does the mother send her darling boy to the tented field? Why does the happy lover, instead of whispering the words of impassioned love in rose clad bowers, speak the sad farewell? Why is it, that brothers, friends and loved ones are torn from us to go forth to the battlefield, to lay down life and all that is sacred? These are solemn questions, but there are many here that can quickly answer; many have brothers, friends, and fathers aye and perhaps not a few have those that are dearer still upon the tented field, armed to protect their loved country from the foul tread of a disolating enemy. The stern necessity, has come upon us of meeting a fierce, relentless foe; yes, our sunny south is threathened with invasion her sons have torn themselves from every tie that binds them to home, and gone forth to meet the myrmidons who intend disolating our southern homes. May God bless and protect from harm our gallant defenders. A more sacred cause than that of revolution is now before us. We are fighting to liberate ourselves from the usurpation of a tyrant, who talks of subjugating the south, this is the cause which now demands our attention. God grant that our southern armies may be victorious, that our brothers, and friends maybe shielded from the ravages of the sword, and may those who do fall in this noble cause be prepared for that upper and better land where war is a stranger. I cannot stop without mentioning my own loved state, Tennessee, she won in years past the proud title of volunteer state, and how nobly has she sustained that proud position; her sons have been the ardent devotees of freedom, this has been verified by the action of her gallant sons, who in defense of her glory left their bones to bleach upon the earth from Kings Mountain to the Capital of Mexico. She is now engaged in the holy struggle of liberty. At the first sound of the toscin of war, eighty-thousand took their places ready for the contest. We will aid them with our prayers where ever they may go, whether upon the soil of the Old dominion, beating back the advancing foe who wish to invade the soil in which repose the remains of our Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, or, at home, defending us from the vandal touch of the ruthless soldiery. I wish not to seem too certain of success, but is it not reasonable to suppose that the men who defied the British in eighteen and fifteen, will renew the splendid deeds of their fathers in defending the sacred cause of liberty and right but while these have gone forth to do or die, must not those, who remain, prepare for the great conflict? If there are any who are not willing to defend Tennessee's honor, let them be known; so that their wives, daughters and sisters may throw off the restraints of the weaker sex and renew the heroism of the women of the revolution.
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