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Published by Williamson County Historical Society Franklin, Tennessee , 1985

% ■ ^ % WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ■V. ! ^ ¥ PUBLICATION Number 16

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o Published by the O ^ Williamson County Historical Society EDITOR; Mrs. Katharine Shelburne Trickey "2_rMT

OFFICERS M-

President John 0. (Jack) Gaultney 1st Vice-President Dr. William J. Darby Treasurer Herman E. Major Recording Secretary Mrs. John T. Lester Corresponding Secretary Mrs. David M. Lassiter

1 'D.-- PUBLICATION COMMITTEE ' Mrs. Katharine Shelburne Trickey, Chairman T. Vance Little Mrs. Virginia G. Watson George F. Watson Miss Tommie M. Stanphill 'v" Mrs. Louise G. Lynch f The WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION is sent to all members of the Williamson County Historical Society. The annual membership dues are $8.00 which includes this publication and a frequent NEWSLETTER to all members. Correspondence concerning additional copies of the WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION should be addressed to Mrs. Clyde Lynch, Ro-ute 10, Franklin, Tennessee SVOSM-.

Contributions to future issues of the WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION should be addressed to T. Vance Little, Beech Grove Farm, Route 1, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027. Correspondence concerning membership and payment of dues should be addressed to Herman E. Major, Treasurer, P. 0. Box 71, Franklin, Tennessee 3706U. VRESIVEHT'S REPORT i< Oixn SocA,ziy^6 PubZyLcdtyLon NumbzA 16 w-LtZ pAoua to be. tn QAtat i dzmand by tkohz who have, a deep aHeetton ioA ^IZZlam&on County and lt& people, 'thank.6 to the EdltoA, Ua&, HaAold R. lAlekey, 3a, and Ma. and MA6. GeoAge F. Watson, Ma&. Clyde Lynch, and T. Vance Ltttle ojJ the JouAnal Publication Committee. My ^InceAe thank.6 and deep appAeclatlon go to each the 0^^lceA6, Committee ChalAmen and Committee MembeAS ^oa having ieAved &o lalth^ully and tlAele&&ly duAlng the&e pa^t two yeaA&. They de&eAve the cAedlt J^oA whateveA haA been accomplished on be- hal^ oi ouA Society, / Highlights oi the past yeaA In addition to AegulaA PAogAam Meetings Included the veAy InteAestlng bus toiAto hlstoAlc BollvaA Ih HaAdeman County with Mas. Thelma H. RlchaAdson, ChalAman o^ Toua Committee; a WoAkshop on ConseAvatlon and PAeseAvatlon OfJ HlstoAlc documents and RecoAds In July by Da. James Neal oi Middle Tennessee State UnlveAsltyj Dedication oi Society's beautliul Masonic Temple HlstoAlcal MaAkeA In PAanklln on NovembeA 30th, 19S4; and ouA Genealogy WoAkshop SeAles began In hlovembeA with the second section In MaAch, 1985 with lectuACAS Mas. VlAglnla G. Watson, Mas. Lula Fain MajoA, Mas. Louise G. Lynch, T. Vance Little and GaAy A. Webb. At the Annual VlnneA last spAlng held at BAentwood CountAy Club, ouA own Mas. VlAglnla M. Bowman, ChaAteA MembeA and County HlsioAlan, was awaAded the Society's ilASt Distinguished SeAvlce AwaAd. The Society's HlstoAy Essay Competition among Williamson County JunloA High School students cAeated much InteAest this past autumn with many students paAtlclpatlng. The winning essay by TeAAy Jackson, "Williamson County Jails - Past and PAesent", Is published In this Issue oi the JouAnal. Qua special thanks to Mas. Mln Lee, teacheA oi HlstoAy In PAanklln JunloA High School, ioA hcA co-opeAatlon and assistance In this pAoject. OtheA pAojects now In pAogAess Include AepAlntlng ioA sale selected JouAnal aAtlcles iAom eaAly Issues and otheA documents and maps oi hlstoAlcal InteAest, completion oi the Society's maAklng oi cemeteAles on a masteA map oi Williamson County, the "100 VeaA PaAm and Home HeAltage PAogAam", continuation and expansion oi the SocZzty'6 MaA.ke.A. and GznzaZogy Wo^kAhop p^ogfiamA, and thz Ofiat H^&to>iy pfioizat. The pu/LpoA&A 0(J ou/L ifJllllamAon County Hlito^tcat Soctzty i dovztatZ pzH.{^zztZy vitth Gavzfinon. Laman. AZzxandz^'A TznnzAAzz Homz- comtng *S6 ?/iog^am. Ma county tn TznnzAAZZ haA moKz to Kz^Zzct upon, talk about, and dn.aw attzntlon to than ouJt om WtlltamAon County. ThzA.z^oA.z, Izt ua join wholzhzaAtzdly and znthuAlaAtlcally tn tkz Homzcomtng 'S6 z^^oA-t. ThtA paAt yzafi haA bzzn anothzA zxt^zmzly tntzK.ZAttng and fizviafidtng yzafi {^ofi zach ua havtng tkz p/itvtlzgz o^ bztng mzmbz^^A and woKkz^A tn tkz WtlltamAon County MtAtofitcal Soctzty. Sz^vtng aA P^ZAtdznt haA bzzn a g^zat hono/i.

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The above map, "Battlefield in front of Franklin Tennessee on November 30, 1864", has been reproduced, by the Williamson County Historical Society, through the courtesy of Dr. Rosalie Carter. Copies, 15" x 24", are available through the society. FOR SALE

The following-publications oh Williamson County, Tennessee', are for sale by:

Ihrs. Clyde Lynch Route 10 Franklin, Tennessee 37064

The following Williamson County Historical Society Publications are; Publication #1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12 - OUT OF PRINT Publication //2: The Crockett House; The Battle of Franklin; Memories of Sunny Side School; Mt. Zlon Methodist Episcopal Church; Sumner's Knob; The Tenth Tennessee's "Battle Flag" - $6,00 + 75c postage. Publication //3: The Edmondson Family; A Short History of Saint Philip Catholic Church; Green Hill; Soldiers of the War of 1812,; First Inhabitants of Brentwood; Thomas Stuart; The Presbyterian Church in Williamson Coynty; The Fates of Three Cousins - $6.00 + 75c postage. Publication //5; A Williamson Countian Reminisces: Reunion at Gettysburg; Leiper's Fork' (Hillsboro); Boxmere; Old Settlers at Boxmere; The Covered Bridge at Triune; Some Recollections of Franklin; The Tennessee Years-of Thomas Hart Benton; Yankee in the Garden - $6.00 + 75c postage. Publication #6: The Master of Montpier; A Bibliography of Williamson County History; First Settlers and Forts in Northern Williamson County, Tennessee; So l&ich For So Little; Hotels and Taverns of Williamson' Co7jnty; The Hog Killings; The Hart Site, Williamson County, Tennessee; Williamson County, Tennessee Militia Commissions; Civil War Diary-of Captain William J. Robinson - $6.00 + 75c postage. Publication #9; The War Memorial Public Library; The Franklin Female Institute; Drama On The Big Harpeth; Peter Hardeman Burnett "Fron- tier Lawyer and Governor"; Slaves on Trial: Three Williamson County Cases; Financial Institutions in Williamson County; Scenario For The Lives Of The Descendants of John G, Hall and Noah Hall, Brothers of Bedford County and Williamson County, Tennessee; Scenario For The Lives Of The Descendants Of Nathaniel Ayers Of Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Homesteading On The Harpeth River - $6.00 + 75c postage.' „ Publication #11: A Williamson County Plantation 1847-1865; Burwood: Story of Burwood, Tennessee, History of Burwood Methodist Church, Samuel Akin: Early Settler of Burwood; History of Williamson County Home Demoistration Clubs; Devon Farm and John Davis; A History of Battle Ground Academy; Unpublished Genealogical Material, War - -.Lv :L Memorial Library, Franklin, Tennessee; Harpeth River Pre-history; . , James T. Carroll l&Canless and Crystal Valley Farm; Williamson j, County, Tennessee Militia Commissions 1832-1861 - $6.00 + 75$ -T.^T.v postage. For Sale Cont'd.:

Publication #13: The Town of Franldin - First Buyers of Town Lots; The Irish Potato Famine and Williamson County 1835-1981; The Bellevi^w ,,Gui|bjerla,nd .vEreabyterian Church;..^Small Towii-Boy Makes Gbbd; The Rainey House 1839-1982; A Narrative; Our Gray Family; Mister In Roll of Captain John L. McEwen's Company; Lelpers Fork Primitive Baptist Church Book I 1824-1880; Quick Witted Franklin Woman Devised Ingenious Means To Aid Confederacy - $6.00 +■ 75Maryland; . Confederate Legacy;'' Rlggs Cross Roads;' History of Old , ,1 Glory, Chapter,,, Daught.ers.':of the American'Revolution;' The Well i'.' ,, .r, .Witchet:; of' Arno ;. The'Stephenson Family bf Williamson And Maury Counties, Tennessee; John Bell Also Ran - $6.00 + 75C postage.

Other available publications on Williamson County, are as follows:. Tl ■. f ■ ' . . . . Our Valiant.Men,.Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Lived In Will^mspn Cpunty, .Tennessee - This book contAlhs biographical sketches of ; r. ,,'rover.,2pD, Revolutionary men who lived in Williamson County, At the time they Williamson County^ it encompassed a muchddrger areS'as no counties had Seen cut from it. Much genealogical information is included .in this ■ book as'well as pictures, of tombstones. Documented. - ,$154'00 + 75c postage. .Death Records of Williamson County, Tennessee - These records were taken from a book in t]he County Court Clerk's office for 1881-1882, the official death records on microfilm at ithe State Library and Archives and ttie Funeral Ledgers frpm the Franklin Memorial Chapel. Most of the deaths start about 1909 and.go through 1926. In .1914, the State passed a law requiring death record^ and death and birthi d.atcs, names of parents and ! their places of fc'irth are given as well as vj'hero the deceased was burled. So many of our gravestones have been destroyed over the years and this is a great help. - . $17.50 + 75c postage. 18'4(),Census of Williamson County, Tennessee - $8.50 + 75C postage, Middle Tennessee Crossroads -A genealpgicai magazine containing three Issues each year. It includes ijilspn,. LJ-ncoln, Marshall, Sumner, .Rutherfprd, Bed- fPrd, Dayidspn,■Smith.and Williamson Counties. Each subscriber may place * a query in the magazine freC of charge. The price is $10,p.0L.each year in cluding the postage. Back issues are available for the previous years. ^ 1985 is Vol. 5. - $10.00 -5- 75C postage.

«' For Sale Cont'd.; «" Will Book Wo. I, Williamson County, Tennessee (1800-1813) - This,book includes .,% ;the inventories, wills, sales and settlements. It has.a.ll of the names Q , ;ipf/persons included in the-original recbrdsir It also gives names of the -.T $10.00''¥-'75

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CONTENTS 4 Page Concord Baptist Church, 1804-1846 by George Franklin Watson 1 Williamson County Jails, Past and Present by Terry Jackson 53 Williamson County and Stone's River Skirmishes, November - December 1862 by Steve Lechiara 57 John B. Youmans, M.D.; Physician, Educator, Nutritionist, Gentleman Farmer by R. H. Kampmeier, M.D. 63 Peter and Green Pryor, Pioneer Children of Williamson County by Dorris Callicott Douglass 77 History of Franklin Chapter- 35^14, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1895-1984 by Robbie Reams Morton and Helen Hawes Hudgins 101 Maury-Darby Building, The Oldest Building On Franklin's Public Square by Elva M, and William J, Darby 105 Brentwood; A Rich Heritage by T. Vance Little 12i Arno's Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, 1834-1984 by Steve Womack 131 The Middle Tennessee Campaign Of The Rankin Rifles Contributed by T. Vance Little 139 Contributors m7

Index 151 CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH, 1804-1846

^ By: George Franklin Watson

V Although the present Concord Baptist Church at Nblensville, Tennessee, was officially organized in 1845, the roots of its existence could extend back as far as January 31, 1771, when James Whitsett was born in Amherst County, Virginia, He was the grand father of William A. Whitsett, the backbone and mainstay of the; Concord Baptist Church at Concord and Nolensville Roads from about 1844 until his death January 28, 1883j a time when the church was trying to establish itself as a permanent entity. William A. Whitsett's .grandfather, Jamesij-continued the religious trend in his family which began for him in ,his 18th year (1789) when he attended a great revival of religion in the neighborhood of the Whitsett family home in Amherst.County, Virginia. James came under the influence of the meeting, was con verted, and making a profession of his faith, was baptised. On p the occassion of his examination and baptism he made an address which was "characterized by great fluency, appropriatness. and .. f fervor." His church voted him a formal "license" to preach be- cau*Se of his fervor and zeal for the salvation of others. About this time he left Virginia for Tennessee to meet and live with his family who had proceeded him. Here he met and mar ried his cousin, Jarie Cardwell Maheese, December 10, 1792 in the Fort at Nashville. From this union came eleven children and a gift of very "fine land on Mill Creek (640 acres - gift dated.August 1, 1796). During his lifetime he cultivated this land successfully and remained independent until his death. James Whitsett was ordained to the gospel ministry the same day the Mill Creek Church in Davidson County, Tennessee, was con stituted and he became its Pastor - the date was April 15, 1797. He Was its Pastor from 1797 to 1846 and labpred with untiring faithfulnes.s for more than fifty years in its cause. During this perl-od-, he'also took pastoral care of four churches: the church at Mill Creek, Concord Church in Williamson County, and Rock ^ Spring and Providence Churches in Rutherford County, and later ex changing Rock Spring Church for Antioch Church. He was also (in 1820) minister of Beasly's Church, 4 miles west of Murfreesboro on the Beasly farm. The Mill Creek Church was long the center of Baptist organi zation in the surrounding country. 1795-1796 It is believed the first formal iBaptist Association in the Mero District began, and was .called the Concord Association. ■ 1796 Elder Whitsett was pr.e.sent at the organization of the ^ "Mero District Association (1796), the first. Association (..oo . . ■ . formed in the Cumberland Valley including al/l f ive churches in Tennessee west of the mountains ..';i i 1803 Cumberlandivision and separation of feelings among them,in consequence of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Members of "which are also members of said Concord Association. - & whereas we find, after we having labored for two 6r three days, under a of the Greatest confusion &. Excitement, that we are unable to come to any satisfacitory understanding or adjustment of conflicting opinions. Therefore --— ■ 1. Resolved by us the .undersigned, (consisting a Majority of all the delegates)- elected'& 'sent from the several churches, that we consider it Most . Expedient:!&■practicable in our existing circumstances & for the reason afforesaid that the constitution of our said Association if sanctioned by a Majority of our churches, be & the same is hearby — be dis solved Null & Void & of No effect — 2nd Resolved that we recommend to the churches which we represent (if our Acts be sanctioned) with such other churches as may wish to join with us to meet by letter & delegates at Ridge Meeting House, Wilson County, Tennessee on Saturday before the 5th Sunday in October next for the purpose of uniting in forming & organizir■ of another Association to be holy disconnected from the Baptist Convention, 3d Resolved that Elder John M. Watson be requested to deliver an introductory address at the time & place aforesaid - provided the churches consent; & that Elder James T. Tompkins preach in case of failure. 4th Resolved that Elder John M. Watson be requested to superintend the printing & distributing of 1,000 copies of the foregoing among the church as soon as practicable -~ Given under our hands at McCrory's Creek Tiiesday the 6th of'September 1836. Jacob Milton Jesse Hamper Simon Brian II, Myers [Phillip Smart Joseph Pitt Jesse A. Griggs Thomas Edvjards A. Simmons L. Posey L.iTalon ^ David Clark F.: Henry Solomon Busley Washington Holt Wm, Atkinson Ito, Holbrooke James Tony John M, Watson John B. Jones Enoch Dickoon T. Tompkins Total 22

The following brethern are opposed to the above advice being submitted to their churches viz., James Whitsitt, G. Goodxfin, P. Fuqua, T. Fuqua, M. Estes, W. H. VJhite, Elijah Vaughn, W. Littan, R. Wilkins, Luis Starks, R. B. Howellj J. H. Marshall, John Bond, B. Morris, Prestly Lester (Total 15) protest we whose names' are herunto subscribed believing the above Resolutions are unconstitutional and. an unnecessary measure hereby enters our protest against the Resolution & request this protest to be recorded in the minutes, of this ;Association James VJliitsett, Wm. H. White, Elisha Vaughn, Mr. Estes, R. B. C. Howell, G. Goodwin, J, A. Marshall, alternate pf J. M. Mclntock. An motion all the other items reported; by the committee of arrangements were voted oat. After which the Committee of Finance Reappointed & Reported as ..follows $43.50. After reserving $15.00 for the payment' of the printers the balance v/as given to Elder Wm. Dale. Correspondence as follows, to Red River, J. M, Watson, J. T^itsett, R. B. C. Howell, Drakes Creek, John Bond & P. Fuqua. Elk River, Jas. Jones, Cumberland, J. M. Watson, James Whitsitt, R. B. C. Howell, Salem, John Bond; Peter Fuqua. An Motion, Bro. Wm. White was ap pointed to deliver the next introductory sermon & David Clark his alternate. The Association adjourned to meet at Bradly Creek Meeting house, Rutherford County, Tenn., on Saturday before the Ist Sunday in Sept. 1837. Elisha Vaughn, Clko - ^

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1836 Stones River Baptist Association formed - some churches reunited with the old Concord Association in 1842. 1842 The convention met at Mill Creek and decided to change 4,

its name from "Convention of Baptist Churches" to.the General Association of the Baptists of Tennessee.'" . It iis-this old Concord Association formed in 18H2 wil^h . which the/Cohpord Baptist Church at Nolensville Road and Concord Road is affilliatedi . . ; J.ames Whitsetts' second marriage was. to Mrs. Elizabeth Woodruff',- a member of his .Mill Creek Church, on. 17 September 18H0. In, his last will arid testament (Davidson Co., Tn., Will Book liii page. 509) Elder . James Whitsitt named four sons: (of the eleven children born of his first marriage, four died in infancy, three others reached adulthood but left no issue)

1. James Menees, b. 1790-179i|, d. by 1846 m. Martha Si Anthony in Wm. Co., 8 August 1815; one son, William Anthony, b. 7-25-1816; d. 1-28-1883; one daughter 2. William D., b, date unknown, d. before 1846; m. Sara C. Slaughter of Corydon, Indiana, 15 January 1818 in Davidson County. 3. Samuel Dawson, M.D., b. 1799, d. after. 186.0; m. Jean Porter about 1827-1828 in Paris, Tn., moved to Miss. 4. Rr .oen Ewing, Judge, b. 1813, d. 12 February ■ 185:3 ; ■ m.r.Dicey Ann McFarland of . Wilson Co. , , 6 November 1839; five children of this marriage., , one of which Is William Heth Whitsitt. William Heth Whitsett, son of Reuben Ewing Whitsitt, grandson of Ei^iB;r James Whitsett and first'cousin to William Anthony Whitsitt; pastor ,of Concord Baptls't Church, also had an illustrious and rewarding career in theirninistry'. He was born in Nashville", Teniiessiee, November'25, 1841" and died January 10, 1911. He mar ried Florence Wallace of Woodford, Kentucky, October 4, 1881..., He graduated from Mt. Juliet Academy, Union University at Jackson';'' . Tennessee, and became an ordained Baptist minister in 1862, ,,He, held several different positions within the church, each with' progressively more responsibility, cu.lminating in an earned Doctor of Divinity degree from Mercer University in Georgia in 1874 .ahd election to the Presidency of the'Southern Baptist Theological ' Seminary in Kentucky in 1877. He was credited with many published books.and articles among which was an article published in the AMERIC^^ HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, "Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family - The..,lfhi.'tsitts of Nashville, Tenn.", Vol. IX, 1904, Nps. 1, 2., 3. Elder James Whitsitt^ nearing his final years, wrote to' Kis biographer, "Since I saw you in 1810, I have aided in building three brick meeting houses for the three churches I attended last? they are all on Mill Creek. . The first one named (Mill Creek) is for the oldest church now standing on the south side of the Cumber=- land River. .6., I have officiated as pastor for 48'years.... I am now (1846) in my 76th year, having been in the ministry more than 50 years," In his last address to the Second Church in Nashville I at. conununion he said,: "I am old and rapidly failing. The winter is almost upon us, and I can not be with you. Before spring comes I shall be gone. Farewell." He died in the 79th year of his age on 12 April 1849. And this was William A. Whitsett's heritage when he became Deacon of the Concord Baptist Church. He assumed [these duties in May .1842, and as Pastor in 1844A - The Concord Primitive Baptist Church at NolenSville was con stituted in 1804, Ji S. Price of Una was its pastor Snd'-J. C, ^ Guthrie of Nolensville was the clerk. They had 142'merrtbers^'-''From this church there developed the Concord Baptist Church which'dates * its beginning in 1845, The course of this church through th^'years was not one of tranquility as later events will show. In i80'9 this church and one, or possibly two or three others', formed the Con- cord Association, It held its first meeting at Hopewe11 Meeting House, Sumner County, West Tennessee, Sept, 26, 27, 28, 18l2i Elder John Wiseman delivered the sermon. Elder James Whitsett opened the meeting (he was' also the clerk), Joshua Lester, assistant • clerk. John McCane was the preacher at Concord Church and H, Stancil assisted. They had 116 members. Ort the last day of -the Convention, Elder James Whitsett was charged with record ke^^iing. •V , (Mo action was ever taken - in- ifact, it is not clear what "record Keeping" meant), - i In t^hese Association meetings, it was customary for each' church;: in the Association to send Messengers and usually they were the best, qualified and most influential in the church. On Sept,' 11/ 12, l3, 1813, the Baptist Concord Association v^as held, at the:-Concord Meeting House in Williamson County,

*A churchj'on Richland Creek proceeded Mill'Creek in Oifder of time, but long extinct at this time. Elder. Geprge Tilman ^elivere.d the sermon. William H. Nance and William Anthony, were the Messengers - 58 members. In. 1819' and 18,20, William H. Nance and Nathan Stancil were the Messengers, ,58 S 48 members respectively. In Sept. 1827 and 1828 John Morton and William H. Nance Messengers, 44 members, 1830, Sept. 4, 5, 6, Concord Baptist Association meeting held at Spencer's Lick Meet ing House, Wilson County, John Morton and W. H. Nance, Messengers, 44 members. Elder .Peter Fuqua, Moderator. 1832 Sam Martin and W. H. Nance were messengers, 41 members. 1833 Au&u,at 31, J. C. Nance and W. H. Nance, messengers, 52 members.; 1834 Sept, 6, 7, 8, James C. Nance 6 S, G, Martin, messengers, 52 members. 18.3,5 . .Sept. 5, 6, 7, Concord does riot send messengers - the controversy over whether Elder James Whitsett was to , j , . conti2>ue as Moderator had begun. The, year before. Elder Whitsett had proposed to the Concord Church to call a man to supply his place in the church as he was old a,!?^ infirm^ The proposal was put to a vote - all but 3 members voted tp kee,p him. Then later, it was again brought to a vote to consider the propriety of keeping him - majority voted to con tinue - minority would not submit to this decision. It was at this time that the. original record or Minute Book was lost to the church. One member proposed that the Church Book should be given to the Majority. The Clerk, (possibly William H. Nance, Esq.) said the book belonged to, him-and' his party consisting of his family, connection. In any event 'William H, Nance, Josiah Nance, Brother Bush, Sisters Nance and Bush were voted out of the church Saturday,,November 12, 1835. An incomplete :paragraph.in the Minutes of the Concord Church records part of their stated reason for the lack of records previous to September 1835. ■ "..;'.!arid'"'brethern have associated to getherin ,order that they may by their own voluntary contribution enable ministers to preach the Gospel iri destitute places. And Elder Whitsett is one of them. The above mentioned circumstances form the reason.why our church record does not extend father back than September 1835." The Minute; Bopk, in^ November' 1838 now shows' that Solomon G. Morton was appointed Church Treasurer and .brother Solomon G. Morton 9 ; Deacon. In 1837, the December meeting was to be held at Samuel McMurrays, January meeting at Elizabeth Stancil's and Feb. meeting at S. 6. Mortons I Dec. 7, 1839, they met at the school house near S. G. Mbrton'sj July 3-15, 18U0, the members were to "Take our dinners with us and remain at the house of God"; Nov. 8, 1840, the preaching was at Kidd's Tent;'Dec. 1840, brother Haymes became Assistant Pastor; Nov. 1841, brother January becomes Assistant Pastor; In May 1842, Wm. H. and Josiah Nance were excluded from . fellowship for breach of trust and contempt of church authorities. A meeting was held at Antioch for the purpose of forming a General Association; William A„ Whitsett, grandson of Elder James Whitsett becomes a deacon in the Concord Church. May 1842, it was determined,that their present House of Worship was dilapidated and uncomfortable, and thus began the long process of acquiring land and materials to build a new church. 1843 Adopted new rules of Decorum July 8, 1843 (reads much like Robert's Rules of Order does today). Feb. 1844 • It was decided to reject the "Old Confession of Faith" even though they would have to give up the old meet ing house and the land upon which it stood because the ground was indisolubly connected with the old "Confession of Faith" as the fundamental faith upon which the church V7as first constituted. The newly written "Confession of Faith" was necessary because the deed to the land v/as not obtainable unless the Church was able to tell what they stood for or as the minutes states "who we are." (Adopted June 1844) In May 1844, Wm. A. Whitsett was considered for ordination - He*was replaced in positions of deacon and clerk.by Wyatt Mitchell, deacon, and J. M. Murray, clerk. Two months later in July, R. W. January preached the ordination sermon £ after the sermon Wm. A. Whitsett was ordained. At the April Conference, it was decided they would build a brick meeting house that would measure 60' x 40'. It would turn out that the building would stand almost exactly due North and South. A site for the new meeting house was eventually chosen that was gSrierousiy presen'i-ed'to' the churoh by Dr Lafayette Ezeii'just belot^-'^'the old campground oii the opposite side of Mill,Creek. The deed 'was eventually Recorded Jan. 1, 184 5 and registered Jan. 17 ^ 1845 in Williamson County Court House in Franklin. The deed was between Lafayette Ezell of Davidson County, Tenn., and Wial Mitchell & Solomon G. Morton, deacons of the Missionary Baptist Church at ConcOrd fOr sum of $21.56 1/4 cents, 4 3/4 acres or 4, acres arid 120 square poles including the brick meeting house re cently erected 6 yet unfinished thereon. Said deed good only as long as the same be occupied as a "house of publick worship" by said Missionary or'United Baptists. ...unoccupied for 3 whole years together, the title is to revert back to me and my heirs.

Lemuel McConical, Clk. County,.Court of Williamson County

Witnesses: Wm. E. Morton ' Thomas Hamilton.

% Construction of the meeting house was completed in Dec. 1844 ^ and the first meeting was held. ■ This'Meeting House at Concord Road 'S Nole'nsville Road, as well as mOst Of the other meeting' houses scattered throughout this area, was used for public meetings other than for religious gatherings. One notable organization that made use "of this particular meeting house in the late 186C's and 1870's was the "Order'of the Pale Faces" a group formed after the Civil War to protect the rights of the citizens. Camp No. 34, Crder of the Pale Faces, met in this building on *the first Tuesday before the full moon. 'Beginning■in Feb. 1846 Sexton John R. M. Booker was to begin his duties - salary $13.00 semi-annually. His duties in this capacity are as follows: "To Keep the house in heat order, to open and close the doors 6 windows in the proper time. Whenever there is a meeting at the church, when we have night meetings, he is to keep the house well lighted up for which purpose he is to furnish his own candies and oil. When the weather is cool, he must cause fires to be made at an early hour before meeting, out of wood furnished by himself and

^See note pg. 9' when meeting closes, Take care that the fires do no damage, also he »' is to bring can of water every meeting". The closing paragraph of the Minutes of the Concord Baptist ^ Church," concern Wm. A. Whitse.tt at a Camp Meeting at Concord: Sept. 18, 1846. He follovzed in his grandfather's footsteps, and almost like his grandfather, Elder James Whitsett who served the church 40 years, William served better than 20 years. He contributed un- stintingly of his time and devoted himself to helping others. The last paragraph reads thus: "At the close of the meeting we wit nessed a solemn seen at the water where we saw. Brother Wm. Anthony Whitsett immerse ten apparently happy and interesting young persons,. We feel that the Lord has especially blessed the Camp holders in the conversion of their children. Those that was baptised S not sprinkled was:..."

NOTE: Curiosity got the better of this writer and at the time wondered where, exactly, the original Church was located since the present day Church members know of its location only as "over there' waving vaguely across the bridge on Concord Road and toward the bluffs. But, sure enough, as it turned out, that is where the church was, but proving it meant a great deal of research. However, the results were surprising, interesting, and informative. 5 The first inkling of the original Church's location came to light axter a casual exchange of family history uncovered the news that a lost family member might have been buried on the McMurray place a few miles north of Nolensville. No evidence could be found then except that, he did own property in the area. But, in further pursuit of the lost family member and the Concord Church, the folloW ing indenture was found: WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED BOOK D, pp. 460-461 This indenture made this P/^th of I'lay 1816 between John Buchanan of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee, of the one part, and Samuel Morton, Jr., William H. Nance, William Anthony, commissioners for the Baptist Church called Concord in the County of Williamson and State aforesaid of the other part, Witness^th that for and in consideration of the good will and affection which I bear iinto. the said Church of the following faith and order. Viz., election by Grace, effectual' calling and final perseverance of the Saints, and their then Successions. I have given and granted, and by these presents, doth give and grant unto the Church that piece or parcel of land whereon Concord Meeting house now stands, lying and being in. the said County of Williamson and State aforesaid ■ on the water of Mill Greek. Beginning at a stone marked B in Thomas Gooch's north boundry line, two poles wast of a walnut tree marked a fore and aft tree between sd. Thos. Gooch and John Buchanan, and eight feet South East of a White Oak, thence North sixteen poles to stone marked N. W. leaving Concord Meeting House two poles East of said line, thence East ten poles to a stake, leaving . 10

sd. Meeting house about two poles to the South, thence Sixteen poles South to a Stone marked S. E. in Thomas Gooch's north boundry line thence West ten poles to the beginning, containing one acre.^,,,"

There was the Churchj But where was Gooch's NORTH,. BOUNDRY LINE? Today, it would begin at Waller and Concord Road and run East through: the ga.tes and into the present Concord Forest Subdivision about 160^yards5^on the left, extending down the bluff.to the flat flood plain of Mill Creeks However, oh November 5, ISOH, Thomas Gooch purchased from William Caldwell.... ' WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED BOOK Al, pp,"582-583 On Noveiriber _ 5} 1804 Thomas Gooch (lost family member) pur chased frpm.J'villiam Caldw.ell for $371, "371 acres situate lying and being in Williamson County on waters of Mill Crsek, Beginning at a white walnut-31 poles East of Mol^ls Pork of Mill Creek, thence Enr.t 189 poles (NORTH BOUNDRY LINE!! ) to a hackbarry ip iaii Island, of Mill Creak being the original northeast corner of said survey, thence south 320. poles, to a white, ash and elm near a. glade and thence West 190 poles to l-lke Pryors corner,, thence north 160 poles to Wisinors branch, thence dovni the branch x-7ith its meanders to a box elder, thence north 31 poles to the begiming". We now know where Gooch's North boundry line is and the loca tion of the Church 5 but who owned the surrounding land? WILLIAMSON,COUNTY DEED BOOK V, pp. 114-115, April 24, 1850 C, T, Ldve cind his wife, formerily Elizabeth B. Buchanan and; one of'the heirs to the Buchanan lands, sold a tract of land,.of .■■ 47 acred' EXCLUDING the one acre that belongs to the Concord ■Ghurdh, on the western boundry, and the use of the spring which was near..'.- the western boundry and known as the Concord spring, to Joseph H. Hampton. WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED BOOK X^, pp. 161-162 On April 26, 1856, Joseph H. Hampton sold the same 47 acres above described EXCLUDING one acre for the Concord Church and use of the Concord spring to Thomas Holt and John Page. On April 23, 1860, the same 47 acres was sold EXCLUDING the one acre owned by the Concord Church. WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED BOOK Z, pp. y.i;7-449 , April 23 , 1860 Thomas,.,.Holt and John Page sold to Felix Compton, W. C., Black- man, Char3.es H. B3..ackman, and Felix H. Blackman, all of Davidson ..County, Tsnn., Trustees for Mrs. Mary E. (Blackman) Clark, Wife of Dr. .William.M, Clark-of Nplensville, the 47 acres EXCLUDING' the' ' one.acre owned by the Concord Churoh and use of the Concord' ' Spping. ^ i.' . .. , MrSi. Mary E. . Ciar]-.,--.:who earlier bought the'47 acres •died'i'n ' ,167.4/1875. Hor children inherited the 47 acres EXCLUDING thW one' ' ■.acr:e on'..Wbich the Church still held title.' . - ' ' • ' • .-j >' WILLiAI^^0.N\b'0UNTY. D.E.ED BOOK 18, pp. 351-352 , June 14, 1896,' .-..'(5 b6ys"&nd 4. girls) ail children of Mrs. Mary E. (Bladkmanl'C:M;rk,' Benjamin F,. Hill the same. 47 acres pre-, , viously'-mentidhsdi Bujt, this time the deed states, "INCLUDING the n( II11 11 1 1 \i •

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'•See Addendum Mo. 1, p, 1? , 12

became the land of David A. Mitchell. At the time the Williamson ..County ,Historical Society was compiling the "Directory of Burials" for the county, this cemetery was recorded as the "Still-Williams- Jenkins" cemetery and had three visible markers in it. • They were for;

Josiah Still, June 29, 1782 - August 3, 1830 Ann Williams, Dec. 31, 1782 - Death date illegible on stone, but Ann Williams died after January 27, 1855, Ann Williams was the widow of Josiah Still and married 2d Henry Williams. She was living at the time Williams' estate was settled January 27, 1855, Louisa W. Jenkins, wife of Duke Jenkins - Feb. 8, 1811 - 1850, ■ age 39 years. She was Louisa Still prior to her marriage. The 1822 deed.selling Humphrey's land which excludes one acre for the cemetery, supports the theory that he began the cemetery in 1808 and that his wife was the first person buried there. The next known burial would be that of Benjamin Humphrey himself, born 1758 and died July 27, 1814. The other persons probably buried in the cemetery, based on circumstantial evidence, were:

Thomas Gooch Joseph S. Anthony Born 12 Dec. 1777 Son of William and Sarah Anthony Died 13 Oct. 1817 Died by 1850

John McMurray . Mary Ann A. (Morton) Anthony Died by October 1852 1st wife of Thomas S. Anthony 2d wife of Joseph S. Anthony Mary Jane (Still) McMurray, Born 1806 Wife of John McMurray Died after 1850 Born 1815 Died after 1850 William H. Nance

William Anthony Luke Pryor ' ■ { '; Born 1772 Died by October 1848 , :.Died 23 Sept. 1847 (Possibly buried in this ceirietery but could have been buried on his .Thomas S, Anthony own property, which was very near Sdh "of William and Sarah Anthony the Humphrey property.) .Born between 1790-1800 .Died between 1840 and 1843 I.ri the same vein of "spin offs," living on the adjacent tract of land to the East of Thomas Gooch in 1807, was a Revolutionary War soldier. The fact that he was a Revolutionary War soldier was not generally known or discovered until now. Somehow or other Samuel Morton*, the Revolutionary War soldier, managed to fall through all the routine research procedures. Samuel Morton was born about 1755 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.'^, the son of a Revolutionary War soldier, Thomas Morton and his wife, Cicily Katherine Moore. Both Samuel and his father, ' -

*See Addendum No. 2, p. 14 13

Thomas, served in the Revolutionary War from'Virginia. In 1792, Samuel Morton moved from Prince Edward County.,: ^ Virginia., to Caswell County, North Carolina, ■ where he purchased 202 .acres»-i In 1804, he was elected to the State Senate from.Caswell County. In 1806 he moved to Nashville, and then to Williamson County where on January 29, 1807, he purchased 106 acres and 14 poles. On December 20, 1808, he purchased 72 1/2 acres and on January 30, 1817, 130 acres, all in the 16th District, and also other land in the 17th(?) District. Samuel Morton, Jr., was a member and Commissioner for the Con cord Primitive Baptist Church,'also known as Concord Meeting House, in 1816 and remained a member for many years. His parents, Samuel and Levicey, were also members. Samuel Morton died by October 1825, probably in September of that year, and his wife, Levicey (Watson) Morton, died between' October 1825 and October 1833, probably in September of 1833. They are both probably buried in the Morton Cemetery which is located on the East side of U. S. 31-A;in the 17th District on his land. Dr. Samuel Morton, Jr., purchased his land from his father's estate. The children of Samuel and Levicey (Watson) Morton,were John, Samuel, Jr.; Jesse B,; Avarilla M. Link, wife of Byrd Link; Betsey Ann Kimbro, wife of John Kimbro; Abraham B.; William; Elisha; Abner Watson; Jacob; Polly McMurray, wife of. William . McMurray; ;D..icy McMurray, wife'-of- Sam McMurray; Silas; Alexander B. ; George M.; and Solomon Morton.

ADDENDUM #1 Benjamin Humphrey Bibliography: Williamson Co., Tenn., Deed Books A2, pp. 114-115 G, p. 319 H, p. 122 V, p. 144 2, pp. 421-422 4, pp. 381, 530 Williamson Co., Tenn., Will Book 2, pp. 161, 187 Lynch, Louise G.; Our Valiant Men, Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Lived in Williamson County, Tennessee, pp. 89-90 Lynch, Louise G.; Miscellaneous Records, Williamson County, Tenn., Vol. 5, p. 80 Williamson County Historical Society Directory, Williamson County, Tennessee, Burials, Vol. 1, p. 311 Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution; Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee, 1974, Comp. by Lucy W. Bates, Revised 1979 by Helen C. Marsh, p. 89 14

Addendum #1 cont'd.;

■ ■ ■ ■ Tennessee« . Societyj.Daughters. of the American. . - Revolution5^ Roster of Members and Soldiers,.Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1894-1960, p. 894

ADDENDUM §2 Samuel Morton, Jr. Bibliography: D.A.R. PATRIOT INDEX, Vol. 1, p. 483; Vol. 2, p. 151 . WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY, 2d Series, Vol.'11, pp". 210-220 Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution'; Roster^ , and Soldiers, The Tennessee Society Daughters of!!'''!the\^merican . :: :Revolution, 1894-1960, p. 1142; and Vol. 2, 196d-i970', p. 584 Williamson County, Tenn,, Will Book 4, pp. 52-54 Little, T. Vance; Williamson 101, pp. 96-98 Williamson CoOnty Historical Society, Directory of Burials,Wil" ■ liamsdn County, Tennessee, Vol. 1, pp. 206-207 Williamson Co., Tenn., Deed Books A2, pp. 429-430 B , p. 199 E , p. 113 H , pp. 381-382, 382-383 M 5 pp. 90-91 15

MEMBERSHIP LISTS OF CONCORD CHURCH 1804-1887

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The following alphabetical lists of names was compiled from the Concord Church Minute Book dated September 11, 1835 to September 18, 1846. Thie minutes covered only eleven , but j, included in the book were separate lists for men and womqn m^mhieps^/extending into the 1870's. The method of recording these lists^;while very clear and meaningful to the person doing the recording at,that time, was, 150 years later, in many cases, confusing. Some lists had no dates at all, some had a date written in beside a name in-^ dicating a special event, while the later lists were dated. The last list of names was dated 1887. There is a strong possibility some names on the alphabetical listing represent the same person, but rather than combine the two names and assume the names represented the same person both names were left in,, i.e.,

1. Guy, Abigail 1845 - baptised Sept. 1845 2. Guy, A. E. Mrs. 1874 These entries may be for the same person but that is for the interested reader to determine. When a woman's name was listed as Abigail Guy, the marital status was not clear and therefore left blank. The date, or dates, in column three indicate the years the person appeared in the Minute Book, or was known to have been a member in that year. Although the first entry in the Minute Book is September 1835, the date 1830 was arbitrarily chosen as a starting date because there were some references to the earlier date in the beginning pages of the Minute Book. When two dates are

f written 1840-1870 by a person's name, that person's name was listed any number of times during that span of time. In the re marks column, an entry may read: 1840 died - 1-2-50- 1844 baptised Someone obviously has gone back over the minutes and added the death date to the first entry they came to. Some entries are in complete and often abbreviated but the intended meaning is clear. 16 Dismissed, dismissed by letter, etc., usually meant the person was leaving the area. Excluded could mean that the person was ex cluded from the fellowship but not necessarily from membership. Reasons for exclusion ranged from "grossest^immorality" to "swearing and playing cards on Sunday." The original Concord Church was Constituted August 11, ISOM-, Elders Garner McCqnico and Joshua White formed the Presbytery and ^ are identified in the men's alphabetical listing by one ^ asterick ,(*) proceeding their names. Two astericks (**) will ' identify each of the twenty members (7 men, 13 women) who were present at the time of the Constitution. i.i In 1836 the Church recorded in their new Church Book names of the members that were present. Three (>'«**) astericks will proceed these names (13 men - 17 women),"

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List of Women Members 1804-1887

MARITAL NAME STATUS '' YEAR REMARKS

Alford, Eliza 1830 Dismissed.

Alford, Eliza 1844 Baptised April 1844

Alford, Pamela 1830 Dead -

Alford, Pamela ' 1844

Ally, Susan ' 1830 Dismissed Nov. 1855 1843 Baptised June 16, 1843

Alstons, Elizabeth Bell Mrs. 1849- 1873

** Anthony, Sarah 1804 Member at the time of convention

** Anthoiiy, Ursula" 1804 Member at the tima of Constitution., Arnell, Mahalie Sanders Mrs. 1878 Dismissed 1893

Ashley, Mary Fields 1830 Dismissed 1857?

Ashley, Mary Mrs. 1873 Dismissed by letter ' 1-18-1873 .

Ashley, Rebecca 'Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dropped lO-i-10-1874.,

Baker, Lucy G. Culberson 1874- 1878

Baldridge, Elizabeth Mrs. 1830- 1878 Dead

Ballieu, Sarah I Miss 1842 Baptised 10-8-1842

Barnes, Catherine Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dead

Barnes, Collie. 1866

Barnes,.Jane R. Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dismissed by letter 11-13-1877 ' '

Barnhs, Lucj^ Miss 1866- 1878

Barnes, Mabel S. ;Miss Dead H-23t1873

Barnes, P. C. M. . Mrs. 1873- 1881

Barnes, Rebecca 1830 Dead 1854

Barnes, Sallie Miss 1878

Barnes, Sarah ,1830 18

MARITAL NAME STATUS YE^" • REMARKS

Barnes, Sarah Miss 1873 Received by letter 3-10-18/

Barnes, Sara M. Mrs. 1649- ,1873 Died 3-10-1873

Barnes, Susan B. Mrs. 1873- 1875 • ••

Barnett, Mary Mrs. 1873 :/' .

Barns, Catherine 1830 Died 1836 ' •

Bean, Bettie Fields Mrs. 1866 Baptised 1866 '■■■

Beasly j Martha 1830

Bell, Mary E. . i-^rs. 1830- 1843 Baptised Oct; 1843 1843- 1849 Dead • • -fttjj Belou, Teanerance Mrs. 1845 Baptised Oct. 1843 •.•Or* Bennett, ^ggie A. Green Mrs. 1874- 1878 ht;v, ■ Berge, Elizabeth 1830 Transferred April '

Bess, Martha E. Miss 1873 • '■ r p. i Bess, Martha)E. Still Mrs. '1874- 1873 1 .. j Bess^ .Susie 1866

Briley, James Mrs. 1878 Died 1886 Briley, Mary 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843 Briley, Salley A. Miss ; 1866- fj> 1874 bSfiJr■;c:' ■■ Mrs. .1874- 1881

Brooks, Mary A. McMurray 1830 ■ ■ 1 . 1" • . . ■ . .

Buchanan, Elizabeth ; 1830 Dismissed Buchanan, Elizabeth 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843 Buchanan, :^ary X. Mrs. 1836 Received for baptism Burch, Susan Green 1830 Dismissed Feb. 1859 *** Surge, Elizabeth 1836 Recorded in new Ch6rch Book

Burgess j Elizabeth 1830 Excluded

Burk, Candice 1830

Burk, Eliza ' .'•« ' 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843

Burk, Martha" v:; !Mrs. 1873- 1881 • " '• i ' ■ !.! i .ij;.'; cisntu. .: Burnett, Mary r. iMrs. 1866- 1878 19

MARITAL NAME STATUS YEAR REMARKS

, Bush, —— Mrs. 1835 Voted out

Butt, Martha Mrs. 1866- 1878

Butt, Welthy 1830 By letter Spring 1833

Carmichael, E.G. Mrs. 1878 Dead

Carmichael, L. G. Miss- 1874 Baptised 8-31-1874

Carmichael, Martha P. Mrs. 1866- 1878 Excluded 1889

Carmichael, S; Mrs. 1875

Caroline (to Mrs. Stance)- 1861 Colored Dismissed by letter 1861

Cai^ichaiel, Martha P. Jenkins 1866- 1881

Carmichael, Mary 1830- 1873 Died 2-28-1874 '

Caroline, —— 1843 Colored (belongs to Battle) Baptised 9t^0-;18,43 .

Castleman, Sarah G. Barnes Mrs. 1866- 1878 Died

Charmichael, Mary 1849

Charmical, Melissa 1830 Dismissed by letter Dec.?

Christman, Amanda Mrs. 1830 Excluded Jan. T857

Christman, Amanda Mrs. 1845 Baptised Oct. 1845

Clay, Sallie A. Mrs. 1873- 1875 Dismissed by letter Jan. -1876

** Cochran, Ellen 1804 Member at the time of . Constitution

Cochran, Louisa 1844 Cochran, Sallie Eugenia Mitchel ■ Mrs. 1875

*** Cochran, Susan 1830- Died March 1856 1836 Recorded in new Church Book

Coleman, SarajS. ■ - Miss 1874 Baptised 1874

Coleman, Sarah C. Miss 1875

Collier, Mollie 1866

Colyer, Paralee Mrs. 1873- 1875 Dismissed 1875- 1878 Dismissed:by :letter. Nov. 1881 20

MRITAL NAME .. STATUS YEAR REMARKS •s 'i **Compton, Sarah. 1804 Member at the time of Constitution *** Condon, Nancy 1836- Recorded in New Church Book 1837 Requested letter of dismission

Corbit, E. G. H ' Mrai 1873 Excluded 3-8-1873

Cothran, Sallie E. •• .> : Mrsi 1878 Dismissed by,letter Counningham, Elizabeth;Thompson Mrs. 1873 , ' . .-i. '■ ■' Cowan, Mary M. - ' 1830 Dismissed Nov. 1849 I f . . Cresy, 1 V . ■ ' ' 1843 Colored (Belongs to sister Stancil) Baptised 9-20-iE^^ Crocker, Louisa 1830- 1866

Culberson,. Lucy G. Miss t A .*• -■> r\ : 1873 J..' . ■ , Culberson, Horna Mrs. 1873

pulbertson, Lucy A. 1873 Bjr hepfcism '

Culbertson, Mourning Mrs. 1874- 1878 Dead., *

Cunningham, Elizabeth Mrs. 1874- 1878 Died

Cunningham, Mary Y. , 1866 ^ . nir.t Davis, Judith Owin 1830 By letter ' ■■ ■' ' ' Dorsiey, Sara 1866- 1881

Drake, Lemiza .. Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dismissed by letter Drake., Louise Crocker 1849

Drake, Musidone ' ' 1830

Dugger, Ann L. 1830- ' ' • 1843 Baptised ,6-1.6-1843 1843- 1852 Dismissed . . ,; . . 1 ■ • . )'!- 1 • ' ■ ■'i f' i Dyes, Mecca 1830 By letter Dec. 1854 Edminson, Hattie 1866 Edmonson, Martha Jane McMurray 1830 Dismissed ^ ^ Elkins, Margaret ^ 1842- Baptised 9-12-1842 , i • -» - ' ' ' ■ 1845 and daughter ^ Excluded Nov. 1845 Elliot, John b-ji' . -vi - Mrs. 1842 Received into church * \ 21

; \ 1 MARITAL STATUS YEAR REMARKS

Elliott, Mourning 1830 ' Disini'ssed by letter May '

Ezell, Almarinda 1830- 1849

Ezell, Isabela 1830 Dismissed

Ezell, Isabela 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843

E^'fellv ■ Susan 1830 Dismissed

Farrar, Mary Mrs. 1849- 1873 Dismissed by letter

Fields, Ann 1842 Baptised Nov. 1842

Fields, Emely 1830 Dismissed by letter 1858

Fields, Mary E. Mrs. 1873- 1878 Died

Fields, Nancy. Mrs. 1842 Baptised Nov. 1842

Fields, Joanah 1830 Dismissed by letter 1858

Fields, Martha Miss 1866

Fields, Mary E. . . Mrs. 1866 Dismissed

.fields,. Micca Miss 1842 'Baptised Nov. 1842

Fields, Nancy 1830 Dead 1855

Fields, Sara ' ' ^ • ■ 1844 Baptised April 1844

Fields, Sarah ' ' * 1830

.iFiaher, Martha 1830 bead

Fitzhugh, N. A. Miss 1874 By letter Aug. 9, 1874

Fitzhugh, N. A. Mrs. 1878

Fitzhugh, W. A. Mrs. 1875 ,

Fly, Elizabeth 1830- 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843 . n C ■ . 1843- 1873 Died 1-15t1873

Fly, Mary 1843 Baptised 9-20^1843

Foster, Eliza Jane 1866 Dead

Foster, Eliza Jane Har^man 1830 Dead jBB.f Fowlefr, Lucihda Marbry 1830 Dismissed by letter Fowler, Mary Baldwin 1830 Dismissed July 1854

Fowler, Mary Francis 1830 Dead . 1. Fowler, Susan 1830 Dismissed April 1856

Gardner, Bettie C. Mrs; 1878 Dead 1879

Gardner, Elizabeth Owin 1830 Dismissed by letter Dec.?

Gardner, Malinda Saunders 1830- 1866 22

.iMARItAL RAME STATUS YEAR REMARKS

9 Gevdrick, Elizabeth Miss 1874 w

Gevdrick, Hettie Mrs. 1874

Gilbert, G. H. Mrs. 1873- by-; 1874

Gilbert.,;;; Jj9^ H... Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dismissed by letter Oct. 9, 1880 . ■ • . ' ' ' l'. I!- Gilbert, John R. Mrs. 1875 Dismissed

Gilbert, Sue G. Mrs. 1866- '■/: t f'r ' ' ' , 1874 ; l.'J . . I Gliiiipih -Mkl^ 'Ann 1830

Goodrich, Elizabeth Miss 1866- 1878

Gbddrichj Mary E/^rigga ' Mrs." ' ■ 1878

G60drich> 'Nellie " ' ' Mrs. 1875 ..■> t Goodrich, Nettie Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dead 1890

Goodrum, |li^alt>(^th Miss ' '' ' 1874- Baptised 8-31-1874 1878 Dead

Gray, Martha G. Mrs. 1878 Died Nov. 1979 \ ' i. Green, Margaret Miss 1875

Green, Martha Fowles 1830 Dismissed by letter 1857

Green, Martha I. Fields 1830

Green, Martha J.(or G.) 1849- 1874

Green, Mary Fly 1830

Green, Mary Turbiville 1875

Greer, Mary , Mrs. 1878 Dead 1883

Grey, Sarah - 1830 Dismissed 1833

Griggs, Bettie Ki&bro Mrs. 1873- 1878

Griggs, Eliza Jane Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dismissed by letter 1880

Griggs, Emma Cora . Miss 1866- 1874

Griggs, Harriet E. Hamletiti 1830- 1849 Excluded

Griggs, Mary Ei^ Miss 1873- 1875

^briggs, Sallie F. Miss 1874- . 1. ti: 1875 MARITAL NAME ■STAjrUS YEAR REMARKS

.'

Grooms, Dorcas 1830 Dead

Guffee, E. T. Mrs. 1875 By letter June 1878

Guthrie, Henly Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dead 1886

Guthrie, Mary A. Mrs. 1873- 1878

Guthrie, Martha 1866

Guthrie, Sue D. 1830 Dismissed by letter 1856

Guy, A. E. Mrs. 1874

Guy, Abigail 1845 Baptised Sept. 1845

Guy, Analiza 1866

Guy, Ann E. Miss 1873- 1878

Guy, Drusilla Watson Mrs. 1830- 1881

Guy, Margret C. Miss 1874- 1875

Guy, Margaret C. Mrs. 1866- , ' ■- * J;- . ; ■ 1878 Dismissed by letter ' Nov. 1878

Guys, Ruth 1830 Dead April 1855 Haley, Eliza ; ■ 1830 Excluded July 1854

Halfacre, Harriet 1830- 1849 Dismissed by letter 1860

Ham, Ann 1866

Ham^ Manerva 1830 Dismissed June 1837

Ham jv'Mane Wa Miss 1846 Baptisied Sept. 1846 *** Ham,'Mary 1830- Dismissed.1856 1836 Recorded in new Church Book

Haman, Ann Mrs. 1873

Hamer, Lemiza Miss 1866- 1874

Hamilton, Avarilla 1849

Hamilton, Ellen Mrs. 1874- 1875

Hamilton, Eliza Jane 1849- 1866

Hamilton, Ellen Mrs. 1873- 1878 24

MARITAL NAME STATUS .< YEAR REMARKS

Hamilton, Jane . Mrs. 1830- 1878

Hamilton, Mary MpCanlis Mrs. 1873

^.Hamlet, Bettie Miss 1866- 1874 . tX" Hamlet, Elizabeth Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dead

Hamlet, Mary A. 1866

Hamlet, Nancy Miss 1866- i;,f 1874 Insane . '■ > -1 f' ' 1874- 1878 Insane

J,. PricUla.,, 1866 '.-UU •."*w < ...... J • 11 • Hamlet, Susan Mies 1873

Hamlet, Susie 1866 Hamleton, A. C. G. (See Mason, A. C. G.) 1830 Dead L,: '

Hamleton, Mary E. 1830

Hamlett, Mary Ann 1830

Hamlett, Nancy 1830 Hamm, Ann !- Mrs. 1874 Dismissed by letter

•;» \ 2-13-1875 Hammer, Lemia;a . . Miss 1873

Hampton^, Ann Fields 1830 Dismissed 1857

Hampton, Averilia Mrs. 1830- 1878 Hampton, Nancy 1830 Died Aug. 1835^ ' J: Hampjton, Na,ncy Kidd 1845 Baptised Sept. 1845 Hardeman, Mary . , 1840- Baptised 9-15-1840' ' ' 1841 Granted letter., of dismissal Harper, Paralee Mrs. 1866- 1874

Harper, Rebecca 1830 Left 4 ' Harper,. Rebecca ; Mrs. 1866- 1873

Hartman, Medora Mrs. 1878 ,•> f f;: i '• Hartman, Sister 1830 Dismissed Dec. 1856

Heartman, Amadora Medlin Mrs. 1875

Heartman, Sara Barnes Mrs. 1875 Hewlet, Mary • J • 1830 Dismissed Sept.' 1855 ■2 5

MARITAL NAME STATUS :;.YEAR REMARKS

Hill, Analizer Miss 1873

Hill, Settle v. Mrs. 1875- 1878

Hill, Elizabeth 1849- 1866 Dead

Hill, Elizabeth Barns: 1830 Dead

Hill, Fannie Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dismissed by letter 1875- ( 1878

Hill, Martha E. 'Miss 1873- 1874

Honeycutt, Fannie Mrs. 1873- 1875 Dismissed 1875- 1879 Dismissed by letter 1879

Housden, Jereline Maxwell 1866

Housdeh, Rebecca I. 1830- 1840 Baptised 10-8-1842.

Housden, Roseline 1866

Housden, S. G. Mrs. 1873 Excluded 10-11-1873

Hughes, Enima Turbiville Mrs. 1875

Hughes, Enmer Mrs, 1878

Hughes, Susan . Mrs. 1873

** Hunt, Ann 1804- Member at the time of Convention 1866 Gone

** Hunt, Margaret. , 1804 Member at the time of Convention.. ; ,

Huze, Susan I 1866

Jackson, Julia Pomroy Mrs. 1866- 1878

Jackson, Sallie Miss 1873- 1875

Jenkins, Martha 1830 Dead Sept. 1853 .. .

Jenkins',"'Martha Miss 1845 Baptised Oct. 1.845,

Johnson, Lucy Russell Mrs. 1866- 1874

Johnson, Mary 1830 Excluded

Johnson, Parmela 1830 Excluded Jan. 1853

Johnson, Sallie A. 1866 Excluded ' , MARITAL NAME .l.: ' ' STATUS YEAR REMARKS

Johnson, Sarah 1830

Johnston, Louisa Codhran 1830 Dismissed by letter Spring 1833

** Jones, Margaret 1804 Member at the time of Convention . Jordon, Eliaaheth 1830 Dismissed Aug.. 1853 Jordan, Mary 1830 Dismissed Aug. 1853 < S \ ... . ''' kellbw,' Fannie . Mrs. 1873- 1875

Kidd, Ann Miss 1866- ■ ;\ r I 1873

Kidd, Frances Gooch... -Mrs. 1841 Died 7-11-1841

Kidd, Francis A^' Miss 1840- 1878 Dead 1880

kidd, iPrahcis A. Miss 1875. Deceased Kidd, Talitha Miss 1841 Dead,..-.i: :ir

Kimbro., Bettie 1866

Kimbro, L. H. Miss 1866- 1873 j-'Ol)'" J,' ■

Kimbro, Martlia Mrs. 1837 . . By e:q>er'ience;'

Kimbro, S. C. Mrs. 1874- I ' . ' 1878

Kimbro, Susan A. Sanfbrd'- 1830- 1849

Kinibro-,.: Susan Moore Mrs. 1878

Kimbrough, Susan C. Mrs. 1881 ■ ■- r-.r ■ . :ir-- ■■ ■

Kih^,'_;'Ahna'^_ /■' . Mrs. 1873 8-3-1873 King, Annie Mrs. 1873 By lettet l-l4-i'87? ...Died 1873 ::

Lavender, Sallie A. Briley. Mrs. 1866- 1874

Legget, Jame 1830 Dismissed Oct. 1851

Leonard,, Eveline 1830

Leonard, Evelyn, ,,, Miss 1846 Baptised Sept.

Little, Bettie C. Miss 1873-

f' 1875 Married

Luton, Susan Hughes, Mrs. 1874- 1878 Dead . ■."I McAhtfle^'S'," Mary 1866 27

IWTAL MAME STATUS- YEAR REMARKS

V McArthur, Addle Mrs. 1875- 1878 Excluded Dec. 1889

McAtthuri Amanda Miss 1875- 1878

McArthur, Jane 1866

McArthur, Martha B. 1866

McArthur, Matilda Mrs. 1866- 1878

McCanless, T. G. Mrs. 1875- 1878

McCantless, Mary Miss 1866

* Hcbonico, Garner 1804 "Elder" at time of Constitution McCowan, Mary M. 1842 By letter 6-11-1842

McMahan, Andrew Mrs, 1874^ 1878 ^

McMahan, M. D. Mrs. 1878 Exc Indeed

McMahan, Mark Mrs. 1874

McMahan, Mary Thompson 1830- 1866 Married : 1866- 1873

McMurray, Mary J. Mrs. 1830- 1842 Baptised Nov. 1842 1842- 1878 Died

McMurray, Mary P. 1866

McMurray, Sarah Ann 1830- Died 1863 1849

Madlin, Catherine Miss 1866

Marbry, Lucinda 1845 Baptised Sept. 1845

Marlin, Jane Green 1830- ■ ■ ■ 1873 Dead Mason, A. C. G. Hamleton (See Hamleton, A. C. G.) 1830- 1849 Died 1860

Matilda, (to Waggoner) ;. 1840 Colored, .wife of laaac By experience

Maxwellj Ellen 1866

Maxwell, friary F. , . Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dead

frlab^ell, friary T. Mrs. 1875 28

MARITAL NAME STATUE YEAR REMARKS

Medley, Sophronia 1830- Dismissed - excluded Sept. 1847 1842 Baptised 10^8-1842

Medlin, Mary Mrs. 1873- 1875

Merit, Martha B. Mrs. 1873- 1881

Metz, Susan B. 1866- 1873

Milley, (to Mrs. Morton)! 1861 Colored - dead

Mitchell, Martha A. Barnes Mrs. .; 1830- 1878 Dismissed by.letter 9-14-188^ Hitclfe'll, Sallie Mrs. 1866- i-iJ ■ ■■ . 1878 Dismissed by letter Died 1-2-1883 Mitchell, Sallie W, Miss 1874 Baptised 8-31-1874 Mitchell, Sariah.' *' 1830- Dismissed' by letter 1857 1843 Baptised 6-16-1843 Modlin, Catherine 1866 ■ Modiin, Mary Miss 1874 by baptism 8-31-1874 ;•> J. Modlin, Mary Mrs. 1878 Dead

Moor, ihnanda 1830 Moor,' Manerva^ 1843 Baptised Sept. 1845

Moore, Amanda Mrs. 1849- 1878 Dead

Moore, Amanda Mrs. 1881 j; ■ • ■ Moore, Bettie ' Mrs. 1874 Baptised 1874

Moore, E. Cora Mrs. 1875-

I 187'8 Moore, MinervA 1830 Dismissed 1833 , > Moore, Susan Miss 1875 Baptised Aug. 29, 1875 *** Moppin "Sister" I' Rdcotded' in new

MARITAL NAME STATUS YEAR REMARKS

*** Morton, ^X^uvicy. Mrs .. 1836- Received by baptism 8-13-1836 Recorded in new Church Book 1842 By letter

Morton, Mary J. Miss 1846 Baptised Sept.. 1846

Morton, Sarah H. 1830 Dismissed .ji'-'-jS ; *** Morton, Sarah H. 1836 Recorded in new Church Book

• •- Morton, Sarah H. 1843- Baptised 9-20-1843 1857

Moseley, Elizabeth 1849 Ditsmissed 1867

Mosley, Minerva 1830 Dead ''

Mullen, :—— Miss- 1843 Baptised Sept. 20, 1843

Mullen, Elizabeth 1830

Mullen, Mary' 1830

Mullen, Sarah 1830

Murray, Margaret Mrs. 1866- 1878 Died Dec. 1879' . i Murray, Margaret Sloan 1830- 1849

■ "Murrayi Nancy-' 1830- 1849 De#d-:-.

Murry^ Rfcl»al. 1830 Dead.".July 1854, Nancy, W. H. . i Mrs., 1835 Voted..out vt ■ ■

Nancy, (to Mrs. Stance) 1861 Colored

Noe, Elizabeth 1830 Dismissed

Noe, Marth;a;' ■ f;r Miss. 1866- 1873 Excluded 6-7-1873 ■ » X ■ Noe, "Sister" 1843 Baptised 6-12-1843

Nolen, Bettie Hamlet Mrs. 1875- 1881,

Nolen, Eliza Mrs; 1873- 1878 Joined another sect

Nolen, Louisa 1873 by Baptifim

Nolen, Susan Hamlet Mrs. 1874- 1878

Norman, Sarah 1866- 1873

Norman, Sara Fields 1849 Gone

** Norton,. Alsy . . 1804 Member at time of Constitution MARITAL MAME .VSTAXDS YEAR REMARKS

;.piiiyer,; Susan'y " Miss 1840- By eif^ei^ience 1844 Excluded May 1844

Wry'^ 1804 Member at time of Convention . ■• ''''Itweh/''Anil Mrs. 1840 By experience Owen, Judith' ' Miss 1846 Baptised ^Sept^.,. 1846 'Mary'MV'' 1849 Died 1869

■'i^bkAon, 'Sallie" - 1866

PandejOp Sue G. Gilbert , Mrs. 1875

Parish, Sallie Laveder . ; Mrs. 1 !.;Ti ; • , ' .1 " ' .1 1875 •" '* "... *** Paskett, Jane , Mr?., - ,, 1830- 1836 Recorded-in new,Church Book 1836-

• ■ •>' ,•) 1881 Died 1883

Patterson, Mary Mrs. 1866- . ; • I .J 1878

** Pearce, Mary 1804 Member at the time of '. iis. , . i"' ^ Convention Peel, Mary I. | ' 1830 Dismissed May 1850

*** Pey, Mary 1836 ■ w, •■'•.I Recorded in Aiew Church Book Polock, Ellenora: ' 1830 Dismissed Sept. 1855 Pomroy j i. Hpt.tia. ..v >:: ' l.' ■Mrs. 1873 Died 4-23^1873^

Pomroy, Looisft;Elizabeth ■ Miss ' 1866 Died r 1 Pomroy, Martha Ei Bess Mrs. 1878''

Pomroy, MarcissaiJane Miss 1866

Pomroy, Pareissa Miss 1873 Died 7-ld-i8!74

Pomroy, Sallie Jackson ^ Mrs. 1878

Pb^eli^ Elizabeth 1830 Dead , , , Powers, Sarah E. j '' */ X 1875 Dismissed 1882 Powers, Sarah ;E. Mrs. ,,,., 1873- 1878 Dismissed by letter 1885

Primm, Lucinda . Mrs. 1866- 1875 Died on 10-9-1875, . Primm, Paralee Harper ^ . ! • Mrs."' " 1875- 1878

Ragan, Permelia . | Miss 1874- Baptised 10-11-1874 1875 ** Rankin, Catherine 1804- Member at the tiipe pf,, Convention' ' ' 1842 Dismissed 31

MARITAL NAME STATUS YEAR REMARKS

Rankin, (George) Mrs. 1840 Received intb church

'"'Rash, Elizabeth Hampton Mrs. 1866- 1881

Rash, ^iary S. 1866 Excluded

Rash, Rebecca 1830- Dismissed 1856 1840 Received by

Rash, Sallie F. Griggs Mrs. 1878

Ray, M. A. Mrs. 1874

Ray, iyiartha 1830 Excluded Feb. 1837

Ray, Martha Miss 1873- 1875 Excluded March 1877

*** Ray, Mary A. "Sister" 1830- 1836 Recorded in new Church Book 1836- 1875 Excluded

Ray, Susan Miss 1873 Excluded 3-7-1874

Rebecca, (to G. W. Kidd) 1845- Baptised Sept. 1845 1861 Colored - Gone

Richards, Myra Uhite Mrs. 1878

Ridley, Minerva 1830 Dead

Ridley, Minerva Mrs. 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843

Rives, Agnes 1843 Granted letter of dismission • .r ■ ' Nov. 1843

Rives, Jane G. 1842 Baptised Sept. 20, 1843

Rives, Sarah 1830 Dead

Robartson, Mary Burke 1830 Dismissed Nov. 1852

Roller, Caroiipe Deel 1830 Died 1856

Roller, Lou Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dead 2-14-1873

Russel, Lucy 1830

Russel, Mary Ann 1830 Dead

Russell, Ann Mrs. 1875

Russell, Ann E. Mrs. 1878 Dead Russell,^ Ann Eliz,a:,(Analizer) Hill Mrs. 1874

Russell, Delia Mrs, 1875 Received by letter & experience Jan." 1879

Russell, Elizabeth Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dead tiARim ■ STATUS'1 YEAR REMARKS

Russell i- Lizav l , : 1836 Recorded in new Church Book

Russell, Hahala 1866

Russell, Mary Mrs. 1866

Russell, Nancy' Mrs. 1849- 1881 Dead 9-L5H8iSi ^^^''Rtisae^l, ;^fhet»e 'J; 1836 Recorded in. new Church Book

Russle, Nancy 1830

Sanders, Effy Miss 1866- 1878

Satiders, Louisa ' Miss 1866- 1878 Dismissed 1879

SVnders, MaHala'RV ' Mrs. 1873- 1881 ' 'Sanders, Halihda 1845 Baptised Sept. 1845

Sanders, Sarah'': Mrs. 1866- 1874

Sanfprd, Jane Miss 1849- 1878 Died 1884

. Sanford, Lincy 1830

Sanford, Sarah . Miss 1830- 1881 Died 1885 ..i. . *** SaiihdiBrs, Elizabetli 1830- 1836 Recorded in new Church Book Deceased

::;Saunders ;,Sarah 1830- 1849

Scales, Mary I. Mprton 1830 Dismissed Scott, Nancy ''' f' ' 1830 Dismissed by letter March 1837 ' ! Seale, E. T. Guffie r,:' Mrs. 1878

Seals, Mary 1866

Seals, Mollie • , Miss 1873- 1875 Dismissed • { .... Seals, Mollie H. Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dismissed by letter , , ,i Aug.: 14,. .1881!. ...

Simpson, Caroline ■ ■'Mrs. 1874- 1881

Sires,- Mathirsday 1830 By letter 1855

Slinkard, 'Mrs. 1866 f ■ i

Sloane, —— Miss 1866 3 3

FiARITAL STATUE YEAR REMARKS

Sloan, Josephina Miss 1874- 1875

Sloan, Josephine Mrs. 1866- 1879 Dismissed

Slo'ani,^ Mattie Mrs. 1873- 1875 Dismissed 1875- 1878 Dismissed by letter 187^

Slpane., Em . 1866 Sloane, Margaret o 1840; , Daptispd .9rl5rl840

Smith, Isahell,, Mrs. 1866- 1878

Smith, Lucy E. McMurray Mrs. 1866- 1878

Smith, flary . Mrs. 1878

Smith, Mary Ann Russell. 1849 ;Dead,

Sihithi Mary Israel Mrs. 1875 Sept. 3, 1876

Smith, Nancy Mrs. 1866- 1878 Dismissed 1880

Sophia, (to Mrs. Stance) 1861 Colored - Died 1861

Stamer, Lemiza Redman 1874- 1878

*** Stancil, Elizabeth 1830- 1836 Recorded in new Church Book Dead

Stewart, Martha Whitley Mrs. 1866

Still, Anna Mrs. 1837 Received into the Church for baptism • I Still, Aranilla McMurray 1830- 1866 Dropped

Taylorj Louisa Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dismissed by letter , 8-9.rlB73. ■ ■ ■ ■,

Terommas, Sallie A. Briley^,.; Mrs. 1878

Thomas, Sallie A. • Mrs. 1881 Dismissed 1878 '' . 1 Thompson, Elizabeth Mrs. 1866- 1881

Thompson, Emma G. Miss 1873- 1875

Thompson, Fannie Mrs. 1873- 1878 Dead

• o •' 'v: ^ Thompson, Lydia-r i' 1866 34

' ■ MARITAL MAiyJE STATUS YEAR REMARKS 'V'' Tombs, Catherine 1830 Excluded

Towers, Sarah E. 1866

Turbeville, Emer Miss 1874 Baptised 8-31-1874 Turbeville, Luvenia Mis.8 1874- Baptised 10-11-1874 1878

Turbeville, Margaret"' 1830- Dismissed 1840 Baptised Sept. 15, 1840 Turbeville, Mary 'i Miss 1874 Baptised 10-11-1874

,Turb,ervUle,, Paramalia Ragan Mrs. 1878

Tucker, Tennessee 1830 Dismissed' ' Vaughn, Elizabeth 1830 . Dismissed Nov. 18:57

Vaughn, Mary Mrs. 1866- 1873 Dismissed by letter 1-18-1893 . • p' . . Vaughn, Mary Vernon 1830^ 1843 Baptised 9-20-1843 iCf- 1843- 1849 Vernon;'Kaftiett' 1843,. iBaptised Sept. .20, 1843 i ; ' ■ ! ■Vetnb;n;'Mart'h^''d'.' ' Mrs. 1873- , p-.'in::-,' : ...... MiVBI 1874 HV8i Vernon, Martha L. Mrs. 1866- -O f Si 1881 if.'-- ■4Verii6Wi "Skriah ' 'j.' Mrs. 1866- 1881

Vinson, Sara C. Coleman Mrs. 1878

'Mailer; Margaret Wisener Mrs. 1866- 1881, 'y ■ Walter, Nancy 1830 By letter Sept. 1854 Ware, Eliza J. ■ ■ Mrs. 1875 Baptised 8-i28-ii575'" Excluded Sept. 1876

Warnds?, Susan Barnes Mrs. 1878

Warren, Fannie Neely ' Mrs. 1866^ ' ' ■ ■S; ■ 1878 Dismissedfby letter' 1878- t: -1} 1881

Wassen, —— 1838

Waters, I^iary E. Mrs. 1873- 1881

West, Ettar ■: Miss 1875 Dismissed 9-2-1876 West, Etter , V ,Mrs. 1874 Baptisedi10^11-1874 i 35

ft - MAkftioi- NAME SlttsT YEAR REMARKS

Whaley, Eliza June Fisher Mrs;' 1830

Nhitaoiore; Cresa ■ , Mrs. 1874- 1878

* 'toite, Joshua ; 1804 Elder ■ Presbytery at Constitution

White, Louisa Mrs. 1866- 1881 Died 1889

White, Mary Farrar 1830

White, Myra Miss 1866- 1875

Whitley, Temperance 1830- 1866

Whitley. Temperance Mrs. 1873- 1878 Died 189?

Whitsett, Nancy Jane 1830- Died 8-3-1847 1845 Baptised

Whittemore, Cresa Mrs. 1873

Wilkins, Clary 1830 Dismissed

William, Abigail 6ye 1830- 1849

Williams, Ann 1830- 1849 Died 12-4-1869

Williams, Evaline Mrs. 1866- By baptism 1873 Dead

Williams, Francis Glimp 1830 Died 8-3-1852

Winstead, Matilda Mrs. 1875- By letter 8-7-1875 1878 Dismissed by letter 1896

** Winstead, Mary 1804- Member at the time of *** also Convention 1836 Recorded in hew Church Book

*** Wisner, Jane Mrs. 1836 Received by experience Recorded in new Church Book

** Wisener, Margaret 1804 Member at the time of Convention

Woods, Raser Miss 1874 Baptised 10-11-1874

Woods, Rosa Miss 1875 Excluded

Wright, 1840 By experience (Mrs. Wilson)

Yates, Candice 1849 Gone

Young, Caroline Mrs. 1866- 1873

Young, Elizabeth 1866 36

MARITAL NAME vi&O STATUS.' YEAR REMARKS

Young, Emily Mrs. 1873o . 1874 Zachary, Caroline 1840 By experience Zachary, Nancys ' , 1830- Dismissed Jan. .1856 ; ■; j ■. ■■■v.,; . ■ ■■ 1844 Baptised April 1844

•'•j- 1'

- ! i.- ' • y'K '

•* V-. . ■

i„ !'« ^ s

-. '. i ' • • c- IJ'' 37

CONCORD CHURCH

List ttf Male .'^ieinbers 1804-1887

»

. NAt'lE , YEAR REMARKS

Ally, Benjamin 1833 By letter Dec. 1833 Anderson, (to Allen isattle) 1861 Colored - Dismissed by letter

** Anthony, William 1804 Member at time of Convention Arnell, Eugene 1855 By experience & baptism 9-21-1885

Balden, B. F. 1833 Dismissed Mardh 1852

Baldrich, Nelson W. 1833- lasfi

Baldridge, Nelson 1873-; 188,1 :

Baney, (to Allen Battle) 1861 Colored - Dead

Barnes, G. W. 1873- 1878 Dead July 1866

Barnes, George 1833 Died Nov. 1852

Bai^as, George W., Esq. 1859- 1881

Barnes, J. R. 1875 Excluded 1877 Barnes,; -' ■ 1875^ ^

Barnes, James 1859r i Excluded 1881 ;

Barnes, S. J. 1874 ! By baptism 10-il-ife74'

Barnes, Samuel H. 1833-^. . 1878

Barnes, T. H. 1873- 1874. Dismissed by' letter 'l^-iisVb 1874r .'bl. 1875' By letter 3-10-1878 187-5- 1878 Dismissed by letter 10-13-1883 Barnes, Thomas H. 1833-; 1866' '

Barnes, T. R. 1875 Dismissed by letter 1-8-187?

Barnes, Wm. N. 1859 Excluded

Barns, Wm. 1833 .

Beal, William 1833 Dismissed 1851

Berge, 1833 (Elder) - Dismissed.April 1859

Bess, A. J. 1886 Died 38

MAME ,,,YEAR, , REMARKS

h Bird, John M. 1871- , By baptism 9-2-1872

"1875 r> 0 Bird, John H. 1878 By experience & baptism 9-20-1879 . i ' Bird, Robert Excluded 1894

Blackmail^ Jaines, 1633' Excluded 1833

Briant, Armstead ; . . . i 1833- 1840 Received by experience' ■ noA '■"■ ■■ i ■ ' '■ Baptised Sept. 25, 1840 0 I Briley > ■ 'James'' 1878 By experience & baptism Briley., Joseph 1871^ By baptism 9-2-1872 ' 1873 Excluded 11-8-1873 , Brown, Tomy 1833, ; Dismissed 1858 Burge, E. W. 1840 Baptised Septk 15, I840is

Burk, Carter 1833' I Dead Burk, Cartey^: •,, , 1843-■ BaptisAd SepL 20, 1843 ' Burk, Nathaniel 1833 Dismissed ft Burnett, J. H. 1875- Excluded . ^ . 1878 ' Received by letter April 1883 * • Burnett, J. W. 1874 By baptism'10-11-1874

Bush, —— 1835 Voted out , t Butt, Josiah ' ' ' i8h- By letter 11-12-18,71 1878. : Excluded 1892

1878t„. •y.w /' • lV«.; I 'fHl

■ Byrd, John H. 1881, , . •... . ■ -V-. ; f:. : r ■ ' )■< .:i- r > Byrd, John M. (See also d, John.M.) ■ i ,v . 1873r 1881 Campbell, Mathew 1843 , Baptised Sept. 25, 1843 Canendy, Benjamin 1868' By baptism 9-14-1872 .} ^ 1 Carmichaely Archibald' 1833n V 1844 Baptised April 1844 ■ ' • i ,.l -"U .1 i-i -i 3 • - ■ ■■ ■ ■ 1844- 1859 Dead 1859 '' Carmichael, J. H. 1873- 1874 Dead Carmichael, J. H. 1878 Departed this life 1878' Carmichael, Jay 1866 ■ By baptism 8-22-1870 Carmichael, Jais* ] i 1866 By baptism 8-22-1870 Carmichael;,. John' ■ 1844 Baptised April 1844 Carmichael, John 1833 Died Oct. 1856 39

, NAME YEAR REMARKS

. Carmichael, W. G. 1833, Dismissed Dec. 1858

Cason, - 1875^ By letter dismissed 1S78 J (Elder) - Dismissed 1880 'Cliatffljer8 '' 1866 By baptism 1866 Excluded 1867

• Ciay, flienry' 1871- 1875 Dismissed by letter Jan. 1876

;CQcBran,.:tJiQljin , 1804 Member at time;-!of .Cniivehtion

Co11 {iQec>^e 1866 Dropped

Crocker, K. Wm. 1833;. Excluded

Crocker, iondaiy 1833 Excluded

Dugger, William 1633- Excluded 1843 Baptised Sept. 20, 1843 Dunn, Raphael ' 1833 By letter April 184'6^ Dyer, William 1833i- By letter Dec.' 1854 ' ' 1843 Baptised June 16, 1843

Ellisi, -James 1833 Dismissed

Ezell, L.; W. 1843 Baptised Sept. .20, 1843

Farrow, W. T. 1833 Excluded Dec. 1856 Fields, Allen 1842 Baptised Oct. 8, 1842

Fields, Fletcher 1886 By experience & baptism 1886

Fields, Henry ' 1833- 1859 , Dismissed by.letter . 1859- 1878 Died March 1892 Field, W. W. 1833 Dismissed by letter Dec. 1854 Fields, Nathaniel 1833, Dismissed by letter 1858 Fields, William 1859 Dismissed 1868

Fields, Willi^p 1886 By experience.& baptism>1886 Fitzhugh, 1874-: By letter 8-9t1874 1881,-

Fly, Elisha 1833- Excluded 1853 . 1844 : Baptised Oct. 1844 & wife

Fly, James . ./ ; jk Excluded 1894:. Fly, William 1843- Baptised.Sept.. 20,.1843 1844 Removed his name from church record Nov. 1844 i .1 ■ ■ '. . ; " Ford, G. P. W. 1866- By baptism 9-14-1872 1873 Excluded 7-11-1^4 • i Ford, L, G. W. 1866 ■ By baptism 1869 40

KME YEAR . REMARKS

*** Fosteri James 1836- Recorded in new Church Book 1837 Excluded 1-6-1836 \ 1837- 1843 Nov. excluded for grossest immorality'"" ' Foster, John 1840 Restored to full fellowship ij'.-'i:- , V " ■ . ,Fpwler^...James . 1833 Dismissed by letter 1858 . Fowler.j, Lewis 1833 Dismissed by letter-Aug., .1857y Fowler, Thomas 1833. Dismissed July .;;1854-..'/.M.

Gardner, Albert W. 1833r 1866 Dismissed by letter Gardner, James M. 1871- By baptism 188i

Garrett, Robert 1886 By experience & baptism 1886 ' -. ryi..- Gilbert, J. W. 1874- 1875 Dismissed 1875- 1878 Dismissed by letter 10-9rl880 Gilbert, John, B. 1871t By letter 4-6-1872 1873

Golman, George 1833 Dead

Goodrich, Harrison C. 1881

Goodrich, Haze J. Excluded 1894 ' s i•• ' Goodrick, Henry C, 1871- 1878 Dead Green, Charley Ti By experience & baptism 1887

Green, S., Esq. 1837- 1843 ■ ' ■■ ■ ■ . ' : i Greer, B. H. 1878 By letter Aug. - 1884 Greer,.James 1878 By experience. & baptism .9rl6-1881 Griggs, J. W. 1871- By letter 8-19-1871 1878 Dismissed 1880

Griggs, T. R. 1873- 1875 Griggs, Thos. 1833 Dismissed Nov. 1853 Griggs, Thomas K. 1859- ' i Q' •' ■ ,• '.i' 1881,

Guthrie^' Henry C. 1871- By baptism 9-2-1872

!■. • 1881

Guthrie, jaines 1859- 1866

Guthrie, James C. 1878 NANE v'^ •"} YEARi"; REMARKS

..•ay .Gutt^riey .John .:E>- ; 1833- Dead 1864 1859.,

Guthrie, John R. 1878 By experience .& baptism, 9-20-1880

Guthrie, Robert Excluded 1894

'"^"Gttthrie, W, CT " 1875 Guy, Champ Excluded 1894 ;. • '.I.. . - -V Guy, James 1833 Dismissed by letter 1850

Haley, James Excluded 1894

Haley, James 1840 Baptised Sept, ,JL5., . 1840 . Haley, W. C. Experience & baptism: 9-10-1889 ^

Ham, John 1833- Dismissed 1853 1859 ' Insane

Ham, Jobd ■ "' 1873- 18;^5; ^ Insane .;,-j ■■■' ■a 1875- 1878 Insane

Ham, Samuel R. 1833- 1866

Ham, Stephen Hi.: 1837- Restored to fellowship 1843 . Excluded for slandering

r'- jr'-z, T. Russell Ham, Stamper 1833

Hamlett, Robert r i; 1833 Excluded Dec. 1854

Hamm, S. K.; . s; 1873i rk.:.

Hamm, S. R. . , 1873 Dismissed by lettfer■ 2'^t3-i875

Hampton, Joseph M. 1833. : Deadi 1851^'' ^ •

,, "Asa' ■ 1833- 1871 f By restoration-

Harper, Felix 1866^;^ Died 1870

Harper, Key 1873 Dismissed by l»etter> Feb^ 6, 1874 1866- . By baptism 1869-r . - 1873, , Harper, William a 1866^ By baptism 8-21-1871 1873

Harrison, Noah.. 1833 Excluded ■!' ^

Hartman, Charley Excluded 1894 ^

Hartman, George 1833-

1859 .! .i Hartman, Geox'ge W. 1874^;'^ By baptism 10-11-1874 1881 42

NAME YEAR REMARKS 9 *4 Hartman, George, Jr. 1878 By experience <& :;bapti'sm 9^-16-1881 Hartman, James 1833 ^ Dismissed Dec. 1856

Har&maiiij-^vJcfhn;''^^' i-'r';"--:.- Excluded 1890

Heart, W. 1844 Henderson, Rob 1843" Granted letter of dismission Nov. 1843 ■ Hill, Isaac Excluded 1890 • ■ HilB,l Jdhni S. •' .-> ? 1886 By experience & baptism 1886 Hill, S. R. ^ 1886 By experience & 6'at>tism 1886 Hillf^^.Thbnias • Experience & baptism 1887 ■ 1873- Housden^' Excluded 10-11-1873 ^ Housman, Hilliam 1866 By baptism 1869 Howell, R. n. 1866 By letter 1867 Dismissed Aug. 1871. Howsan, William 1866^:^: By baptism 1869 ** Hunt, Noah 1804' Member at time of Constitution

Husden, Edmond 1833'"'' Excluded V- Isacc, —- 1861 y, (Free) - Colored - Died 1861 Jackson, Isaac . 1866-, > By baptism 1866

.■jv.'i i ■ .i i" 'K'"" 1878 ' , James, Isham f } ^■ 1866 By baptism 8-22-1870 January, R. W. 1843'- '^'^ (Elder) - Asked'for letter 'of ■-■ ii' ,y, ;; v ., . dismission Jerdon, John i833v.yr Dismissed Aug. 1853

■ J li 1833\v Excluded Dec. 1853

*** Jiro (to S. G. Morton) 1836 Colored ; ; : •c. . Recorded in new Church Book ■ -. -.K rh .i Jinnett, Haryejr . 1878yC By experience & baptism 9-22-1879

Johnson, James , | 0 1833; y ^ i- Dead •; , : .

: . t Johns>QA,jJ?imqtli|y; ; r. 1833. Excluded v: '■ ** Jones, Ezra L ''' ' ' .' ij ' 1804 y : Member at time pf; Constitution Jones, Isaac 1874- ' ? V' -.1 " •V'V! yi,. 1875 „ By experience-^!? baptism) I ^ Excluded June 1878

Kellow, William Excluded 1894

Kidd, William y 1833- 1866 V" I Kidd, William 1873f^' Excluded 12-13-1873 1874 Restored 6-12-1875; 1874- ■ ■■•'ITp/ 1881 NAME YEAR REMARKS

Kimbro, T. Hi B. 1833 Excluded

Kimbro, Thadeus 1878 By experience. baptism 9-20-1879 '

Labdrs (t6 E. Stancil) 1836 Colored Recorded in new Church Book Bane, John 1866 Excluded - by baptism 9-14-1872 Lee, Henry 1885 By experience & baptism, Oct. 1885 Lee, John By experience .& baptism 9-19-1887

Little, J. B;; 1873- 1875 Dismissed by letter Nov. 1875 Little, John Milton 1871- By baptism 8-21-1871 1878 Dead

Little, John, Jr. 1871 By baptism 9-2-1872

Logan, Thomas H. 1886 By experience baptism ,188.6

** Lovett, John 1804 Member at the time of-Constitution

iiclArthur, J; F. 1874- 1878 Dismissed 10-9-1880

McArthur, John L. 1871- By letter 4-6-1872 1873

McArthur, P. P. 1866- By letter 1867 1881 ^

McArthur, Wm. 1866- Baptised Sept. 7, 1867 1878 Excluded Dec. 1889 1878-: 1881

McFain?, —— 1859 Excluded

McMahon, Andrew 1866- By letter 1866 1881

McMahon, M. D. 1874- 1878

McMahan, Measky 1833

McMahan, Tom ' 1859 Turned back "

McMurray, John 1833- Died Aug. 1852 1840 Received by experience July 1840

McMurray, John 1859 Dismissed by letter 1870 .. .

*** McMurray, Samuel 1833- Died 1864 1836 Recorded in new Church Book 1836- 1859 .

McMurray, Silas 1833- Dismissed by letter Oct. 1852 1843 Baptised Sept. 3,. 1843 :.: ■ 'NAME YEAR-' REIvlARKS

McMurray, William 1841 Died Dec. 3, 1841 McM'irray j' Wi11'i'am ''■ By eKperience & baptism 1894 Mc'Murray, William J, 1840- , Received, .by. experience, .Juily ,??-?— 1866 " Dismissed by letter Excluded 1875 ' ■" wa'ttley','--Rxcha'rd 1838 Dismissed by letter Dec, 1857 Medley,'' 'iJoseph- ' ; 1833-' '■ Excluded Sept. 1849 1843 Baptised Sept. 3, 1843 '^ ■ 'tietfiwfe-at'heri •BV' RV' A.' 1871- " By baptism 1875^i.-: : Excluded 1-8-1876 ' ' ■ 1875- / 1878 Dismissed ; v ;

MeCs, Charles 1871 By baptism 8-21-1871

Metz, George .. ; 1873 ,.Mit che 115 ■ C1ar.enc e • By letter 1894

;Mitchell,, J.- W, . 1873-i 1878 Dismissed by letter D.ec.. 1889 Mitchell:, James. i ; 1833-'k 1843j Baptised 9-3.-1,843 1843-: 1859 Dismissed 1859 Mitchell, John' - ' ' 1878. ■ "' By experience & baptism 9-21-1879 I.V : Mitchell, John Wiatt 1833- . J . i , 186&' ,; ■; -> \

Mitchel, P. 1833^''' ' Dismissed 1858 Mitchell, S. W. 1875-^-'^'^ Inspection & baptism 9-3-1876 1878 ' ' f. Died 1893

Mitchell, Washington 1833' ' Excluded by request Mitchell, William 1843. Baptised June 16, 1843 Mitchell, Wm. A. 1844,. . Excluded Nov. .1,8A4, , , Mitchell, William J. By baptism 8-31-187.4 . . ; •», ; I ' 187^-,,, 1878 ■ Dismissed by letter 9-14-1889 1878-n^i- .( 38S1

Mitchel;!,. Wyatt 1833 iVw; Dismissed Oct. 1857 = ■ Modiin, John 1866" By baptism 1869''-"'' ■ ''•""f-'J ' ■ Montgumr'y V ■ 'John 1833,;."! Dismissed by letter Dec. 1857 Moore, Green 1866- ' By letter 1878 •) tf ': . : Jaoore,, James; . 1878 : < ; By experience & baptism 9-20-1879 I:-5

NAME YEAR:. REMRKS

Moore, J^aijies R. 1874^ By experience 1baptism 8-29-1875 1875 Deceased

Moore, James R. 1878 Died 1886

Moore, William 1859- 1878

Moore, William G. 1878 By experience & baptism 9-21-1879 More, Green ' " 1866- By letter 1866 1881

More, James R. 1875 , By baptism 8-29-1875 - Deceased

Morgan, ~— Excluded 1894 Morton, Allen 1845 Baptised Oct. 1845 *** Morton, John 1833- (Elder) Died Aug. 21, 1850 1836 Recorded in new Church Book Morton, John Ji,. 1833 Excluded by request March 1830 V

Morton, John 1833 Excluded

Mortbh, John Y. 1844 Dismissed Oct. 1844 Morton, Joseph 1843 Baptised 9-3-184:3

*** Morton, Samuel, Dr. 1833- Died Jan. 1857, . 1836 Recorded in new Church Book 1836- • 5;+ 1842

Morton, Solomon G. 1833- Dismissed by letter 1857 ' 1836 Recorded in new Church Book ■t-y. ** Morton, William 1804 Member at time of Constitution

Nance, Wm. H. 1835 f Voted out 11-12-1835

Noe, Richard 1866 Dead Nance, Josiah 1835 ' Voted out ll-12-1835k .r Noe, Dudley i833- Excluded June 1836 r-, ^ 1843 • 'Restored

■ . . „ Owen, Everett 3; • 1833- . -. Dismissed Nov. 1849 1837 , Received by letter

Owens, Robert Excluded 1894

Owin, Dempsy 1833 ■Dismissed

Page, James 1843 . Baptised June 16, ■1643 .5 3' •

Paul, Milton Excluded 1894 Phillips, Bernard 1836 (Elder) 7-8-1836 t}j\ Pollock, John 1833- Dismissed ■ . s 1843. Baptised Sept. 20, 1843 Polls, Z. T. By experience & bSptista'1894

Pomroy, Frank Excluded 1890 40

NAME ■YEAR . REI'IARKS

Pomroy, James 1871- 1875 Dismissed 1875- 1878

Pomeroy, Joseph 1866 Excluded 9-14-1873

Pomroy, Joseph 1866- By Baptism 1869 1873 Excluded 11-8-1873 Pomroy, Milton 1889

Pomroy, Samuel 1889 Excluded 1892 - r" Powers,' isham ' 1873- 1875 Dismissed 1882. 1875- 1878 , , Prim, N. M. 1873- 1^4 Excluded ^rimm, N. W. I87.I. By baptism 9-2-1872' ' " Prximii, M. ^ 187:5. Excluded March 1876 ' "''V

Rash, William 1878 By experience &'baptism''7^12-1884 Died Sept. 1884

Rice, Thds. 1859 Dismissed.. , Riddle, i83^-:',i, Rives,"Richard 1842-' ' Baptised Oct. 8, 1842 1843-' '

Rqb^jjtepn, JpHn- 1859^; ! Excluded •s*.' I vRuSsAlhi^'Berry 1866- 1878 ' J'i'j ft'ij '■ Excluded 8-13-1882 1878- , ■jr ■■ ■ j-■ r 1881 Russell, Brian 1875 '

'O'f Russell,' James ' ' 1859 Dropped y'A ' Russell, John ' ' ' 1833- ; 1836 Senior - Recorded in,-new,Church Book

NAME YEAR REMARKS

• % *** Sam (to S. Green, Esq.) 1836- Colored. Recorded in new Church

4 1843 Excluded for driinkehiess

, , , Sanders,, 7--- ^. 1875 Departed this life 1878 f glanders Alfred 1843- Baptised Sept.. 3, 18j4:3 ^ 1871 By letter 10-7-1871 ^ i) ■ ' 1871- 1874

Sanders, Thomas W; 1871- By baptism 9-2-1872 ^ ' 1878 Dead

Saunders,'Alfred ■ 1833^ Dismissed 1859 1^39^ ■'o.Irr' Seales, Thomas Excluded .1894 .

Seals, Jp^n , , 1871- By baptism.j9-2'-1872 . .j, 1874 Excluded 9-12-1874^ ' 1874- 1875 . j'i.' - Vv Seals, S. D. 1873^ Excluded 9-12-1874 . , 1874 Seals, Sam 1866 ; By baptism 8-22-1870

» Seals, T. J. 1866; By letter 1867

Seals, Y. P. 1866 By letter 1867 ,

J Sealy, Sammie ' 1866 By baptism 8-22-1870

*** Sharper (to Battle) ' 1836 Colored - Recorded^in "new Church Book , ^

Sloan, R. L. 1874, Excluded Sloane, R. D.. . 1866r By baptism 9-il4rl872 'i. . .. ^ - . 1875 Dismissed by letter 1879 1875- 1878

Sloane, R. L. 1871- By baptism 9-2-1872 1878 Excluded Smith, :j. A." / 1878 By experience & baptism 10-14-188:

Smith, W. C, 1871- By letter 5-4-1872 ■ ■ • j X'" 1875 Excluded 12>'^13-1873

-Smithy William 1886 Restored 9-10-1889

Stanfield, Thomas 1833 Excluded

. - Suggs, Thomas 1878, Dismissed 1880 Taylor, William. 1859- . . . 1873 ^ , ThomsV.^ N. ■ G. 1886 ; By letter Sept. 1886 ..,^|iomas, Washington 1859 Dropped

Thompson, Lafayett 1871- By baptism 10-5.-1873 1873 48

■ name YEAR-' REMARKS ^1:

187fi Ihsane 'I. -I" " Departed this life March 1877 Ip^dj ij.-: 18311 Dismissed by letter^March 1852 1833 Dismissed by^idtter May 1852

*** Tony '(£'6~S; Grdeii) 133.6' Colored - i \ . ' •

\ Recorded in new Church Book TurbeviHe, W. E. 187,4- By baptisjn jy^-;ll-1874 . . : ■rVH!'-'. -i-' ■k;:-- ■■f.i

Vaughn, William 1§^.3 Dismissed Nov.. 1851. Waldren, Thos. laiai-f

Waller, Clarence Excluded 1894' ' - •' ; /'.y.

Wartera,;., Frank 1871 By baptism 9-2-^l872 Warters V ^bhii ' By baptism 9-2-1872 Wassen, —— 1838 '

Waters, .v 1881 ■ ■:.X Waters, Frank 1873-^' 1878 Dead

Waters, J. P.-, J ., 1873 Waters, J. J .i. \ ' 1874- 1878 , Excluded

Waters, T. N. 1875 Excluded : o:f j Watsdiii, George Excluded 1894 Webb, —— J , 1831 ; (Elder) West, fc,;. C.,y 1874r : By baptism 10-11-1874 ' u,;. Dismissed by letter 9-2-1876 Whitsett, James 1838^' (Elder) Whitsitt, Joseph 1833t Dead Whitsett, William A.' 1833r (Elder) - Died 1-28-1883: ^ •■, ■■ J',!.' : ■' liiyt'- j';;. 1878 ' Williams, Samuei f 4;:; 1866" By baptism - Died 1867 I ■ , ** Wisener, Henry 1804 . V Member at the t ijne ,9.f thp . Convent ion ' *** Wisener, Robert 1836- Received bylapjtisia,!. .ii: ^ • i ' :ji v; i Recorded in hew Church Book. 1840 • ' Letter of dismisaioh for'^lfe also Woodruff, J. w. By letter 1894 ' ' ' ^ ^ ^ i Woods, 184i-'' Baptised Sept. 13, 1842 , v;' 1843i. Excluded for druhkenes'S'-'July 8, 1843

Woods, John ■ ■; , .t'T By experience &' haptisiir'1'8'94 Young, Pav^.i.,:v . ■ ■ v|! 1866r^.i = 1878LV- Dismissed by letter 1891 49

MME YEAR REMARKS

Young, Jesse B. 1873 Excluded S-'/r-lSTA Young, John 1859- 1881

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bibLtography Acklen, Jeannette i.; Bible Recoi;'si,s and Marriage Bonds, 1933. Acklen, Jeannette T.j Tombstone •Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Historical and Biographical, 1933. The AMERICAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE AND TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol. IX, 1904, Nos. 1, 2, 3. Baker, Russell Fierce} Obituaries and Marriage Notices From the Tennessee Baptist: 1844-1862. Burnett, J. J., D, D.} Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers, 1775-1875, Pub. 1919, Vol. 1. Clayton, Prof. W. W,; History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Pub, 1880. Davidson County, Tennessee, Wills, 1846-1851-53} Will Book 4, p. 509 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 1936. Goodspeed's HISTORY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1886. Lynch, Louise G.} Early Obituaries of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1377 • Lucas, Rev. Silas Emmet} Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1789-1839. Lucas, Rev. Silas Emmet} Obituaries from Early Tennessee News papers, 1799-1850. Lucas, Rev. Silas Emmet} 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds, 1783-1870. MINUTES OF CONCORD ASSOCIATION, TENNESSEE, 1812-1908, Pub. No. 836. NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Newspaper Clipping - probably published in a Nashville, Tennessee, newspaper about August 1897, now in papers of Edith Rucker Whitley in the Williamson County Memorial Library, Franklin. Tennessee. * Partlow, Thomas E.} Wilson County, Tennessee, Miscellaneous Records, 1800-1875. Ray, Worth S.} Tennessee Cousins. Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution} Some Pioneer Teachers and Preachers in Tennessee. Whitley, Edith Rucker} Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard- Transcribed in 1929. Williamson County, Tennessee, Deed Book S, p. 7. WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION NO. 1, Fall 1970 Article, "The Order of Pale Faces," by Mrs. Virginia Gooch Watson, pp. 37-96. -51

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4- ^ WILLIAMSON COUNTY JAILS ' " PAST AND present:. ^ -.s,,- t , ■: . . ■- Cpntrxbuted by: Terry Jackson, 8th Grade Studei^t, Franklin Junior Highr : V, Wiliiamson County, has had six. jails to date. Almost all have .their, purpose to the community.. In my report, I will dis- cups, each one and the .r^ee.d for a seventh. : ^ t early days the stocks, pillories and whippingi "post were ^he first jail.^as built. It was made of logs and was iocated on Third Avenue North, or Main Cross Street,-as it was Insolyervt debtors were allowed to go across, the way to ,,dphn,.White's ^ to the race paths at a mill race at the " ^ epd pf the avenue and the courthouse at the other end of i: . While stocks and pillories were probably at the jail, . .the, branding pf felons was done at the. cpurthouse "in the presence ,9^^ ^99.. ®®wnt. continued until 1831 when thie state peni- ^ 9P6ned. and .the branding and whipping punishments Webe s discontinued here in Franklin. : . V. • ' i-- In 1816, .the court appointed a committee to sell, the jail, market house and stocks. In 1817, a new jail, again made, of; Ipgs, 9p the corner p;f. Bridge Street and Second Avenue. It was X.99P®fdered so insecur»e , t.pat ,Judge, Tpomas; Stuart ordered a:il dsngppous prisoners; .to be . taken to the, .Nashville jails for .their ;... ..c.onfinemen.t. ■ . - I.p 18.58 , during an, attempted, escape, by a prisoner .called 'i. was set fire by the prisoner and destroyed. In ^1859, a, two story, fire proof, jail was built. It was built pf stone and brick by Robert Courtney. Living quarters were incorporated the ,jail's s,tr.ucture for the .sheriff's use. This jail was 1905 »„wlien the county court appointed a, committee tb .tpvestigate and report, what recommendations should be made to im- , prov,e the sanitary conditions of the county jail and on the feasibility and cost of building a new jail. The committe® re- ,comm,ended the dismantling of the .old , jail. They reported^that "the old jail is neither secure or sanitary, nor does it allow , # ,/j P^op®^, dl®ssification of criminals. In. no particular way does it comply with the requirements of the statue law or our duty as a" .divilized pepple to thepunfortunate, vipipus as ^hey may b,a, who 54

are incarcerated in .t^p,fe ^ They also recom mended that the old jail-ibe; sold and-aj-h®'^ lot, then vacant, on the riyer bank be purchased,. The fourth jail was built on the site of the historic Whl "' Tavbrn bvbbiookih^^ the Hanpeth'River about'150 yard's vgast of the old jail.' It cost $10,000' to' build aiid was built by the Pa'Uley' Jail Company of St. Louis'. ■ 'This two-story building incbrporat'ed "-•-liVirig '(|uar$er$ 'for thb^ehbriff's-^^fbmil'y'use^;' The Tirbt sheriff of the fourth ■ j'ail Was Bill-'Churchv'- 'A dlf-t floor dungeon under the foundation of the building was' used'for the more vicious ■' ^'■'' Grimihalsi ' At the time" there'Was a 'big controversy in the county about the need-for or use'of the' dungeon. ' Still the jail'was''d'6n- siderede.ii^Uite • ftiociern with all of- its' furhishings and equi'pm'ehtii'' It remained a dbunty' jail Until • 194l, when -a-hew jail was built. After that, the old jail Was Still used'as a SOrt of auxiliary'lail'for many - years'. ' ■ Today ' the heavy steel gratings O'V'er the' windows'ahd a -hanging hook- with a'trap door beneath are-still in plac'e-'l' ' I'he building was purchased by Matrix Enterprises i a local cable pahyi in 1978% It w'As remodeled for the personnel offices'of the ■ company.V- ■ ■ i'h■ 1941, the-' county court appropriated-' mbhey ' for ' the constru ction- bf a hew jail The- f if th jail ,-■ knbwh today' as the Old - Jail, was built to the left of the old Old Jail fbr^-'$2S ,000. When'a'-^' Citizen's group went to the county judge and asked fof-a"hew-school, he tblb . them■■ that the^-Coun-ty had no money for'a hew Sbhoo'l ' or any- ■ thing; .Lass t-han two days I'ater, money was made' availablb" tb-huild 0T -a hew-jail. -"This caPsed-'mahy citizens to becomb ^ very'angry with the' 'jUdgb^;'' ' /. ■ Thi'. jail could-house ■ up 'to-'thirty prisoners at' a 'timei 'The prisohers -slept twb'-tb'a'cell'; ' Meals were se'rved threb timeb'h'- ■'day' and-'-.s'ome-of thb"prisoners 'Workad on the rbad gang;" ■ -'They wbked from s'even in thb morning until four-thirty in thb'afterhbon. ' By 1969, the'jail hbd outgrown ;its present' building arid mbriey fbr'^a new . jail was apprbpriated. • Tbday ths Old Jail is' still bwnbd'By the County. -It houses' -the.-juvenile-services arid the deteetivi-' ' offices; • It is alsb .'used-as a storage area-for some bf f he bbilhty rbcbrds; - - ' ■, ...-rr ; yioo- ■ The ipresent, jail- was completed-in- -1971 for $350i'00(}. It-Was 5 5

tiuilt to the left of the Old Jail on the site of the previous city dump. The architectural firm of Yearwood and Johnson was the builder.' It is .a'one st:ory, red brick building featuring con trolled temperature, lighting and ventilation, but there are,no : windowsy-or exercise area. Prisoners are served meals twice a day, breakfast and dinner. However, if the prisoners work on the road . prew,rthey ar^-'flitni.shed^'with a'jssTidwich for their lunch. The jail is inspected four times a year by the Grand Jury, while the state inspects it afifiualiy.. The -food is inspected yearly. With crime on the increase, the jail is very over-crowded. There^nare bet-weeh 68^and 75 prisoners at a time^in the prison. Be sides plumbing problems and over-crowding', the jail is also infested with cockroaches. , Sheriff Fleming Williams would like a jail three times the size of the present one for future: use. . However,: that would''00st between two and three million dollars and the commission just doesn't have that kind of money. One proposal being studied at present involves the plan of building and relocating the Williamson County Hospital and then remodeling the old hospital for the use as a jail. Of the six jails, three remain standing today. Everyone should visit these buildings and see the interesting changes made in the penal system through the years.

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Section 2, pg, 1. _ ^ n j"' ' Sophie and. -Paul, Tennessee-^' s Troubled-'Rot)¥s. •■■} ''Old Hickory , Earle-Sheilds Publishers, 19,76.r j. ;r;.:r"' "History of;the Old, Old: Jail,"- Review-ApbfealV-BlDt. '2; 197i'. Se,c. l,^pg.^^5. ^ r,,vwr- . » "Female^ Inmate. Petitions for RelSase Citing' Deplorable Jail Conditions," The,Tennessean, V61. 78. Noi 321» Eebruary^2i; 1984, pg. 'Sc. ' ^ \ ' Personal Interview with Mrs.». Virginia Bowman,, historian, Franklin ev.: Tenn,, February 21, 1984. . ■ • . 9 Fh'one Iriferview with .Mrs., ,,,liOuise Lynch, historian. Franklin^ ! Tennv,.- February 22, 1984.

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WILLIAWSQN county ANp STONE* S ^RIVER, SKIRMISHES - • ^ NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1862 • ? . ; - ij.': ■ ^ ,.By: Steve Lechiara

ave .beent" ^^nUmson many small county,^ battles as,in or skirmishes other parts lost of inthe timeSouth and r therenot ® ^^scription 6r%ne Official Recordst Of The a unionpulPlication And Confederate entitled .WarArmieJ." Of Rebellion ^ - BacRground and Preceding, Events November of 1862 found the Army of Tennessee under Braxtpn, Brag^, entrenched before Murfreesboro, The main line la^' in an'arc'f^ Readyvllle on the right through MurfrWesboro'to iune'id 'Franklin on the left. From these positions they could lick their wounds, received from a-costly Kentucky campaign and still menace Union forces operating out of Nashville. By December the Northerners Jiad established outposts near. William- • son above Brentwood and on Mill Creek farther east. They foraged . and along Mill Creek. Southern General John Wharton and his brigade of Texas rangers, in , v : Nolens\^ille for the express purpose of contesting these ^middle i. ■ ^ grounds so valuable to an army in thp field. On November.27th, a scout of two regiments was sdnt down Nolens- ville pike, froni Nashville. Wharton's pickets were met and fired upon two miles out and a chase ensued which was to culminate in Nolensville with the capture of three Confederates who had paused once near Mill Creek where they received artillery: suppc^t. The Tyne Williams house is perhaps the oldest house on, the pike in the immediate area and still bears mar.ks irom a fight,, perhaps-this one. Just below the house on the creek, was a mill where the Northerners Captured Southern flour. Qn DeJ^emperi 3rd, three Union officers were captured when their forage.^tra^p was attacked by two hundred -Texa^ rangers about ten miles out ,Harding Pike, and a couple of miles from the pike. " Having entered the landowner's house for receipts and dinner, they ^ liover had time to escape. The.,:next day saw a, Northern scout of three hundred leave Nashville, 58

encounter Southern pickets, arid drive them through Brentwood and two miles down Wilson Pike. Returning to Brentwood and resuming their scout, they again met resistance which they chased through Holly Tree Gap and close to Franklin.

It,was. near Holly■Tree Gap five days later that a similar incident occurrad. The'Union', scouts, having chased picketis from. Brentwood, halted .and. fired i/several rounds oif ' cannon at the Southerners ■■before returning to Nashvil'le.' 'While all this was occurring, Wharton.'s •Texans were shelling the camps on Mill Crdek eight m'ile.s ea;st. . By:'now Breritwdod had become a continual hot, spot, as' the Official Rdcbrdb iridicate. On December 11th and 12th,: Confederate pickets an'd a'frill regiment were struck by Union reconnaissance on Wilson Pike and eas't of Franklin, The Unionj^,forces: proceeded down Liberty Pike arid • entered Franklin, a bold,.g.f at the time, to be sure. Two days later a Union forage train was ambushedjseven miles.from Nashyill® .near Breritwoodi On December 21st, a.skirmish wit.h'/ ca-valry-t-wo miles east of Wilson Pike resulted in six ■ Southerners captured^ and one killed. On the, 23r.d5. Texas- Rangers.^, dressed ;in, Federal coats, captured the en'tire advance picke.t on , Holensyji-lle. Pike , leaving several dead and wopnded .on the, f.iel,d,» ■ r Finally on Christmas Dayj two incidents occurred at the same time, just several miles apart, A forage party had to fight for its fod- ®t.Frim's.j.Blacksmith Shop while a'second ■party was having a little better, time of it farther south.^

The Push To Murfreesboro ■ December 26th;, was the day that Major General William S. Rosecrans' ,p,i.ck.ed.to begin a southward advance, hopefully to clear Middle = ■ • .• > Tennessee of all Corifederate forices. A march would,be made; in. three columns, thus clearing a path from Franklin to Murfreesboro Pike. The center column.under General Alex McCoOk would challenge Hardee,. Bragg's left wing copimander, at Triune-v The Federal right under General George Thomas^ would offer support to McCoOk should Hardee .

"The exact location of Prim's Blacksmith Shop is uncer'tain. The Union records place it at the terminus of Edmondson Pike, but generally around. Holt, and Crocket (Carpenter'') Roads, and between the Edmoridsori and Nolensville Pikes. '■ 59

offer battle. If not, then it was .up.to the left wing under .General Thomas Crittendon to strike at Murfreesboro. McCook and Thomas would then act as flank support. At 2.,A.M., troops began assembling at'-the Mill Greek staging'area (today Ellington Agricultural Center)'in Nashville. At 6:00, the First Division, under General Jefferson Davis mdved out in its right wing position on Edmondson .Pike,. .., Nolensville Pike was crowded with the wagons and troops of Second; Division, under Phil Sheridan and in his wake marched the Third Division .under R. W. Johnson. ^ P^rt of this Division parallelled the main .thrus± on a by-road to the west (today Old Hickory Blvd.). General George Thomas, "the Rock", synchronized his army's departure on the Franklin Pike with McCook's while Crittendon moved out Murfreesboro Pike. ' ■ " This obviously was no small movement. It had the.elements of a grand parade, and what a splendid spectacle it might have been as column after column passed, flaunting its banners in .that stiff wintry breeze — banners with faraway names like Shiloh and Mill ■ Springs. On and on they came and the last of the troops did not file out of Camp until 2:00 A.M. on the 27th, twenty hours behind the leaders. History doesn't recall any such splendor the morning of the 27th. It was in fact a dark, ominous day with the.rain coming down in torrents. Vision was at a minimum and,the roads.were all but im passable for wagons and artillery. In Murfreesboro sat Bragg," perhaps awaiting some word from one of his crack .caval'ry. leaders on his front. Wharton and Wheeler were told to maintain a minimum resistance in order to keep the Union Army coming. First contact was made about two miles outside the Union!picket lines, by bo"th Davis on Edmondson Pike and Sheridan on Nolensville ^ Wharton's combat wise troops steadily fell back to Nolens- pursued by Davis' escort and one, available, cavalry unit. When the general, himself, arrived via an old country road., he, was apprised that the Southerners held Nolensville and so he commenced. deploying an assault force. The Union cavalry had halted one mile north of.town awaiting sup port. it was near them that Pinney's 5th Wisconsin Battery was . 5 0

.^f^ought'-up to-'command the'southwest approaches. Post.'s Brigade 'it for^ned along the^pike'for-a headlonig assault. Carlin's Brigade was on Post's right and Woodruff alongside. The entire line extended west to a.hill, probably,beyond the Smith Cemetery. By now it was "2 P.M., and raining ..while White's Tennessee Battery played along the exposed .Federal .line, from the rear of Nolensville. .

The main Confederate ■•line lay in the hills south and southw.est o.f to^n:. A-strong'line of skirmisher's held the village from wi.thin'Jand behind citizens^ homes. Southern 'forces extended west perhapa phe mile., parallelling the Union line with a vast expanse, of fields be tween y them i , Pinney's guns' were firing head to head with .White's when joined-by '•■the 'Sth ■•Wisconsin Artillery, who formed in battery three different times, firing thirty-eight rounds into the tiny hamlet..with uncertain effects. '.Around 4:00 a mass of'"gray began to form on the far. western horizon. . This ■ detachment was'soon dispersed, by. the 22nd ■ Indiana who'was'defending-the Union right. At this juncture the Northerners advanced into■ Nbleh'Sville uncontested. 't " All during ■ the ar'tiilery duel, Thomas listened/apprehensively from Wilson 'Pike'hear Brentwood. Even now he was rushing to McCook's'aid with part of his force. It is uncertain what his route, was from ■ Brentwood to Nolensville Pike. It is certain that he ,,failed to com.- plet-e, the'Crossing in one day due to imipassable roads. Perhaps, he was detoured via Liberty Church Pike, and by the Hamm^er plantation, (today Vance'Little'and StAhley Horn, Jr. farms) where, encampment haye.been'founds It is an entertaining theory and one that seems to fit the circumstances'. . , Back on Liberty Pike the rest of Thomas' troops had turne^.off toward Franklin and- were driving Confederate pickets before the.,,tp^wn. ■ ". !. Obviously surprisedj th¥ Southerners formed erratically, andr fled i'n'^ disorder, leaving'ten of their'number with the Union Armyj-iwho then./, returned.-to Wilson Pike ah'd encamped a"!: "the Noiensvill.e..,cro.ssing'(i' Back at Nolensville, Jeff. Davis had, won the ,d.ay., but .^his uftdauhted adversary' waS reforming in the high group of hills, and.i-de'filOs 'beyond the town known as Knob Gap. Today these are called Morton and .Polk ' Knobsi It, was a' n'aturAl fortress' but Davis meant to. have it ;by 61 nightfall to allow his ro^nvtoTrest. .He formed his group in the same pattern with Post leading and set to the left ,^along. the pike. The column began it^ adyanoei a'cross a foreboding^ exposetf^plairi. on the pike j a Chestnut gray became visible on the hills in the front. The column was a 4ua^ter mile ^he^::^;f1:e^s.^^%e;ssean^:c Beckoning support fri(^:t:%:tbli>g^ foot-of ,th^" hill,: Post was answered by Pinney's Battery and the 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery, and once more thunder shook the camps at Murfreesboro and Franklin. The Union big guns proved too much for Wharton's men and the as sault that followed was swift and terrible. One of White's guns was taken before it could be set up, the gunners fleeing wildly. Colonel Hans Heg of the 15th Wisconsin later lauded the efficiency of his men who had charged the gun, taken the gun, and not lost a man in the struggle. He would tell a different story within the week because the so often esteemed 15th would lose half its number on that fateful New Year's Eve at Stone's River. McCook's Army encamped on the spot, had for their losses seventy-five killed and wounded. There would be one more fight at Triune the next day. Then the troops would turn west to Murfreesboro and Williamson County would see very little of the Federal Army until Hood's invasion would bring them to Franklin and ultimately a decisive stand at Nash ville exactly two years later. 62

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yOUMANSi M. D.^ ;i. : ; .PHYSICIAN^'.EDUCATOR5 NUTRITIONIST, GENTLEMAN FARMER o ; ■ ■ By: R. H. Kampmeier, M. D. • • Na^hvilXe j; Tennessee ■

I welcome the opportunity to share with you something of the Tif ® remarkable man - a .physician, scientist, humanist, medi cal; educator, an extraordinary teacher, as well as administrator of medical schools, writer, editor, military officer, horseman, gentleman,farmer and a close friend for more than a half centuryl Dr. Youmans' forebearS' emigrated to this country from Englahd in abput 1656.. Several of the following generations-lived in . .• . VAt^iPua.:sections of New York state as farmers. His .grandfather ^ Henry Ypumaps, was the first,to move west. He, the. oldest of 11 children, had an education beyond grade school; in an academy,. acquired a teacher® s. certificate and is known to have taught at least one year. He began the study of medicine-, as. was the custom 9 by,."reading" with a physician in Sardinia, New York. Then he at tended the. usual two year:course in a medical school, the Medical Department of Geneva College at Geneva, New York, receiving his... MD; degree in 184-3. ; Hs was attracted by the westward expansion and looked over,.locations some distance west of Milwaukee. He decided on .Mukwonago^ a Potawatomi Indian village, taken .over'by white ,-settlers. , --'.Records show he, became a prominent y community- .' minded citizen. For example, although he was not a church member, his wife, being a devout Baptist and there being no Baptist ehiirch idi poi^'^unity, he initiated and contributed to the;..building of. a Baptist Church.. He continued to practice medicine until .:his -,' •: death In 1893 at the age .of seventy-seven years. - .m; r ■ John Youmans' father was .the youngest,.son in his family. ,H® received his medical degree from the well known. Rush Medical, School of Chicago, in 1890, and joined his father in practice' in. .; Mykwonago.: . John Youmans, of whom we are, speaking today, was born in Mukwonago. a: month before his grandfather died in 1893. He- had; •!.: a brother and: a sister. He attended the public school in : t .; Mukwonago but,.completed- his high, school education a-t .Cahrollv Academy of .lfJapk;C.sha,,15 miles distant, from his homei jHe • attended Carroll College in; that city.from 19ip-13 and then trans ferred to the^'Uhl^ver^lity of Wisqonslni in Madison,,' receiving his ■ ^ bachelor's degree in 1915. The University had a two year medical school at that time in which.John enrolled, receiving a MS degree in 1916, He served tHat"summer'as Director of°the state health laboratoryU'n Superior, Wisconsin, In the fall of 1917, he en rolled in; the ^John: Hopkins Medical School to receive his MD degree in, 1919;^; 'He'.'served; in the SATC.,ln. his fourth year. John married ''' Lola William's' in'1917. As I have heard the. story from them, they became- chlldhbod sweethearts on meeting in a dancing school in Wa.ukesha, i Whll.a. John was; completing, his medical, education, Lola was firfishirig-bursas;' training at Presbyterian Hospital, the: clinickl'fk-di'Tity bf Rush Medical School, ..His graduate experience in. the 'sudcebdlng i'three years -was obtained ,at the Milwaukee Children'!.iS'''Hb"Spital.-as: intern,. then as a resident at the Massa" ' chusetts General■'■■Hospital, of Boston.,, and finally as assistant in medic'ihe dt John Hopkins Hp.spitali^ . ■Iri'^1922 , John was appointed ,as-Instructor in the Department of. Medicine'at ther'University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he was tb^sbrve -for f ive years.., ■ . . ■ ■ : I will tell,of a few-events that-occurred in the Department ' ' ' of Medicine at,; Michigan; because I believe they,offered John the;op- portun-ity- to, develops.and,, reveal, hif . innate administrative abilltibb. As a" restilt of ■ internecine politics and strife, the Chairman of the Department -re'signed in ,192M-.' /Because they were party to, the. strife, neither of; the two full.professors could take;over .as . ' Ghairmarii- ' The University's Board of . Regents appointed -.a. surgeon j a capable man with ,:polatic.al power , .as - Director of . the Medical Department but who nevei^ laid claim. to being.a medical educator. Because'of their,previous confrontation .in .the departmental' troubles,' I3r, BruCe 'could-not call upon either of the. two .senior faculty men in. the- 'Department toi take, over its administration; as related to teaching and curriculum, John Youmans thus became .the Director's;-deputy. Thereby, John became, in'a way, the departmental chairman-and this proved to :.be a very fortuitous assignmentnin.'... administration,- ' shabpeniiig. his administrative abilities. iorl j -r .: In' l92'7, John Youmans was dnvlted to join, the- Vanderbilt ; faculty as an Assistant Prpf essor /.of ■'.Medicine, , Ganby- Pobinson j ' 65

Dean and father of the re-organized Vanderbilt Medical School as of 1925, wrote of John's coming in 1927, saying "an unusually able administrator and physician, was added to the staff and be came director of the outpatient service in charge of the teachihg there." Dr. Robinson had been well informed in his characteri zation of John. He developed a teaching program for fourth year students in the outpatient service at Vanderbilt University Hospital which became a Kind of prototype for this area of in struction. A number of visitors from other medical schOols came ':to' observe the workings of the outpatient service, i Then, there was John Youmans the teacher. He had all of the necessary attributes of an excellent teacher at the patient's ' bedside and in the clinic, - namely, meticulous and detailed history taking and physical examination and caref^ul observation of the patient, and then correlating these facets in inductive ' reasoning. Having taught medical students history! taking arid ' • physical examination in their second year, he could hold them to demonstrate theSe-disciplines in the third and fourth year, and he did - he would not accept slovenly work in case studies. Over the years many students have described the legacy of what John • taught them in methods, and for which they had been ever grateful, even though he was a taskmaster. Parenthetically, John set ah example of integrity, responsibility and respectability becoming a physician. 'Respectability for the third and fourth year - ■ students, meant taking responsibility in patient care and included • proper grooming, wearing a tie and a clean white coat. John'did not hesitate to tell a student to have his white coat laurideredl As John Youmans began his academic career, he developed a breadth of interest in problems encountered at the bedside or in the clinic, Michigan, in the Great Lakes area, was thereby located in the "goiter belt" and so it was quite natural that he found interest in conditions related to thyroid diseases. This interest carried over after his move to Vanderbilt1 In fact his first paper published here was' entitled, "The Incidence of Goiter Among Adults in Nashvilles Possible Influence of Dietary arid Hygienic Factors," For the first half dozen years at Vanderbilt, John engaged in metabolic studies in dogs and humans stimulated by his 66

interests; i?i,,thyrpid dis . At the same time he became, aware, of, andr^beBan a,, study, of edema (swelling of the legs) as he-en-, oounteredjit in clinic patients who did not have heart failure or othej>.,obvious : cause tp explain this f inding. He called attention to this,condition in a paper of 1933, titled "Endemic Nutritional Edema in Tennessees Public Health Problems," Having satisfied himself' tl^at this ed®nia was caused by a diet, poor in protein, he developed an interest in,, and a study,,of, problems in human . .. nutrition,, deficiencies in vitamins, protein and other food . elements, This_became his life's wprk insofar as investigation, or researchf was concerned and for which, he was to gain inte,rnational

stature, . . . By the rlate,1930's Dr. Youmans conceived the idea of sur—. veying the nutr.itional state of , a population. The Rockefeller Foundation of. New York supported this project. Wilson ,Cpun,t.y pro vided a rural population-for such.a. study. This survey included not only a' record of,dietary habits and food eaten,'but aljS.p an - . examination of the subjects for evidence of nutr;itionali.,. deficiencies and laboratory studies to reveal stores of nutrients in the body, A series of papers were published in the first five years.of the ISbO.'s, describing the findings: among Wilson. County people.,,, These provided the guidelines for nutritional;: studies wbich w,era, to be ,appl5-ed tp populations in countries around the ,. world, ,(At about the time that the State Department of Health ;sponsored a survey of tuberculosis in Williamson County» it,-#ilso, undertook a nutrition survey less ambitious than the W.ilson, County survey: by, Dr., Youmans and his group,) , = Dr, ,Youmans/had .the first, opportunity to test.his methods in a foreign environment in.l941.> When France became divided into Vichey France by collaborating with its German victors.and' ''Free France", the activities of the Rockefeller FoundationTcame„tp, a ., halt-. It; ne-organised its, activities under a Health .Commission sponsored by thp, Foundation's .International Health, Division. The purposei of. the Commission was to aid in public health woJ^'^ ir^.; co operation ;-with the public^ health agencies of various goyernm,ents - in war-torn Europe. Because of the situation in France,, a - - - ■ regional health department was ,set, up, in, Marseille| a. Section on Nutrition wes -a division of , the Commission,; John becam,e;;a .member ,67

of the Cominissicn to evaluate nutrition in Southern France| a Paris physician. Dr. Gounelle, evaluated nutrition in that.area and Haro^ci Stuart 3 a Boston pediatrician and member of the Com mission, surveyed school children. (It may be of interest that John went to France by Pan-American Clipper, an amphibious plane, be- fore the war made flying land-based planes overseas commonplace.) Dr. Youmans applied his survey methods and analyzed the popula tion's nutritional status for evidences of malnutrition and under- nutrition. The Section on Nutrition also investigated food sources and explored the possibility of a real fopd shortage. As of that moment he found that calorie intake was such that,the population was at a maintenance level. The intake of certain vitamins was deficient, especially in the low income group of,the population studied. There was evidence that protein intake was borderline and children especially showed some degree of anemia. Three years later Dr. Youmans was commissioned as Colonel in the Army and Director of the Nutrition Division in the Pre- .

*1^ ventive Medical Service of the Office of the Surgeon General,. e Napoleon said, "An army marches on its stomach." The problem of supplying enough food and of the quality desired by our Army was a complex one. Feeding American soldiers in the camps within the home country was relatively simple, the main problems being those of ac- ceptabiiity of the food by our GI's. While our soldiers were quartered in .England before D-day, supplying rations became ,some what more complicated by needing to fill out an American diet, with some English substitutes because of difficulties at ^times in importing'food'from the United States. GI's did not care for some English dietary items. Our troops stationed in North Africa for, months did fairly well because of successful supply lines from the United States. Problems arose, however, when troops became mobile in. , theaters of combat and food needed to be portable or packaged. Those who served in the field, either in Europe or in the Pacific, need only to have C, K or "10-in-l" rations mentioned to react with more or less distaste. C and "10-in-l" rations were reasonably, tasty but5 if they had to be eaten cold or day after day, they were bound to pall on the appetite. K rations were designed to be 68

eaten cold''but ^ too'^ beckme tiresome wh^n eaten day after'day I Troops who had to-subsist on paokaged'rations'for 30 or H'O-'days usually aOst weight and- actually might develop mild defldiendy stateso ' These occurred not because of inadequate calories or nu tritive value but- because the men found the food so tiresome they would'not eat the recommended quantities. Requirement^ for ship pings and storage of-rations in the tropids'br in the heat of Africa^accounted for alterations in the taste of the food, an " additional factor in distaste for the rations. ' 'BecaOse the"'"theater commanders received these complaints and the medical officers confirmed them, if was 'decided in the Su'rgeon Generalks office;-in early 19UU, that the preservatioh of health and prevention of 'disease in the troops required a re-organization of the Nutrition-'Di'vision. This meant tha't" a medical officer should head the Division rather than a sanitary officer.' Thus, John Youmans was offered the post. Both he and I were "frozen" against seeking military service as'the only two full-time faculty in the Department of Medicine.' When this assignment was offered to John, he and I discussed it and I promised I would make ho ' further attempts to^'%eit out" of the faculty "freeze" but would attempt to keep the Department together for the duration of "the War. John's duties'-took him into all theaters of operation around the world to ferret out problems which arose concerning rations among troops in the-field and patients in ahmy hospitals. Inci dentally', the only seri'ou'S'problem of outright nutritional ' disease-he ■ found was among Chinese troopS allied to' troops in the China-Burma-India-theater where beri'lberi showed' itself. ''' ' The K ration had become suspect because of weight loss, and the question arose whether' it' was 'adequate from d'nutrikht viewpoint. But no onS-knew-this with certainty because much of it was wasted and then followed by dietary inadequacy. Therefore iri' the summer of Ism, a controlled exper^iment was carried out oh 1000 'infantry men in an isolated valley in the mduntaihs''of Colorado. The'^'purpose was to'tesf the acceptability of the K or other ration, over a ninety day period, with cdn'trolled caloric intake and on a program of rigid advanced infantry training. (The troops were veterans of the battld for the Aleutian IslSnds.) ■Careful physical examination was done on these men as well as 69

laboratory tests -to determine their nutritional state. Then ninety days were given over to a strenuous period of marching with full pack, war games, etc. At the end of this period, examinations ,,and.tests were repeated. It was then the K-ration was determined to provide an adequate nutritious diet. When the War ended in Europe, the Army was faced with main taining law and; order and the prevention of the spread of disease. Sufficiency of food was a problem in Europe. The Office of the Surgeon General decided to survey the German population in the American Zone to appraise the nutritional state of the civilian population, to determine the minimal food requirements and to aid in the equitable distribution of available food. This concern . was not shared by England, France and Russia - they made no survey's . Under John's direction, five nutrition survey teams were ap pointed and by August 15, 1945, 40,000 persons had been examined in the American Zone in Germany by selected population samples in twentyr'six of Germany's most important cities. Each team con I sisted Of a civilian physician to examine the subjects for evidence of malnutrition, an Army officer nutritionist of the sanitary corps to record food diaries and an Army laboratory technician to do certain laboratory tests on selected subjects. John made follow-up visits to evaluate the nutritional health status and rationing of food of the German civilian pop ulation. In August of 1946, he joined representatives of the U.S. Army of Occupation and the British and the French counterparts to visit cities in the three respective zones. They concluded the nutritional state of the German civilians was deteriorating and especially that 'of the children. Tuberculosis was on the increase and the Committee believed poor industrial production could be related to deficient nutrition. The Committee agreed that the minimal rations decided upon in August of 1945 must be implemented. Only 65% of minimal caloric needs were being supplied by the official ration, ,A second trip was made in May of 1948, when a member of a Nutritional Survey Mission to Germany on behalf of the Army in conjunction with British members of the Commission met to evaluate the state of nutrition in the American and British Zones. Examinations had continued and reports from Public Health, Food 70

and Agriculturej Economics and other branches of Military Govern ment were considered.. After a period of increasing deterioration of health, it now seemed conditions had stabilized in terms of ' I. underweight, anemia, muscular wasting and lowered body metabolism. Children revealed retarded growth. However, such a state did not permit an increase in work output,necessary to rehabilitate the economy. Therefore the Commission recommended: that food sup° plies distributed should provide 2500 calories daily; that either potatoes or bread be freed from rationing; that supplemeht^-'6f food to certain citizens of the population be iSirnplifled; dhd ' that foods of.animal origin and fats be provided in larger quantity. It was felt these moves might reduce the evils of the black market in foods. The next .application of the Youmans' method of nutritional surveys was in the world-wide activites of the Interdepartmental Committee Nutrition for National Defense (ICNND) - representing the Departments, of Defense, State, HEW, Agriculture, International Co-operation Administration, and the Atomic Energy Commissibn. At its inception the strategy back ,of ICNND was. to evaluate the nU-' ! 1 tritional status of. the armed forqes of the nations which were' ' recipients of our fiend-lease' policies, and to bring them ' up-to-date in nutrition and in,the development of portable rations acceptable to them, in terms of national and religious customs. After the first several surveys.,it became clear that, after all, the people in the army of a country .reflected the state of the population from whigh they sprang and,, therefore, surveys' must in clude civilian populations.v The nutrition of children was of ' i. 1 t-,.' ., i J i.. ' first order, of importance because they'were the source from which- " the Army recruits were to come. The survey teams were made up of a clinician and a, dentist to do the examination of both the Army-''' personnel and the civilians, a laboratory technologist, a nutritionist to take food histories and to obtain food samples for^' analysis, and an agriculturist to evaluate crops. The teams'' ■ ■ activities were co-ordinated by. Array personnel .of the host country which provided transportation. Each team member had one or more opposites nat3.v@ to ■ the .country to continue the work .after the ■ ■ ■ ' U.S. team departed. Samples from Army .and civilian populations were examined by, the me.thods developed by Dr. Youmans/ He was' a'' ' ■71

ra- graduate students only. In 1928, he became Director of Post Graduate Courses at,Vanderbilt. He carried out for some years an' interesting experiment of the re-education of general practitioners who had been in practice for many years. He wrote a practical laboratory manual for stach doctors. These interests led him; into becoming editor, of a journal directed mainly to general practitioners, The American Practitioner, ;serving as. its editor for 12 years. He also was on the Editorial Boards ofr the Journal of Clinical Nutrition and of Nutrition Reviews, and chad written a : • textbook on Diseases of Nutrition. 72

John was a long time member of the AMA Council on Foods and Nutrition and also a member of the Sub-committee oh Medical Nu- ' tritioh of the National Research Council. Both of these agencies » had a pirofound influence op policies, and nutritional standards for the nation. ' , , , . , ; ■ ■ ., " JohnI . , wasI ' ' not• r < Jone . t,o retirer - . • when there was something to be done. After his retirement as dean he accepted the-responsibility of Technical Director of Research5 U.S. Army Medical Research Development Command in Washington, filling this position for two yeahs. This was followed by the post„of the Director of the" Division of Scientific Activities of the American Medical ^ ' *1 . ' " f.i ■ . i Association, which meant Jurisdiction over a dozen Councils or Commissions of the Associatipn, as well as the scientific meeting programs and continuing education. He carried out this respon sibility for two years. .This..was followed by a' four-'yeab' " presidency of the United Health Foundation with offices in'New York City. This organization promoted'the concept of setting' aside a portion of money raised in United Way Fund drives for re- ^ search grants based in the community.' This had had success in ' Boston, Pittsburgh and North Carolina. , The Foundation, through its advisory committees, was prepared to assist United Way Organizations in evaluat.in^.and recommending submitted research proposals. The program spi'ysd, a u.seful purpose in funding re search projects of such small size > they. had no chance of beirig funded by, say, NIH or large foundationsi. . Dr. Youmans continued,his interest in medicine by acting as Medical Director of the Karpeth Terrace Convalescent Home at Franklin until his death in 1979. John Youmans' scientific and professional contributions ' brought him many honors. From the Army.there were the World War II medals and the Outstanding Civilian Service Award." He was' ' awarded the Chevalier of the Fpench Legion of Honor by France. In this country he received awards of recognition for his cOhtri-' butions in the field of nutrition from the American Medical Association, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American College of Cardiology, the Arthritis Foundation and the Americah College of Physicians. . ' 1 John read widely and seriously of.nonmedical literature and ' 73

was a. member?:.of the :Coffee House Club of Nashville, How did John Youmans become a resident and gentleman ^farmer in Williamson County? I cannot vouch for a "caus® and ..effect"; set of circumstances, but I do know certain events took place which may have had some influence in this regard. The Ypumans and Kampmeiers had maintained a friendship since 1925, and we .l>ad visited in Nashville. In .1931, the Youmans drove to Pueblo, Colorado, in their Cond car, to visit, the Kampmeiers where I was in the practice of medicine. In their,two week visit, time hung heavy, on John's hands while I was busy in the office or.hospital*; I bad as a patient, an ex-cowboy, who had a riding academ^y:. with a string of a couple dozen cow-ponies for rental* : Abpiit twice., a week I would join my patient at 5 o'clock in the morning for the fun of rounding up his horses which had been loose : ^isb^^ "'^be plains at the edge of the city. I intro- to: my patient who invited him to ride his horses. I have piotures,of John and, daughter Virginia, on their mounts, ppobably the first pictures of John on a horse because he once -.admitted to me that other than being on a plough horse in his childhood, he had not' been astride a horse until he was introduced P9^~PO'^i-®s, in Pueblo in 1931; Shortly after this visit, from his periodic letters, it appeared that John,had forsaken his gplfing friends, Sidney Purwell, Hugh Morgan, Tinsley Harrison, :^j,Al ,Blalock, Frank Luton9 Dean Leathers and others, abd was now.be ing introduced by his pink-coated friends, Cobb Pilcher,,5eale Harris, and George Johnson to phasing foxes. So I have suspected that here may have been the events which ultimately led to John ..becoming a citizen of Williamson County. When we visited the Youmans in 1932 they were still living in the city. However, when we arrived in 1936.. to live in ,Nashvi-lle, tbe Youmans had moved to Otter Creek Road with accommodations for horses. Soon they moved into the Baxter House on the Franklin Pike where I used to tour the farm with John on horseback on an occ.as,ipna,l Sunday forenoon. During his. years in the Army, 19M-i| to l^^^';l:i6jj..the family resided on Hillsboro Road. Upon John's re-r turn to Nashville as r^^ean at Vanderbilt, he initially rented Traveller's Rest and then purchased it, living there until it was condemned for railroad property. It was then that the Youmans. 7K-

moved to Williamson County with the purchase of the farm oh NatcheZ''Traioei Failing permitted a stable of horses, hunters and steeple chase •■steeds. ' He- rode his hunter, "Yb-Yo", in a race at Overton Downs, .For many years his' horses were entered in the Irbquois' event as well as elsewhere. His horse Storm Hour won the 19^8 and'1950 Iroqubis races, ridden by gentlemen riders. The Iroquois Day of 1879 was dedicated to' the memory of John who had suppbrted ■ this> event bo enthusiastically for years. John liked to live' darigerously and so steeple-chasing and fox-hunting suited hiiri well. ., ;We used to "rib" him as to vjhether he or his friend George Johnson could rack Up the most'broken bones from riding. John was a ' member of' the Harpeth Hills Hunt, the Hillsboro Hounds of Nashville ;and ?the Fairfax'Hunt of 'Virginia. • A John Youmans was a gregarious man who attracted and made many friends and acquaintances. Over the years, the first Ueek' in May-, saw'a meeting of two prestigious academic medical societies ^ % at Atlantic City, Beginning with 1927, whenever we both attended the meetings9 we.always shared a room. This was a place for'the igathering of friends for drink-s and for discussions. John was al ways one of the party that spent one night annually in an eatery for lobsteri beer and singing. The Youmahs entertained friend's'at the Belle Meade Country Club or ■at large parties given periodically- in their home for their friends of the Hunt, of the University'arid from around town. They were"'Convivial gatherings and can besi: be described as "Great But many more smaller parties provide pleasant memories - made up of visiting members of their family and a few close friiends. They were intimate and erigagirig because of the reminiscences and conversatidriS. -When the bourbon'had had its proper effect John would get but his Clarinet to tbotle it, ad mittedly not in too virtuous a Style, if someone wbuld accompany him on the piano. ■ As far as his own family was concerned, John was sensitive and sentimental. He had'Stroh'g'ties to his parents and his brother and sister. His bwn' fairiiiy,'"his wife, Lola, three' daughters, their spouses arid eight graridchildren, was a clbsbly knit-'Unit, ■ ■ r h

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Dr. Youmans and Storm Hour at Penjerrick (Youmans' farm on Natchez Trace), 1960. Storm Hour twice won the Iroquois Steepiechase, 1948 and 1950. (Photograph courtesy of Jane Youmans Howard.) It may have become apparent, that John and Lola and Blanche and I have been close friends over these many years since 1925. We tested the, bonds of friendship by travelling together.for about 10 weeks on an e:^tensive European tour in 1957. Certainly, I knew John woll. A man of; keen intellect, quickly catching■the nub of,f,problems then a man of action, a. faithful friend and-withal a most tolerant person. Never have I ever heard him criticize or disparge anyone. If anyone had done him a wrong, he excused it by finding a reason for such an act. He enjoyed life. It surely was one of life's gifts to have had John Youmans as a mentor and colleague, and for the privilege of calling him friend over many, many years. 76

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PETER AND GREEN. PRYOR ; • .PIONEER CHILDREN OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY By: Dorris Callicott Dou'glass "

:Peter and Green Pryor were born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the mid 1790's. They were mere infants when their fathervJohn-. Prybr died. Their mother, Elizabeth>erkihs Pryor, or Betsy as she was called, soon married Hendley Stone on May 26, 1798. When Betsy. Pryor remarried it was necessary to settle her first ..husband's estate. 'Hence Hendley Stone, in right of his wife, be came the.adminibtrator of dohn Pryor's estate and guardian of the two: children. OnV January 15-, 1799, the boys ahd their mother re ceived a substantial inheritance of land and negroes. ''' '' Hendley Stone had cils'o been married before and had an iniant son, William. Stone's first wife was Jane Hairston whom he bad married on June 18, 1795. Hendley'Stone'and' his 'second wiie, Betsy, had some six children of their own, besides his son William and her sons Peter and Green. These children we're Agnes, who was named for her grandmpther Perkins, Mary, who -was called'Polly, Ruth, Barton, Alfred, ;aln.d-Nicholas Perkins Stohe. Barton died at the age of nine in 1810. Ruth, who is mentioned in her grandfather Perkins' will, died sometime between 1813- and 1817. Hendley Stone later'married a third time after the death of his wife Betsy, and had 'si^ more children by his wife Mary, whose surname is not known." Among the children of Stone's third marriage was Barton Warren Stone' bearing the name of hib deceased brother, and of a noteworthy uhcle. About the spring 1804 Hendley Stone, his'wife Betsy,'ahd their various children moved to Williamson County, Tennessee, where he built a cabin on land belonging to his wife's uncle Thomas Hardin Perkins. - The home of Hardin^ Perkins, Meeting of the Waters, re mains today in the Idving'icalPe of his descenddnts."'The cabin that Hendley Stone built, -however, hds been gone''a hundred ^ybars or more. The>:cabin is thought to^'^'have been'the sdme" structure described in 1848 as Peter Perkins old house" and in 1957 as "the south chimney of ai^<-old.;h®a'se", there'Being nothing left but a pile of stones in the unlderbbushf The hbiii'ee was located on a bluff a short distance from the West Harpeth River about a itiTe upbtream from Meeting of 78

the Waters. The land; is presently^'owned by Everett Covington and farmed, by Hugh ■Sandersi . What' remains of'the cfiiinhey serves as a " point in the bouncfery.line between Mr. Covington and Claude Callicott. j On August 6, 1804, Hendley Stone bought five hundred acres on both sides of the West.Harpeth about five miles further■upstream. Stone paid $1,500 for the property. The farm was .-located east of the present Old Hillsbor?o Road near ;the int.ersection of. the Boyd 'Mill'Pike. ' ' ' '" ■ • The land obviously had to be, c]^eare4,and,.a house built, for- the original owner, Robert Hays, was .a, resident .of; Davidson County. Hendley Stone and his family probably mO;Ved i^nto^the'ir new home exactly one year later, for at this time.the Pryor boys' grandfather, Peter'Verkins, acquired the land where- the^ Stpne.'.s. had lived. On August 21, 1805 , Peter Perkins and his..,wife Agnes leased, for life, from Hardin Perkins one hundred acres of land, "including the cabin Hendley Stone built, and spring.,he fetched water out off or used". The.land was leased. "to them and each of them during their natural lives with free priviledge to cultivate land and improve^ as they may think proper". Peter Perkins gave "twenty pounds cur rent mohey of Virginia" for the one hundred acres. :;.':Hendley and Elizabeth Stone witnessed the lease.,.,, , , . : The Stone's new farm was in the,,..shape of a re,ctangle.;i': Peter and Green may have helped build sf-one,- fences along its boundries. If not, then they surely walke.dr.,.tl:ie, perimeter of the farmj .a favorite past time of all rural ...children. The property line began at a hackberry and walnut tpee, ran west 278 poles.-.,.- crossing-thev.- West Harpeth to a beech tree at Philip Walker's nor.the.ast corner•,'> then south along Walker's line 288 poles to a stake near the river, then east 278 poles to a stake whichrwas 12 poles south of a suear tree, and thep north 288 poles to the> beginning.r ■ . , , ! We know that Hendley Stone, farmed,,his,:.,five hundred acres', but' there are no .early^ references to his crop§,., j;;,At the time ofihis ^r. death some twenty-five years la'ter (1831.),,;haoProdueed cotton,, 'corn and wheat. The fact that he owned..,a, flax.iwheel- suggests that-at ' some .time he ra,ised ,.flax. — - .: We do know, that Hendley Stone had ca't.tle-and pro.bably. hogs on ^ the farm as early as the spring of 1805. . ^,On.i.April 5, . l-8.0i5.,.;;he re corded his stock mark as. a prop and two si,.its i,n each ear and 7Q

branded with the. letter'"S". At the time of his death he had both •f Rattle and hogs. Although he had no sheep, he did own a pair of sheep shears. His poultry included, at "the time of his death, 36 geese, 30 turkeys, 2 ducks, and 40" chickens. months after Hendley Stone bought his five hundred acres, he. bppght one acre on-the-west side of the West Harpeth from Alexan der Campbell of Davidson County, paying $10 for the 13 pole square ..,.lot. Immediately the question comes to mind, "Why would anyone buy just one acre in the-middle -of the wilderness?" It so happens that , at, some; time.,..HendleyuSto^he built a grist mill and when he sold his the mill tract'• included one acre on the west side of the..West Harp,eth opposite the mill. It can be assumed that the one eqre .bqught in 1804 -was the same tract of land sold as part of the t^^ct years later. However, there is no description of the one acre in the millr-tract, which would "H^ve verified this assumption. Provided that the mill was bui-lt at an early date, Peter and Green Pryor would have worked some at the mill and, of course, played and fished in the river. ^ Many years later, in 1824j there was a controversy in the neighborhood regarding the re-routing of a road from the Hatchez Trace to Stone's Mill, Also a deed in 1828 mentions the mill and carioe landing near the raili. The reference to the canoe landing suggests the- possihaLity that some farmers brought their corn to the mill by way of boat, a trip that was perhaps easier than by horse- back,.,, There was a beech tree near the feill and A small beech tree at the canoe landing. The trees served'as markers in the 1828 boundary lines. In 1829, Hendley Stone sold his grist mill to his sons-in-law Walter Jenkins and Richard Reynolds. By 1832, Richard Reynolds had added a saw mill and cotton gin to the property. Reynolds, still owned the property when he died in 1835. There is ajgbod possibility that Richard. Warwick's Stone's Mill 'later became the'PBoyd Mill,.; Hendley:.Stone was well liked in his. neighborhood and, in 1805, was elected captain of his militia company.' Every white male be tween the ages of eighteen.and iprty-fiye served in the militia. A man belonged to a! particular militia Company according to where he lived. Each county was divided geographically into company districts which contained not less than forty privates nor more .80

.•.■than ti.in^ty .i.,. .From .four to .eight cpmpanies-.formed, a batallion and two batallions made a regiment. -A regiment therefore consis^ted. of not less than eight companlieutenant colonel, commandant 9 el,ected by the whole regiment ; The lieutenant colonel commandant appointed one drum major and one fife major.L, The... first and second majors were aptually the same rank with the ter.m,first or second..serving only to denote which batallion he com

manded. Peter and Green.Pryor no doubt enjoyed looking at/the printed ; piece of paper that-iwas their step-father' s. commission in the :.v!:" militia. It was signed by Governor John Seyier and bore the 6fate seal of Tennessee. Qne can imagine the boys attempting to read the .commission all.the way through without missing any big words; To all toko ikdll pde.&znt&, Gazztlng, - ' ' yz. Thai fizpoKtlng &pzzlal and zonlldzn

In iZ6tyirnony we. have. c.ancQ.tzd the g^eat 6zaZ 0^ the i^tate to be hefie unto a{){^txed, . Turning the .paper over the boys'would then read the back: I Hendley Stone do ^olemly 4>wean. that I will iuppo^t the eon&tltutlon oi thl& &tate and oi the United States. And that I wilt ^alth^ulZy and ju&tty execute tfie'S^^lce ol Captain In the 21&t Regiment 0^ the mltltla oi thl6 &tate, according to the beAt oi my Akltt and judgement. So help me God, Cpinp^ny .mustens-were held one day a month except fdr January and February, when, the weather was. bad. BataTlaPn musters were held pn the second or third Thursday in April, -depending on the batallion. Regimental musters were held on the second Thursday in October. All mustep.svbegan at "11 o'clock in the forehoon." Hendley.Stone, af-a,ppmmissioned officer, also attended two conse- days of training on the Monday and Tuesday before the Regimental Muster in October, • Here he learned the discipline of troops^according to Stuben's Military Guide. Peter and Green would -eye their step-father all dressed.up in his officers' uniform and would fancy the day when they too would .be in the militia. On muster day Capt. Stone wore "white small clothes" (tight fitting knee breeches), a"blue cloth coat faced with red" and a "goo^d cocked hat" (tricorn hat). At his side was a sword and at his shoulder a rifle. Incidently, Indigo Street (now 4th Avenue) in Franklin was named for the dye factory that made the blue dye for the militia uniforms, at least Goodspeed's History (p. 802) implies such. In epite of the pagentry of drummers and fifers and officers with swords, the militia seryed a real purpose - that of protecting the coupty from Indians who were still a threat. Hendley Stone divided his time between his military obligations farniing activities, grist mill .operation, and last, but certainly npt less important, family responsibilities; especialiy that of the guardianship of Peter and Green. He had been aippointed their guardian back in Virginia in 1799. When a'n orphan reached the age pf fifteen he was allowed to choose hi-s guardian,' which might or might not be tho same, as the one previously appointed by the coprt. Hence, on July 9, 1810, Peter and Green Pryor accompanied their step-father on the five mile trip to the town of Franklin, 82

the cpunt.y, seat, and "being of the lawful age for the purpose oame % into court and inade choice of Hendley Stone as their guardian." <9 So far a birthdate has not been found for either boy. There is a possibility that they, were twins. If not, the-younger boy would have been fifteen in 1810.-• About this time Betsy, Stone-died,leaving nine children to be raised by,her husband.: Hendley Stone soon took'a' third wife and their first'child,'Elizabeth, was born November 11, 1811. Each January Hendley Stone set a day asi'de' fof' tile hiiring out of Peter and Green's negroes. On the appointed day ail interested parties braved the winter elements to come'bici' on their choice of negroes. As...customary there was free whiskeyf6r all who came. On one of these .occasions Hendley Stone's accounts' show "To 3 1/2 ' whiskey of J. Benton for the 'purpose of' hirihg out Negroes $2.62 1/2."; At the end of the day fhe negroes would leave with thoss who had hired them for the year. Some would be returning to the same familiar surroundings of- the previous' year While others were going to new places and new people. By 1811, the negroes in- ■ eluded nine adults and nine children. It was the accepted practice, and the law in some places, that no child ten years old or under, could be separated from its mother. The negroes Jude, Hannah, and Suckey each had three children who-were hired out with their respective mothers. 'The income from the hire of the negroes and rent from .Peter and Green's land in Virginia, entirely sup ported,and educated , the bdys. '''' Peter and Green were among the more fortunate of orphans, for children who did not have property were bound ou-t by the court as .. . "S-pprentices to interested, craftsmen. Hendley Stone,, as the -boy's' guardian j was required to keep a . record!-of,-- the credits and -disbursements of their estate and' annually submit his. acco.unts to the- Williamson County Court. The earlier guardian records-are of- a g'e'nieral nature, but those from 1811 to 1816 arej especially detailed.'- The disbursements ihi the accounts reveal, among other things where-Peter and Green went to'school, what subjectS■ theyi-studied', how- they dressed, what social" events they attendedi fand-.even what relijgious training they had. Also the disbursements tell much about'the slaves, such"'as' " when Hannah and.-her three children got hew "clothes and 'shoes; "when P3

Sam got new clothes and shoesj when Jesse and Hannah each got a new blanket; when Suckey gave birth to her fourth baby, whi^ Joe, the "boy Moses" and Sam were each sick; when Cloe. was sick with the "veneriel" (venereal); and when Ailsey and Sam each died. The credits in the accounts give the names of the slaves, who hired them .each year and for how.much. . As will be seen, Hendley Stone kept some accounts in dollars and cents, others in pounds, shillings and pence (■& S D) and even some in both. The abbreviation d., or "D" as Stone.wrote it, is fop,Latin denarii meaning pence, the plural of penny. Twelve pence equaled one shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. On the occasions that Stone converted dollars to pounds, we find that at the time one dollar was equal to six shillings, that is 6/20ths or 3/lOths of a pound, a shilling being l/20th of a pound. In the disbursements Stone not only listed every item he bought for the boys and the price, but frequently included the names of the stores where he made his purchases. Hence the story of Peter and Green Pryor, in effect, also becomes the early history of the town of Franklin, as we picture the boys and their step-father visiting the various merchants up and down Main Street. Information pertaining.to Peter and Green's schooling begins in February of.1811, when Hendley Stone recorded in his accounts: "To 2 quires of paper at 2/3., (2s. 3d.) 4S 6D." The paper was ob viously for.the boys school work. A quire of paper was twenty-four sheets, or sometimes twenty-five, and was one-twentieth of a ream. It appears that Peter and Green were possibly taught at home by their parents for a number of years. There is no' question that the Stone family was well educated. At the time of Hendley Stone's death in 1831 his possessions included thirty books, a very large number for a pioneer family. '• , Beginning about April of 1811; the boys boarded away from home in order to continue their education. Their new school master was Sion Hunt who owned a 170 acfe farm on the Big Harpeth'River.

EXCERPTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF 1811 € S 2. April To Latiii Books Virgil $4.75 ' 1 8 6 To 2. Do (ditto) books Mars iiifcroductioii at ($)1,42 17 0 84

' - " ; ■ ,£ D„ . June To 1 Do Rook Vilrey 4 i 6. . .-[ '■ ■. To icash ..p'd S ion Hunt for board and ■ . , , ^ ^schooling for 2 months as pr rect 5 8

In that Hendley Stone bought text books in April and June, and p^id Hunt for two months board and tui1;,ion in June, it could' be that t,ha.,.boys attended school in .April .and June only, and for some un known .reas,on., .mis,? ed May. Thereafter .they attended school in' months each: October, November and December| Jan uary, February, and Ma,rch| April, May and June. It was logical for the . school ..year to have begun in October after most of the harvest" ,..jing .was done. , In the fall Peter and.Green attended Harpeth Academy and boarded .j.,.with.a Mr. Hamilton one of several men by that name, Where he lived has not been determined, .Harpeth Academy was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in.1807 , but did not open until about 1811. The Trustees were Abram Maury, Daniel Perkins, Nicholas .Tate Perkins, Garner McConico, Albert Russell, Stephen Childress., William Neely, Charles Boyle's, Robert P. Currin, and John Hardeman. , In February of 1810',"'the trustees bought 5 3/4 acres from William Shute and an adjoining half acre f.rpm William McKey on which to erect their acadiemy, The school was located on the present Del Rio Pike about two miles from Jprinklin., ;The.first teacher was Reverend Gideon Blackburn who or ganized .the . First Presbyterian Church in Franklin in January 1811. .1 S: j ...

EXCERPTS FROM-THE ACCOUNTS

■ ■ ■"£ '■ .S, D;- Octr To 2 greek grammers atCurrins at 5 .12 ■■ ■ '".To.!'! .quire: of 'paper .a.t Dpi,:. .h;; , 1 6 • ,Co:v To.' 2 greek Booka .afc. Do 30/& r21/ (a..)2 ■ 11 Nbvr' .i" ' .".Toi 3'yd.s baise (baize) to cover Books at Pettv7ays at 5 (d.) 1 3 Deer To cash pd ,Mc. Blackburn for schooling pr rect S . . Toe-do. ^d'.Mr Hamilton, in part for boarding p R 18 ' 17 To washingi mending^ candles, paper & c for 1811 c: H H n Vwt Mtr^n Street(gth Ato>

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ssyi Stewart IMigo Street {4th Av^ ItHiigo Street (4tii Ava)

Lyon's Tavern

§s Pt h ««• Haiti Cr<»8 Stre»<(Srd Aw) Main Cross Street(3rd Aw)

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Hc- I Alister Beridey ^^iBIaas Carrin

Cameron Street {2t«l Avo} Cameroti Street <2nd Ave)

Afltilin

• Eaet Marftin Street(let Ave)-

♦$»« M 85

The store where Hendley Stone bought the Greek text books and quire' of paper was ■R.' P. Currin 8 Co. It was located on the second lot east of the square on the north side of Main Street. This wad Lot No. 68 in the plan of Franklin. The lot was purchased in January of 1805 by Robert P. Currin and his partner William King, "trading under the firm of R. P. Currin 8 Co." The baize that Hendley Stone bought to cover the boys' books, was a coarse .vjoolen or cotton'"fabric napped to imitate'felt. The material got i,ts name from its color - bay or reddish brown. The store where Stone bought the baize would have; been Pettway and Maury which is listed in the tax records-under merchants. This was the business of Thomas T. Maury and," presumably, Hinchey Pettway. As neither owned a tovm lot at the "time, ' the exact location of the ; iO-' store has not been determined. Candles were not included as part.'of the boys' board. Neither was the cost of washing and mending their clothes.

EXCERPTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF 1812. C 1 D Feb. To 2 greek books-for.Green at Pettways $9 2 14 Mat. To cash pd Blackburn for schooling pr Rect 6 To Do pd Hambleton (sic) for boarding in'full pr R- - ■ -■ 1 5 3 Apl To cash let Peter have to get candles ;r 3 May To Latin Book cecero at Currins pr Rect 1 10 Oct To cash to pay in part of a book 3

Nov. To cash for candles at Ashlins 3

To 1 Doz of candles for Green 13 1/2 (d.) & 4 1/2 (d.) of a ..... (illegible) 1 6

The Candles would have been bought from William Ashlin. Ashlin was a farmer and candle maker. He owned Lot No. 7 in the town of Franklin and 214 acres on the West Harpeth River. Lot 7 was on East Margin Street, one lot north of Main Street. At the time of his death in 1821, his personal property included a candle mold, 127 pounds of tallow and 13 1/2 pounds of bees wax. 86

At some time Peter and-Green began boarding with Major Haury, assumed to be Abram Maury, whose home was directly across the,road south of the academy. Evidently Peter did not attend as much school' in the fall of 1812 or spring of 1813 as his brother Green, for there was a difference in their tuition arid board. „

EXCERPTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS FOR 1813

1813 (Jan.) To 1 Doz. of candles for Green 1 1 1/2 Feb. To 1 doz Candles for Green 1 1 1/2 tfer. To cash pd Blackburn for Greens tuition as rect 6 To c'dsh pd Blackburn for Peters' : . Do as rect 4 16 To cash pd Majr Maury for Peters board rect 11 5 To Do pd Mjr Do for Greens i-,:[;o^oard rect 15 Apl 9th To Cash paid Blackburn for Greens fifth Session pr receit , 3 19th To cash let Green have for Candles 1

.. ,'5 Augt To cash Let Green have to pay for T-Triting school 1 19

In the book Historic .Williamson County^ Virginia Bowman mentions that Reverend Blackburn and some of the older boys from Harpeth Academy took time out to participate in the latter part of the War of 1812. And so it was on September 26, 1813, Peter and Green Pryor enlisted in the army for service irij,Mr.. Madison's war with England.

^ .. FROM THE ACCOUNTS ■ ■: ■■■ f !■;« 'r \ \ ' 4 1 D Octr. To cash let Green have to go to the Army $6 1 16 To cash paid Berkley for Peter for ■ ■ ■ ■ 'Medidine ' ■ ■•■g-'i r' k;;;..'., Peter and Green a'"blanket a pieeS it /iwnr Berkleys $5.00 .3 , 6..., . Green Butcher knife,.(Bowie knife?) at Do 4/6 (4s. 6d.) Scabard 1/6 6 87

FROM THE ACCOUMTS cont'd.;

, i £ D Noyr. 26th To cash sent you by Charles'Perkins to Goosey (possibly Coosa River in Alabama) 1 4 Deer. 6th To Cash sent you by Captain Dillard to Do (Goosey) 1 4 , (Dec.?) To Cash sent you by John S. Campbell

The store where Hendley Stone bought 'thd medicine arid the blankets would have been the firm of Bradley and Berkley. The business is believed to have been that of John Berkley, for in the 1814 tax records the entry for the merchant firm of Bradley and Berkley imnSediately follows that of John Berkley. Berkley owned .•;r the east half of Lot 80 in the town of Franklin. His property was on the north side of Main Street ju-st east of the square and ad joined Lot 68 toward the middle of the block. The other half or west half of Lot 80 cornered- on the square. Since the medicine was bought for Peter in October, if is possible he got sick and returned home early from the army or never went. Both boys were home by' the end of December. Green re- enlisted on, January 20,. 1814y but Peter did" not, Peter chose instead to'S^tudy medicine with Doctor Ryley... In the accounts for December 1813,'Hendley Stone recorded, "To cash paid Doct Ryley for Peters Bord 8 Tuition 8c pr rect 12ir." Dr. Ryley was not the Stone's family doctor; Dr.'Samuel C. Crockett was. However, later in 1815 Dr. Ryley did recommend that Hendley Stone buy a "Physick" f.or the.negro■ Sam who was sick at Stone's home. Also, the same y.ear, Dr. Ryley treated the negro Joe who was hired out to Thomas HarJin Perkins at .the time. Green seems to have continued his education the month he was home, perhaps teaching himself. Hendley Stpne's last entry for December of 1813 was "To Cash Green for book Logick at McAlisters 8S 3D." McAlister's store, where Stone got the Logic book, was the firm of Josiah Nichol and Charles McAlister. Their place of business was located on Lot 81 in. Franklin. This was oh the southeast side of the square where the present First Tennessee Bank is located. The lot included the land behind the present bank where ,hs.lf. of. the 38

City Hall building now standso ' - By;.the^ end of March 1814, Green was home again from the army and studying onQe.^morev, Hsndley Stone recorded in his accountsj "Cash let Green hMve to btiy'bcok Geography ,6s 9D." Green was boarding with Major Maury at the time but no mention of tuition was made. Shortly thereafter the boys made^a trip to Virginia and back^ sometime between March and June. Green resumed his studies for a while -in July and August but . it is: notv clear ^where'.

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.-.from the acgouhts . .

r ('■ li' 'S. D. !*• ( July 26 'To' c^sh let Gfeeh have to buy books From JohnsCotii . 1' • .. '• 1 .19 To cash let .Green (have , to school 12 Sept.., To cash paid rfor Green to Mrs.'Johnson rect (Johnston?, board?) - 3

About August or September, of ISIH# Green once again, entereji, the army. It appears that he must have been in the ..armyr.;wi:.th .hiis ■ old teacher, Gideon Blackburn, and was taught when.,,,tiine allpwed,- .;. •for Hendley Stone .paid tuition, for Green in Octobers: though it was quite obvious that he was in the army......

FROM THE ACCOUNTS

-d! : : ' ■ : ' 1 R . Aug ; To cash let Green have-to feed his horse 12 ' • Sept To .cash when ,Greeni started to the army 3 To cash paid iThos;Reynolds for Green for ' , gun rect. , . 3 12 . To 1. Deerskin at Tanyard to make , j- - - saddlebag's for Grein 1 ■ ' ■■ ■ ■■ " Td ■■fliakihg Green'fe saddle bags' by Wilkiiis 6 To Wilkins padding Green's saddle 3 Oot To cash paid Mr. Blahkifjurn for Green's Tuition as pr rect^ ' i ' •' " -i-'i s .i'-i' 5 g- ..To. half Eagle sent to Green-& William ^ ^ to the Army by M^jr Reed ...... 15 .

t ! --i.; ■ .' ■' •- . -J ■ , , .r . r • j .. ■■ ■ An Eagle was a ten dollar gold coin and a half Eagle a five 89

dollar coin. As one dollar'was equal to six shillingsj five dol lars would have been equal to thirty shillings and Green's share would have been the fifteen shillings as recorded. The William mentioned above no doubt was Green's step-brother, the child of Hendley Stone and his first wife. Stone mentions his son William in his; will apart from his other children by his second and third wives. There were several young men by the name of William Stone who served in the War of 1812 from Tennessee. One of them enlisted September 2M-, 1814, iii Col. Newton Canhbn's Regiment. As Newton Cannon was from Williamson County, this Wil liam Stone was probably Hendley Stone's,:Son, No official record has been found as to when Green enlisted for his third tour of duty and subsequent tours. After October of 1814, there is no further record of educa tional expenses for either boy. Green was home from the army by March of 1815 for a coat was bought for him at this time. Hendley Stone's accounts do reveal how Peter and Green dressed. The accounts of 1811 show.that in February the boys each got a pair of cotton socks which cost 3s9di a pair. In March they each got a new shirt. Hendley Stone bought 5 1/2 yards of "fine cotton linen" for the shirts at Is-.Bd. a yard or a total of 15s..9. He paid 3s. for the making of t-he two shirts at Is.Sd. a piece. In April, Hendley Stone paid 15s. for two pairs of shoes that he had made for the boys at 7s.6d. a pair. Stone described the shoes as "lined and bound." It is not clear what he meant, but the shoes cost the same as.some he listed later as "fine shoes," and cost more than those he mentioned as just "shoes." There were no clothing expenses recorded in the month of May, In June the bpys each got a "pocket hankerchief,"-and Green got another pair;of.socks and a pair of pants, or pantaloons as they were called. Pantaloons were ankle length while breeches were kne'e length. The handkerchiefs cost 2s. a piece, and the socks 3s.' a pair. Hepdley•Stone paid 5s.9d. for 2 1/4 yards of "mixt cloth for .Green's panterloons" at 3s.Id. a yard. He paid Is.Sd. "to ' makipg mixt pantaloons." In .July both boys got a pair of pants and another pair of shoes, Hendley. Stone bought 4 1/2 yards of "flax linen for 90

pantaloons" at 3s. a yard or for a total-of 13s.6d,. He paid the same to have the pantaloons made, as he.did,the previous month, ls.6d. or 3s. for the two pair. ■ The shoes cost him 6s. a pair which was less than those he.had purchased in.April.. In August and September Hendley Stone did not record any clothing expensives. In.October the :boys got.shoes, pants, and a coat to match their pants.

F.lfP.EPJTS FROM THE ACCOUMTS

; . , , t- ■ ■ 1 "'D Oct. • ■ To 2 pr fine shoes at,7;/:'S 15 To 5. 1/2 yds fine chex (checks) cloth ' for 2 coats at A/6 1. A 9 To making the 2 coats at A/6, 9 To 2 1/A yds fine chex cloth for Peters pantferloons ' 10 1 111 To making Do 1 6 To 2 1/A yds fine chex cloth for Greens panterloons. a A/6; '- 10 1 1/2 To making the same 1 6

In November the boys got socks and' the -'Stylish accessories of shirt frills and vcravats. The cravat was ;the forerunner of the necktie. .

^ -1 D Novr To 2 pr fine mixt socks at lilb 9 To 2 Shams workedj ruffled and made at 6/ - 12 To one square for crevats (cravats) 6

. hendley Stone's -term "shams" obviously referred to the popular shirt frills or jabots which were worn in frbnt on top of - .the shirt ; Cravats.,jwere neck cloths or scarfs tlmt.'were wr'appe'd ' around the. neck in sqch a manner as to hold the.;shirt collar;high' ■' against; .-the cheeks o^n either side and .standing up: all: around. • ' Cravat-s at this time were tied in front in. a small -knott,' rather- ^ than in a bow. Both cravats and shirt frills- were made of- a fabric called, lawn., which was a fine sheer linen or cotton material" "of plain weave and |tbinner than, cambric.- In the -boo.k Costumei and • 91

Fashion in Color 1760-1920 by Jack Cassin-Scott ■(The MaoMillan Co.. 1971), plate 25, there is pictured a "gentleman in walking, dress . i ■ c. 1810-1813," sporting a yellow cravat and yellow shirt .frill on a white shirt. In December' Peter and Green got a shirt and a pair of pants. Green got a stylish overcoat known.;.as a surtout. ,

Deer To 2 1/4 yds cloth to make Green a r sutoot (surtout) coat at Stewarts at 15/ 1 13 9 To 1 dozn buttons for the same 3 To 1 1/2 yds binding for Do a 2/ 3 To making Do 5 To 4 1/4 yds mlxt cloth for panterloons at 3/ 12 9 To making Do two pair at 1/6 3 To 5 1/2 yds for shirts at 3/ and making 2 Do at 1/6 ig g

As seen. Green's surtout coat.was expensive. It lacked only three pence of cos'ting two pounds. A surtout was an ankle lengthy ■ ; single breasted, close fitting overcoat, tight at the waist. -It ■ had gathered sleeves. tapering, down to the wrist and fastened with two or three buttons. There was also a button on either side pocket'. The coat buttoned to the ,waist requiring about six but tons. A gentleman wearing a deep lavender surtout is pictured in Mr. Cassin-Scott's costume bookj plate 28. The surtout differed from its rival coat in fashion, the re-v dingote,-which was knee length, double breasted and with no buttonis:^.'. on the sleeves or pockets. The so-called garrick redingote was., n. ankle length but loose fitting with draw strings and straps to- alter the ■girth. ■■ The store...where Hendley Stone purchased the material for Greienls surtout niay have been James Stewart 8 Co. However,' .this firm was ,c.,: not listed under merchants in the tax records until 1813. Its .. .a exact location is not known. The store that Stone referred to/ -t could have been Campbell and Stewart, formerly Campbell 8 Boyles, .: J. who were listed as merchants in the tax records from 1811. Camp- .■ - bell and Stewart owned Lot No. 153 which was the southwest corner 92

of Indigo (41;h,. Aveo) and Main. ■, .Charle.d.Boyies soi^--'thia lot

June ISllj when, he apparently left the coiii|)any. & The clothip^ expenses for the next year differed from'those of 1811. In January of 1812, there were no clothihg'expensives. In February the boys got more shoesj- socks and andther pair of pants. The pants were made.of. porduroy instead of linen. "

•|l £ JD Feb. To 2 p^^Shpes at 6/0.:.. ' ' 12 To 1 pf yafn' socks for Green 3 9 r ■ To 1 pr cotton Do for Peter 3 9 ,C ' ■ ■ .'■ ■ ■ ■ ■ •' To 7 yds coduroy at Stewarts at 7/6 2 12 6 To 2 Hanks silk 1 6 To 20 buttons at 3/pr Dozn 5 r ; To 1 yard cloth for binding 2 To making 2 pair panterloons of the same 3/ 5 To 1 pr cotton socks for Green 3 9

The number of .bu;ttonS;. bought, ..ten-per pair of pants, suggests that the pants were^pf. the-^fyle in'wh^ich the leg tapered and but toned at the ankle.^ with three.or more!'-bdttons down the side. The" "hanks silk" is thought to.be skeins of silk thread. " In March the boys got,yetoahother pair of shoes. However, these were "fine shoe^-made byOakes",at IDs.6d. a pair. According to tax records the only person living in Williamson County by the name of Oakes was Isaac Oakes. He owned no property and paid only ^ Consequently it is not' known exactly where his shoe located. There were no other clothing expenses recorded in March, and njone in. April-k In May boys got.-,more shoeSi'- .These' were "course shoes" at 7s,6d. a pair, and Stone saw no need to mention the Shoemaker, Stone,!s next .entry was-; "To. footing.;vtwo' pair^^socks'at:' 1/i 38."' 'The :frioth^ pair of pants in May'^''these 'being "of iihen ' since summer was- approaobing . binen- ds ■def ined ■ in'thW dict^^ as "cloth ijnade o,f, flaj^-and . noted , for its strength, edolriess, and luster.y ..Hendley .Stqne/jpaid,-Ij^s,.. -.for "5 "yds Linnen f6n''"'pantaloons at 3/ ." He pa^id ^s... "Tp,.-making the-, two pair 'pantaloon's'k'f 1/6 ." "

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In June the Pryor boys each got a waistcoat (the modern vest), coat and shirt,.

from the accounts

^ ■ ■ ■ - • '1 ! B June To 2 waistcoats striped and made at 3/5 7 . To 6 yds striped Cloth for coats ; ; , .. j 3/ making the same 3/9 1 5 5 To 5 yrds Linnen for shirts at 3/, , 15 To making the two shirts at 2/ 4

In July the boys got new coats, and for the first time Hendley Stone mentions the color of the material. Heretofore Stone has mentioned checks and stripes but no colors.

FROM THE ACCOUNTS

^ _S D July To 7 yds fine blue & auonetta (sic) cloth for 2 coats 4/6 1 11 6 To Lining 3/ making the two coats 4/6 (each) 12

Surely Stone was trying to write "arnatta," a moderate yellow ish pink,, which is duller and.slightly yellower than peach pink. The dictionary gives eight accepted spellings of this color and dye,but none of them match Hendley Stone's spelling. The dye was made from the seeds of the annatto tree, a tropical American tree which got its name from the Carribean Indians. The pink cloth would have been used for lining the coats. ■ In Augys,t, Green got another pair of pantaloons. There were no clothingexpenses for ■ September. In October the boys ^aeh got new shoes, which cost 9s. a pair. They also got a pair of blue wool socks costing 4s.6d. In November, the boys got ajpair of pantaloons made from,cor duroy purchased at Berkleys.; , Peter got a hat :a.t,..Berkleys for 1^1s. Both boys got ia silk .handkerchief at Berkleys which cost lOs. Also, in-November, Peter got a pair of white yarn socks which cost 3,s..9.d. , but the store where they were bought, is not mentioned. 94

.Peter,;§lso got.another, pair of pantaloons. This second pair of pantaloons was made from "2 1/2 yds fine cloth died," rather than corduroy. In addition, Green got a pair of shoes, iJi-VNovember, which were made by Patterson and cost 13s.6d. No one has been able to identi fy the'shcS'emaker , Patterson. There were no clothing expensives.^ recorded in December, nor in January of 1813, The accounts for February of 1813 include "1 hat at Glass for Green 1|?7S." ■ Samuel Fielding Glass Sr. (1781-1859) was not a merchant but a hatter, that is he made hats. His shop was located on Main Street next to R. P. Currin S Co., midway in the block, n.ortheast of,.-the square. He'owned 174 of town Lot 88, which he bought in-1-812 from Eli McGan.'who'had bought- it ftorn R. P. Currin S Co. His property was thirty feet wide"facing -felh Street and 198 feet deep. Hats at that time were made of silk, angoro, and beaver. They were beige, black-or gra,y.. The gentleman pictured in Mr, Cassin-Scott's costume book for 1810-1813 is wearing a beaver top hat of the demi-batteau style which had a large brim that lowered, or dipped at the front and back. Hendley Stone's February accounts also include "To cash pd Peter for Crape for him 6 Green 9S." The crape was evidently for the boys to wear on their sleeve or hat in mourning for their grandfather Peter Perkins who had, just passed.away. ,, The only clothing expense in March was "To 1 pr, fine cotton ribed socks for Green 4S." In April each boy got a,,pai5,^ of,,.,,''shpe,s. lined and bound'! at 9S. Peter got two waistcoats and Gre^n ,go1;., one at 6S. .each. Pejter got a pair of pantaloons made from "fine., mixt." cloth,,while Gre.en :gat a pair made ■ from linen, The mixt cloth .cost 3(^.,,.,9,d. a yard. whiile .. the linen cost only 3s. a, yard. In adi^itipn P.e.ter got a shirt made from "fine linnen" and a pair of. !'fine ribed socks ,,^r -j There were no clothing expenses, in May. Hendiey Stone's accounts for June show . that he: purchased "Stuff" at McAlister's for, pantaloons for the boys. The term "stuff" refers specifically. to w.ool cloth, yh|phi-seems strange for the month of June. Whatever thq materialj,,.,i;t took 4 yards for , each of the pantaloons,, whereas only 2 .l/(2 yai^ds .were,,needed for the linen and mfxt cloth pantaloons .that,, the,.,boys had received in 95 April. The stuff cost 3s. a yard. In addition 1/2 yard of cloth was bought for "facin pockets Sc." While Peter had gotten a shirt and socks in April, Green now got a shirt and a pair of socks. Both boys got shoes. Peter got a pair of :"fine shoes Kibk made" for lOs'.Sd/ and a pair of "course shoes Mr.Warren made for 9.s." Green .-also got a pair ^of shoes that Mr. Warren made, but ho fine shoes. Neither of the shoemakers have been; identified. <■ In July the boys-, for the first time, got two shirts apiece. The shirts were made froiri "fine linnen" bought at Berkleys for 6s. a yard. In addition Green= got a fdne'checked waistcoat, but the records do not tell from what store. In August both boys got a coat made from'a total of "8 yards fine Chex blue" at Hs.Bd. a' yard; • For September the only clothing expense was "To one pair pumps Green Mr. Warren made 9s." Pumps were the dress shoe for gentlemen at ;the time. October of 1813_ was the month, that Peter and Green left for the army. Consequently they got more clothes than they ordinarily would have. At this time they each got two pairs of pantaloons, two shirts, and a pair of shoes. Peter got two pairs of socks and Green got One.

FROM THE ACCOUMTS

1 R To Two pair shoes for Peter and Green at 9/ 18 6 yds. fine 700 Linnen for shirts Peter and Green at 3/9 1, 2 6 To making the twp,shirts at 3/ 6 . 14 1/2 yds Course Linnen to make 4, pr. pahterioons & two hunting shirts at 2/ 1 9 To making the same 9 Peter tvjo pair Yarn Socks at 3/9 7 6 Green one pair Do Do ' ' ' 3 g

There were no clothing expenses for November. By the end of December the boys were home from the army. 96

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• • r 1, SL: - 2 pair yarn Socks at,3/9 7 6 2 vjoolen double-wove waistcoats at 6/ 12 . .1. • ^ , ... , ' 4 Yds clotb for panterjoons at 3/9 15 6 fds Linnen t;o make shirts at 3 . . . 18 It To making the two shirts 1/6 3 • To-making the two. pajir panterloons at 1/6. 3 T V To two p^ir Shoes double Spied at 9 18 To one pair fine ribd Cotton socks for Peter 4 6

The boys were so well provided for in ,1813 that the only clothing expenses in 181U were for shoes and a hat.

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■ ■ 4 ■ S;^vD-. ■ Feibr, 1814 Peter leather'and making boots 1 13 ■ ' ' ■ ' 1 pr Shoes Peter' got at McAlistors 16, 6 To Fine pr Shoes-ot; half Boots ^ ■ >, Spencer made, leather 6/ making 6/ for Green 12' ' July 15 To cash Green to pay for making '" hat 1 4 To cash Green to pay for Nankien. .- . 7 6 ; Aug To 1 pr Shoes Spencer made for Green 7 6 'S®p. \ - ,fjTO; 1 pr Shoes Edmond made for Green 7 6

Green's hat was beige for the summer season, and made of nan keen, a durable buff fabric of natural colored,Chinese cotton. The material was imported .from Nanking, China, from which it got its name. ^ The shoemaker, Spencer, has not been identified. The shoe maker, Edmond, may have been Hendley Stone's slave,' Edmond, whom he bequeathed in his will to his third wife Mar^y. ■ There wq.re no clothing expenses between October of 1814 and February of 1815. Green was away in the army again and nothing is known of Peter at this time. In 1815, aS in 1814, the boys'' ceived very little clothing. By now they had quit growing and probably also did not wear out their clothes as quickly as when 97 they were, younger,

FROM THE ACCOUMTS OF 1815

Ifer, To cash paid Mivy (p Taylor for making Green a coat as per'Recipt iJay To 6 yhrds fine'7d6'icloth to make •Green two shirts-at; 3/9(30s.) $3^75 Nqv. Green to pr Shoes Edmond made $1.25

There were no clothing expenses in December of 1815. In January of 1816, Hendley Stone .recorded, "To cash pd at the tanyard fpr 2 Deerskin 8 shoe leather." There is no mention of shoes being made, however-. Possibly Stone was paying'for leather ^P.HS.h't back in, l^ovember; when Edmond made a pair of shoeV for ' Green. This very, wMl cpnld be true if the Edmond in question was indeed Hendley Stone's slave. On occasion Peter and Greep dressed up in their finest clothes and, with spending money.jangling in their podkets, went to certain social events. In; the g^uly accounts of 1812 Hendley Stone wrote, "To cash for your froliekjthe Hth July 8S." ^V- Stone recorded "To cash let Peter have for T.qa Party at Lyons." At .the time tea drinking was still a popular social custom for gentlemen, as- well as for the ladies. The party that Peter attended was.probably at Henry Lyon's tavern in Franklin. , The, tavern was -located on Lot 129, on the south side of Main Street., one lot west -of the> square. ..finally,. on July 4th, 1814, Hendley Stone wrote in his " accounts, "To half the Expenses Green going with Agnes to a ball'in Franklin 12S." Agnes was Green's half sister and of course Hdhdley Stpne, as.,her . father, paid the other 12S. for her expehS'es. ^ The boys also went to church. In October of 18r2-'Hendley Stong pajd 3s. "cash for singing, master Brown." It is believed the .^^s^^^Sing master was the choir master, who may have also . One "D. Brown, U. D. M." solemnized the mar- • riage.between Agnes Stone and..Walter.Jenkins on November 13, 1816. U. D. ,M. probably stands for Universal Divine Minister. Most mar riage records were signed by the officiating party as M.' G., 9 8

Minister of the Gospel, or J. P., Justice of the Peace. However, one "Geo. Blackburn," possibly Gideon Blackburn, signed his mar riage records with U. D. M., the sams;;/as;®.; BrpWh.r 'c- There is no question that the Stones were a religious family. There are several indications that Hendley Stone was the brother, or at least a relative, of Barton W. Stone, a Presbyterian minister of Kentucky who becamera major leader in the^ great revival of 1800. Like mariy, Barton Stone and his congregation withdrew from the Presbyterian Church. They called'themselves Christians, but others called them Stoneites and New-lites. Barton Stone formed many churches-and had a' large following in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Finally in 182H, 'they joined Alexander"'Campb^ in forming the Disciples of Chriat'or Christian Church. The same revival movement that occurred'ih Kentucky, took place in Tennessee and resulted in the formation. •' • ••■ ■ of'■ the Cumberlandf Presbyterian'tihurGh.' John•' ', 1 Carr,' -I author of Early Times in' Middle Tennessee (1857) devoted several pages to Barton W, Stone. As already mentioned, Hendley Stone named two of his children Barton. One was born in 1801 and died in 1809. The other. Barton Vlarren Stone, was born in 1817 and died 1840, ' " On July 11, 1814%"' Hendley Stone wrote in his accounts, "To cash Green to go to Brother Bartons 3S." It is very likely that thi'O^^-Barton was the Rdverend Barton Stone. Of course there is the pbs'sibility that Hendley Stone used the term "Brother" to distin guish his brother from any cousins, or uncles bearing the same naraie, and that the man in question was not the noted preacher. Evidently Peter and Green Pryor reached the age of twenty-one. in'the early part of 1816. Hendley Stone's accounts end with January of 1816 and he submitted his records to the April session of court, - In" July" of 1817 Peter and Green 'submitted a statement to the court-that they had received from their guardian, Hendlejy Stone, the negro'property that was theirs. When "their father's estate was divided irii''"17B'B, Peter ahd Green and their mother each inherited one-third. ' Later when their mbtheh died, her one-third part was divided among all her children, including those by her second ' husband Hendley Stone.' ' It is'Because of this document in 18T7 that we are able to distinguish which of Hendley Stone's many 99

children were by which wife. Peter end Green Pryor were to shsre their inheritance from their mother with their brothers and sisters Agnes, Mary, Alfred and Nicholas Perkins Stone. About 1816 or 1817 Peter and Green moved away from Williamson County. No attempt has been made to trace their whereabouts. Their sister, Agnes Stone and her husband, Walter Jenkins, moved to Marshall County, Mississippi. 101

history of franklin chapter #14 UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

1895 - 1984 By: Robbie Reams Morton and Helen Hawes Hudgins; :

:'^..®^lizing the importance of their- work and the need to expand womens patriotic aotivitiesjj the members of Nashville Chapter #1„ United Daughters,of the Confederacy, decided to branch organize new chapters. I tHe early fall of 1895, Mrs. S. A. Gaut, a charter member of the Nashville Chapter, volunteered to come to Franklin, her former home, and to begin organizing a chapter.. Mrs, Gaut knew„from first hand knowledge,,all abou.tvthe Civil War and the,hardships the town of Franklin.had,rsuffered.MoThe'first Confederate flag raided in Franklin was made„iby her and. her • ' - friends. .T^is fla^jWas, el.ways kept in', her home. During 'the war ■ her house was open,to all .t.lie hungry, sick and wounded. Confederate soldiers. Now, years later, Mrs. Gaut was delighted to come back in order to help her friends and ^relatives organize an U.D.C. chapter, The charter members of Franklin Chapter #14, United Daughters the .Confederacy, were Mr^.s. Mary Sims Richardson, Mrs. Minnie Nichols Cli;ffe, Mrs. Mary .Parish Cliffe (Hanner), Mrs. Lottie Prather Williams, Mrs. Hattie McGavock Cowan, Mrs. Lizzie Lee Synan, Mrs^ Martha Jones Geatry, Mrs. Alice McPhail Nichols, Mrs. Lulie Cochrane Perkins,,..M^a.. Leighlia Perkins Cochrane, Mrs. Alma= - Gates Neely, Miss Lul-ie Hanner, Miss Susie Gentry, Miss Kittie White, Miss Lou Reese, Miss Maria Va.ughn and Miss Mary Virginia Nichols (Britt). The charter was all completed and sighed on Oct-' •' ober 30, 1895. .. , Franklin. Chapter #14 has done, through the years, many things to help both, the community and individuals. Since .they can not all be mentioned, a few,will be recalled as representative of the ladies and their good works. Chapter #14 was instrumental in assisting the Tennessee - Division of the United Daughters qf the Confederacy in establishing a dormitory on the campus of Peabody College. This dormitory was'I- to be for girls who were descendants of Confederate soldiers and ■ 102

not only would it be rent free, but...i.t,-^Oja,ld also serve as a State Monument to the'115,000 Confederate soldiers who went out from Tenn essee to fight for a cause for which they believed. This building still stands .on Peabody campus and is called Confederate Memorial Hall. The Franklin Chapter also furnished one of the dormitory rooms. The Confederate Monument standing on the public square in dpwn- town,/Franklin was erected by Chapter #14. The Monument A.sso.c^iatipn, formed by a group of people interested in erecting a Confederate Monument, turned over to Chapter #14 all funds they had collected and the Chapter ladies did the rest. Finally, on Mpvember.SO, 1899, the 3,5th, anniversary of the Battle' of Franklin, the monument was.,^ . unveiled with a Confederate soldier' standing on top. ■ The, Franklin ..Chapter has made many donations through the.„ye.ars to help restore and maintain old familiar sites, dear to all r. Southerners, Some, examples are the-'S'am' Davis Memorial Window,, the, Tennessee Room in Richmond,. Virglh'tai'''afcih6larship funds for Confede- rate d^jscendants.^icprizes for ea'sSVs^'bn' Sbuthern subjects and books on Southern history,ipilaeed •iri''-the Wiliiamson'County Library. InTj:iL976 ,, th;e'FrankHn Chapter of UlB.C.' helped the Division's Bicentennial project, the marking of Confederate graves in Mount ■ Olivet Cemetery This^ project has now been completed.'I • i ■■v"' "'V , When the body of Colonel Williaiii Shy was removed from his .graye by vandals, the Chapter furnished a vault''for the re-in't.e.rnment on Del Rio Pike. , ov., i. - In 1980, Chapter #14 became charter' member of "Friends of Beauvoir", the organization that aids in preserving and maintaining, the home of Jefferson Davis located on-^be'Gulf Coast. In 1981, the Franklin Chapter 'hofedJ''Vifh regret, the deaths, p,f "their , last three Real Daughters,- ■ They Were Mrs. George Brpwn^ Mrs., Frances Brevard, and Mrs. Margaret Herbert Nolen. ' , ' ■ - f'' ' ,Anj. important event for a9''^-^ wag''^he bestowing of the title ,of , HpnQrs.ry Associate Membership' to'Herbert Harper and. T. Vance, Little for their■;assistance-tin both the'Gorifedierate Cemetery and Winstead Hill. They were also awarded the Jefferson Davis Medal at the Memo- rial Service in iTune; , . ■ ' f -flI ;rij 'in '■ ■?aqbj,f,.y:sa.r ji.ifor/many years, Tfanklin Chapter' #14., U.p.p.. .has held a n:ipnjp^;iiafc!,ser!vii'ce at' "the McCaybck' Cbhfederate^ Cemjetefy, ,pn the, ,. Sunday closestirlo ■.tfie'.birthday of Pfe'giden^ Jefferson Davis. 103

Winstead Hillj which has 9.75 acres of land, was deeded to Franklin Chapter #14 in 1948, by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts. It was from this hill that General Hood looked into the valley and made his decision to fight the Battle of Franklin. The Chapter tried for many years to maintain this historic site on the Columbia Pike through raffles, rummage sales and square dances. Other people tried to help, too, but somehow they seemed to always be one step behind in having enough money. Finally, in 1982, the U.D.C. Chapter offered Winstead Hill to the Sam Davis Camp #1293, Sons of the Confederate Veterans. These men were pleased to have the property and so in May 1982, the deed was transferred to them. In August of 1984, at a national annual meeting of the Sons of the Confederacy, in Biloxi, Mississippi, the group voted to build their national headquarters on Franklin's Winstead Hill. The land was donated by the Sam Davis Camp #1293. Chapter #14, United Daughters of the Confederacy, has now achieved one of its biggest wishes a Winstead Hill that will be cared for, maintained, and, above all, seen by all visitors. Let the future members of Franklin Chapter #14 see and appreciate what has been accomplished by Chapter members of bygone years. BS« 13

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The oldest building on the Ej^^Hkiih PUblie Square hbW hbuses the offices of Darby 8 Company, Ihcii Rbkltorsi It ii bii the northwest side of the Square on Lot NO; lOU, a corner lot at the time the original town-plot of Franklin was laid. Uses of this structure have been variedi It housed initially a bank; it also has been a barber-shop (Baker Layne's),, a grocery, an orgahizational meeting-place fOh the Chambiir of Cbttinerce (1825), "Doctors' Shops an artistes studio; S hat ShOp (MiSi Hittie ■ ;DatUieii'i), lawyerst Offices» ^ahd.,'the 6buhty Re|istehVi tlinpibahy quarterSi It has the distinction of haViifig had the fiClt public bathtub in town and it is stated that the first sidewaikih Franklin was in front Of this buildingi The Sandborne maps of 1888 to 1893 list it as "Doctors' Shops", then until 1908 as "Offices" when it is listed as "Barber Shop" and in 1928 as "Store." Lot lOU was early the site of this building plus other houses, now replaced; those houses were occupied by doctors. The property line adjoined that of Dr. John Sappington (One of the first physicians in Williamson County; early advocate of quinine for "ague", colleague of Thomas Hart Benton, and author of the now much-sought rare medical book on fevers/the first medical hook published west of the Mississippi). The upstairs of this bank building also was long the office of the revered physician. Dr. John Spry Park. Hence, the cluster of buildings on the original Lot ipif was known as "Doctors' Shops" for some half-century.

Franklin. Williamson Countv Williamson County was named in honor of Dr. Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) of North Carolina, a Colonel and surgeon in the North Carolina Militia. He served three terms as a member of the Conti- hentai Congress and was one of the signers of the Constitution. When the county was established, October, 1799, the Tennessee Legislature also designated Franklin as the county seat. The town was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin (1708-1790), printer, writer, scientist, philosopher, public Servant, patriot, and a close 106

friend of Dr. Williamson. Abram Maury (1766^1825) eame to Williamson County in 1797 and purchased a BtO acre tract from Anthony Sharp. He planned the town on 109 acres of this land. The plot divided the 109 acres into six teen square blocks plus a Public Squarej each block consisted of twelve lots. A map filed in the Clerk's office on April 5, 1800j shows the town square and 192 numbered lots. Henry Rutherford surveyed the site in 1800. The earliest deeds recorded in the Williamson County Courthouse show sales of lots by Abr^ Maury at $10 each bringing him the ap- ■ proximated profit of $2000 from sale- i of the 192 lots.. I • Abram's. > success in land transactions in Tennessee was a factor encouraging his cousin Richard, father of Matthew Fontaine Maury, to immigrate with his family from Virginia in 1810. According to Frances Leigh Williams, "Abram (also Abraham), son of Richard's Uncle Abraham, was born in Virginia, Jan. 17, 1766, and died in Tennessee, Jan. 2, 1825« He was first cousin to Richard Maury, not brother or uncle, as often has been stated". (Note 87, p. 488, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Scientist of the Sea, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 1963.) Lot 1014 (From ownership by Abram Maury to T. Douglass Darby) Lot No. lOU was sold by Abram Maury to his nephew, Thomas T. Maury. Successive owners are listed below:

Deed Book D., p. 489, Abram 14aury to Thomas T. Maury, 12-14-1816 Thomas T. Maury (A. Maury, Executor) willed to James R. Allen, 7-18i7\ Deed Book S., p. 270, Jame^ R. Allen to Richard A. Graham, 8-4-1846 Deed Book S., p. 426, Richard"A,'■-Graham to Nicholas Perkins, 11-10-1846 Deed Book U., p. 554-5, W. Perkins (N. P.'s Exec.), to Dr. J. S. Park, 11-13-1851 Deed Book 20, p. 234, Dr. J. S. Park to Dr. H. P. Cochrane, 3-18-1898 Deed Book 67, p. 519, J. D. Cochrane (H. P. C.'s Exec.) to E. S. Griddle, 5-25-1936 Deed Book 67, p. 529, E. S. Griddle to J. H. Campbell, 6-2-1936 Deed Book 75, p. 535, J.H. Campbell to A. B. Rodes, 6-2-1936 Deed Book 432, p. 148, A. B. Rodes to Boyce Magll, 1-10-1983 Deed Book 469, p. 847, Boyce Magll to T. Douglass Darby and wife, Janet E., and WUllam J. Darby, Jr., and wife, Elva M., 2t2-1984

Dates of Construction That the building on Lot 10.4 was standing, in 1837 has pre viously been documented and. it has been suggested that the date Of construction was about 1824. However, evidence cited here now firmly places its construction at the earlier dates of between 1815-1817. The; building- s .pitched roof, Flemish bonded brickwork, its upper story with 6 over 6 rectangular windows are features of an era pre-dating other structures dh the Square. The Courthouse, built in l6S9 j is cibneiderVd"t second oldest building on the Square, probably followed closely by the one presently occupied by Inman Realty Co. on the east side of the Square, according to a survey by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin, ^ ^ The,deed fpom Abram.Maury to his nephew, Thomas T. Maury, reads: "On December .14, 1816, Abram Maury sold to Thomas T. Maury,his ' nephew. Lot No. 104, a corner lot, adjoining the Public Square at the westward corner there of whence along the Public Square 99 feet to the cross street whence with the cross street northwardly to -John Sappington's line, whence with said lineiwestward to John H. Smith's line.'.ahd'from thence to the. beginning at the corner of the Public Square." John Sappington, physician, beedjne widely known, especially so after he. moved to Saline County, Missouri j in 1817,. He maintained connections with the Franklin community, spending the winter of 1843rl844;: in Franklin with Ferdinando Stith in the pre paration of his book. Thomas T. Maury died in 1817, "unmarried and without issue, no brothers and .sisters of the whole blood." In 1805. his half-sister, Margaret Stewart, had married Samuel V. Allen. She.died in,i8l4. It was Thomas T. Maury's wish that his sister's son, James R. Allen, inherit his property on the Square. Thomas died at sea in April, 1817 j he had bbcoiiie afflicted with a pulmonary disease and was on a voyag'e""f6r the purpose of repairing his health''".• Abram -Maury- was appointed Administrator of Thomas Maury's estate in July, 1817, in the Williamson County Wills and Inventories Will Book, Vol. 3, 1819-1825,'pages 189, 190, 192, 713, 716- there is recorded: "Thomas T. Maury, deceased (Died April, 1817), Settlement January, 1820, Abram Maury, Administrat,br", thus:

1818 '"To ^ount,. Maberry aiid Faircloth balance ^for building Bank . house, $983.43 - to.amount paid Maberry and Faircloth balance for work on the house, $108.59 - to ataburit-J. Led- ; 1 -better for pavtng 80 foot lot. ■ + . 1820- "Received part, rent Bank house. im

1821-i > "Received, for part rent Bank house. "Thomas T.-vlfeury. funeral ^penseis /! "To County tax, Sept. 15. -v" ,1823- "8 jshares of Franklin Bank stockstfrans'ferred jto Stewart, 7 shares transferred to Allen. "Received part rent Bank at Franklin. "James A. M. Stewart, half-brother of Thomas T. Maury, and . 's. - i '' Samuel V. Allen, husband of Maufy's half-sister, tiargaret."

ExGerptS 'from Deeds' i . s;;- "On August 4, 1846 j'James R. Allen sold to R. A.■■Graham tile ^ ; -;.', :,one . undivided-'half part of a certain part ■■'■of ' the 'said lot' in the town of .Franklin numbered bri 'the plot ais Lot 104.^ " " - ■ '

» • • • ' . ■■ " ' • ■■ ■. ■ ■ i ■ • ■ V. ' ■ ■/;■ '. ■■■' ,:i "Qn November LO j :fl846., , R. A. Graham sold to Nicholas' Eerkins, part.of Lot 1045 .1/2 of brick houses of part of Lot 1045 being bq- cupied tfy, Dr, S. ■■ S. M.ay,field and Dr. Peter A. Perkins as 'Doctors.,' Shops. ' ' They ran to Dr.. .Sappington's i.liin.e and were bounded on,,,one side by the; little brick building now r,occupied by the brvanc.h..-.of the Planters Bank, of Tennessee. . :-•;■ ;.,r- "On' November 13 9 ,.1,8515 W., Perkins, Nicholas Perkins,^:!.;Executor, sold to Dr. John 8. Park part of Lot 104, deed registered,May IS, 1852 9 on the, north side of the Public .Square, fronting -22 feet on the square, this building being occupied by the said ,Dr.. Park, as 'Doctors' Shops'."

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"On March 18 , 1898, Dr. J. S. Park and wife sold to Dr. H. P. Cochrane part of town Lot 104 and the building thereon. It is agreed between Dr. Cochrane and Dr. Park that Dr. Park may occupy and enjoy the back rbom"upstairs on said lot jointly wf'th Dr. Cochrane during the life.rtime. of. ,Dr. Park, free of any rent or other comipensation." ' ' ■' ' ■ M •r'.- , ■ : . f . ' . , b... . ■; ^3/ "J. _T. , Cochrane, ,.Exq,c,!4 tor for,Dr. H., P.■ Cochrane ,,^^pn May 25, 1936 , sold to E.' S. Cridd'i'e and Ernestine Dortch'"Criddle the described real estate situated in the town of Franklin, 9th Civil District, Williamson Coun.ty, .Tennessee." . , 109

"On May 25, 1936, E. S. Griddle et al/ sdld to J. H. Campbell a certain lot or parcel of land and building, Lot 104 in the original plan of Franklin, fronting 22 feet on the Square, and be ing bounded on the north by' an alley, on the -east by a billiard hall, on' the west by the building formerly occupied by the First 'Bank and TrUst Co., and on the south by the Public Square."

-"On June 2, 1936, J. H. Campbell and wife, Lillian Harwell Campbell, sold to A. B. Rodes and wife, Sara Puryear Rodes, said lot and building, described earlier. ^ Possession will be given on November . 1, 1940, subject t-p, the rental .contract of the undersignec. with Robert L. Richardson, ,,J-r .lawyer, (whose, father , a physician, had occupied an office on the second floor, 1^2,2-1923 it, is also agreed and understood that, the sejcond .-floor of the .building will be rented by J. H. Campbell until Pecember, .1943, that said space will be maintained in .good repair .by. the grantpep,- and,; that it . will not be sub-leased without their permission." ...

. . ,"Ori January 10, 1983, Boyce C. Magli and wife, Cheryl S. Magli, sold to T. Douglass Darby and wife, Janet E. Darby, a one- half undivided interest and William J. Darby and wife, Eiva M. Darby, a one-half interest in the property, 9th Civil District, already described." ' . / ■

Beginning Of Banks In Franklin " ^ ' According to data from the Tennessee Gazetteer, by Eastin Morris, (1795-1863), published 1834, three Tennessee.banks were in corporated in 1816 - Jonesboro, Fayetteville, and Franklin. "The Bank of the State, Nashville, was chartered in 1820 with a branch in Knoxville and agencies in every county in the state. .The whole capital had been appropriated for the promotion of in ternal improvement and common schools." From,the Thomas Maury will it.is evident that the "Bank building" constructed on his lot coincides in time to house the initial, bank institution in Franklin. The Maury-Darby building was 110

the site of this first Franklin bank (see Bowman, 1978). . "The Branch B.ank of the United States was established in 1827; the Union Bank was chartered in 1832 - the Legislat passed a bill, October 18, 1832, to establish ,the Union Bank of the State, of Tennessee. By the 3rd of December $14,000, had' been,snbscrib.ed in Franklin, one of its branches. .Benjamin, S Tappan .of .-Franklin was appointed by Governor William Carroll to serve .^pr ;the ,-State, as a Directdr of this bank; the Planters' Bank, chartered in 1833, organized in 1834, and a bran'ch at Franklin opened in 1837." These Franklin banks also were housed, in this building (see BoWhtan, 1978)., , An ancestor of J. H. Campbell,. mentioned' earlier in the Table of Deeds, William S. Campbell,, had arrived in Franklin from Ireland in 1839. He became cashier of the old Planters' Bank, serving in this position until after the Civil VJar. On the morning of the 5th of March, 1864, "it was ordered that the Cashiers of the several branches.of this/bank at Franklin,nMuffreesboro, and Pulaski be advised by the Board of Directors;.of. the'Planters' Bank to pay - off their depositions during the present month, and that their '■ salaries will cease from and after the first of April next, and that from and after that time the assets, etc., of each of the branches be removed to Nasbv'ille and placed in charge of the bank here until such time as-it mlay be deemed expedient for the bank to resume business again St these several points" (Pamphlet, "Planters' Bank'", Nashville -Room, Nashville Public Library). W. S. Campbell, the former Cashier, then organized the National Bank of Franklin and became its President, a position he held until his death in 1881, The location of■the National Bank is Undeter mined until construct-fon (1'901) of the F.'W. Truett, Jr.. building adjacent to the Maury'-'Darby building. It is reasonable to assume that it continued at -thW- initial "Bank'building".'

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Biographical Notes < Abram Maury (17&6-i"825), surveyor arid planter, son of Abraham and Susannah Poindexter Maury, cairie to Williamson County from Virginia, Lunenburg-'cbunty, in 1797';" With him were his" wife, Martha Worsham Madry,' his widowed mother, his brother, Philip, four sisters, two daughters, "and two nephews. He also encouraged'his Ill

Qpusiiirs R,ichard,j father of Matthew Fontaine Maury, to move • to Franklin. — I-,. -, , ^ ■ '(i'i TJie: intprrplationships of Virginians (for example, Maurys .^ndr,; Poindexters), ,who came tp this region influenced■their settlement:, within the-immediate community. Francis Giddens and his wife, Mary Poindexter White Giddens, she from a Lunenburg County family, canje from Virginia;: Louisa. County, to Tennessee in 1800. The^giddens,, . built Homestead Manor in 1809-1819, presently the home of: Dr»Aa.h4. Mrs.. . William J. Darby, Columbia Pike , Thompson ^Station. . . .the time of Abram Maury's death, January 2 , 1825, the Board of Aldermen in Franklin, ordered unanimously "that a. publi.C K ., meeting be held at 12 o'clock the next day at the Bell Tavern aijid.,.. that this Board wear crape on the, left arm for 30 days as a testi mony of respect .for our worthy courtly man; and fellow citizen, the:-, late Major Abram-Maury." Abram Maury' s; .tv?o nephews whom he brought from Virginia were Thomas T. Maury .and.his brother, also named Abram. The.-boys' father had died in Virginia-in 1783, leaving a widow and these two infant sons. The widow shortly married Nevin Stewart, and a few years later the mother died. The two boys, not being treated well by their step-father, came sometime in the early, or mid-1790's to the house,of their uncle who cared for, and educated them at his own expensei ; When Thomas T. became of age, in Williamson County, Abram Maury helped to establish him in business. Thomas and his brotheip.., Abram were partners before Abram's death in 1815. Thomas T. Maury died at sea in April, 1817. He had become afflicted with-a pul monary disease and was on,a voyage "for the purpose of repairing, his health." Other than the record,of .ownership in the Deed Books, infor mation .is, lacking.,conceriiing James ^ Allen and Richard A. Graham;. The ,latter. likely,..,is rthe,. 4!Q-:year. old Richard, A. Graham listed-in, the.,pepsps.^pf,.18H0,,and 3,850, as a "tailor". , Micholas Bigbee. Perkins-^ the. son. of Nicholas and Leah Prypr .. Perkin^i'fwas born. inj.Pittsylyania Cpynty.j.fVirginia, March 14, 17.79.. Quite early he came to Tennessee with a group of kinsmen. Affer reaching-manhood he went,: to Fort ? Stephens where he entered part nership,: with^ George Si Gaines ,in- the.;practice of law. While the^e he was instrumental in;the capture of Aaron,Burr, who was , , 112 attempting to make his escape to the Spanish possessions. . He, toolc Mr. Burr to Richmond and delivered.him up to the authorities. Nicholas Perkins married his'cousin Mary Perkinsj he built Mont- pier (about 1821-1822) on Natchez Trace. He practiced law in, - Franklin and served several terms in the State Legislature...,,,He- became one of the largest property holders in the state. Perkins died January 6, IBM-Bj his tombstone is located in the Perkins Cemetery off Del Rio Pike. 'Jpfth Spry Park (1819-1907) was born on the eastern,.shore of Maryland April 5, 1819, was brought to Franklin by an uncle to gether 'with three Brothers and sisters in 1823. The uncle, ,J.ame,s„... Park, wa's a hatter. ' His education' began in the corporation schoolhpjuse j . later he .. attended old Hatpeth Academy. His medical education started .in, , 1836 under Dr. L. B. O'Bryan as tutor. He attended his. fir.s.t course of medical lectures in 1837 at Transylvania University., . i :■ Lexington, Kentucky, graduating at the University of. Pennsylva.nia in 1840, 'on his'2ist birthday. After two years. in Texas he re turned to Franklin where he lived the rest of his. life. , ...... , ! ' . '■ ' In 1842 Dr. Park married Mary Ann Garden, the daughter of Aller D. and Maria W.-Garden. They had'seven children,. She died,in 1863. In 1864 Dr. Park married Margaret Ann ,Maney (1830-1906) whose parents were William and Martha Murfree Maney. By this mar riage there was one child, a daughter, Maggie Eliza. While practicing in Franklin Dr. Park occupied, the second floor of this building on the Square that was known as ."Doctors' Shops." An article reprinted in the Review-Appeal, 1946, originally written in 1896 by Dr. Moscow B. Garter, prominent Franklin dentist, states, '"Old Doctor Park' , Franklin's oldest a.nd one, .of .its best-loved- •doctors, a very ■soft s^oke'h gentleman of .the pid.S,chool3 a qii'aint looker with his tall hat and long-tail coat.. Downr.,a.t the ., street level of this building he had a place .made to .holp-.Ijis, .hat, who" contemplated going up to hi;s' off ice aii...'.'khew7'if^^.^^^^ was no hat on the rack, there was no Dr. Park upstairs.,in. his,. . • office."' ..V . ■ , . -f ■ f ■ b ■ ' j r ' " ; Dr Hardih Perkins Gochrane (1843-1935), as a youth of .nine- teen, had'enlisted in April, 1862 in Gompany D, Fergu.sppis Brigade ... in the Second Alabama Cavalry and served continuously until the 113

surrender. He moved from Alabama to Franklin in 1892. He married Leighla Perkins (1852-1931), the daughter of Nicholas Edwin,and ■.Martha Thomas Maury Perkins. In 1893, Dr. Cochrane bo.uglit from the heirs of.Thomas F. Perkins the house on the corner of Main Cross Street (now Third Avenue North) and Bridge Street. .While■living in this home, which he occupied until his death in. 1935 , he. prac ticed medicine and had offices in "the little brick building on the-.'.:.^.quare". , -. ..G.'The Cochrane home was bought in 1946 from Dr. Cochrane's . heirs by: Mrs, Elizabeth DeBrohun and was used for a period of ..time as a nursing home. It is presently the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Short. Dr. Cochrane had one of the first horseless carriages in townj it was a familiar sight running about the streets with Mrs. Cochrane riding regally in the back seat and, often as not, a child on Dr. Cochrane's lap operating the magic stick by which the electric .car was guided." (Virginia Bowman, "Historic Williamson County"). Of Scotch-Irish descent, Mr. E. S. Criddle was born in-Nashr May 25, 1899, son of William Smith Criddle and Leonora Badger Criddle, his father a Nashville realtor. E. S. Criddle at tended, the public schools, Vanderbilt Uriiversity 1918 and Univer sity, of Southern California 1928. He married Ernestine Dortch of Nashville. in 1928, He became Vice-President of Dortch Stove Works, one of the largest stove companies in the state. IL. Campbell (1904-1957), a brother of Stewart Campbell, Franklin, graduated from Battle Ground Academy in 1925. He. married Lillian Harwell from Cornersville, Tennessee; In the 1930's they boughit the house oh the corner of Margin Street and Lewisburg Avenue, first' known as the Otey house, then for approximately 50 years this home was called the Cloustan place. James Campbell was a Presbyterian. When elected elder he was the youngest elder of the First•Presbyterian Church, Franklin. At one period of time during his career as a lawyer "^he occupied offices in the little building on the Square. ' iLi. Battle Rodes, born-June 14, 1902 , is a native., of William.son County , his.'early home 'being near Boone' s, %oll Gate'on. .Carter.'s Creek; Pikei He married Sara Puryear of Nashville October 8, 1929, 111+

Mr... James H. Campbell was . in their,'wedding. Mr. and Mrsr:/'Rodesf- mpy.ed to their, .farm. Green,; Trees, on Hillsbot'D Road, inel9++U .. ' Their daughterjj^.S^lly5 and her husband, John Lee, Beech Creek'^Road-V'-have two daughters and one,,son. Mr. Rodes was associated with-'the Franklin-Limestoue,,Co., .then with Sup.ply Builders' Company in Nashville until he retiped. He is a,past president of fhe.'.Wil- liamson .Cpunty Historical Society. , , ... Mr. R. L. Richardson, Jr. (1903-1982) moved from Kentucky to Tennessee,. graduating from rthe Cumberland Law. School in Lebanon. He married. Martha Harriett Akin of fNashville in 1934*, .they had two daughters. Mr. Richardson practiced law in the l-ittl:e;.building on the Square for 45 years (1937-1982). Mrs. Richardsonvcoatinues to live in their home on the Nashville .Pike. .Thomas Douglass Darby, son of William. J.' Darby., Jr. and Elva Mayo Darby,. was. born in Nashville Junei-8., 1948.. He attended"' - Peabody Demonstration.Schopl (now .University School^) and Vanderbilt .University, ; ...He .was associated with Loventhal Realty Co-, in Nash ville from 1970 to 1980. Moving to Franklin, initially as an associate of Hill Paschall Realty firm, h.e.festabl.ished his own agency. Darby and Company,', Realtors, with quart'ersC first in the Lotz house on Columbia Avenue, then in an upstairs ■o.ffice on Main Street in the Travel, Jnc. , Bill DePriest building.;:"' .s He and his father purchased„from Bpyce Magli the then.vacant office building on the Square... Douglass Darby and his wife.;, Janet E. Darby, live on Thompson Station Road in a home built by Tom and T. L. Still (1978),.,,

Some Recollections of the Building .; ■ = ' ' ' - -In a. taped intervi§w, with Mrs. Kathryn Cotton in'1976, :MrV' ' T, T. |.Haf,fner, a..93 year old resident.':;of Franklin, recalled his' '-- earlier, impressions. -.Among .his recollections bev.referred to the- barber shop,days oft;hiSj,.building ,as follows:- "When Dr. Carter owned , the building.,where the rold, Reyi-ew-Appeal-printing off ice ■:used to .be .end when the Ji^ie.^'ur.beh- took.dt over, as a station, they. laid the last rail up to the Square, December 24, 1908. They put it ...down .W;it.h _.a spiRe either -csilver or ■ gold j I don' t - know jwhich, but I k,now. |L .was. down. ---.there getting a bath and a haircut and a shave tb that barber shop, gett:ing^ ready „to get married, December 24, 115

1908, long time ago, 'cause I was married 67 years ago last month." The early bath-tub was in the barber shop. Quoting, also, from a letter sent to me from Lucy P./Morgan, Van Nuys, California, September, 1983, "I read with interest the article you wrote in The Review-Appeal concerning the restoring of the building on the Public Square. This brought back memories to me and I want to share them with you. "The article mentions that Dr. H, P. Cochrane bought this building in 1898 and that it was sold in 1936. During the years 1909-10-11, I was in that building about once a week. A little Swedish woman, trained as an excellent artist in Paris, had come to this country as a governess, arrived later in Franklin, attended the Presbyterian church, and taught art to children of church members. I was one of those children. I paid $.25 for a one-hour lesson. "She was known as 'Madamoiselle' - few knew she had any other name, but, as I remember it, her name was Lundgren. She used two upstairs rooms of this building - one as a studio, the other as living-quarters. She did life-size portraits of the Cochranes and other prominent people - her floral pictures adorned the homes of many Franklin people, and I am sure some still do." It was recalled by Mr. John Pinkerton, a past President of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce, that an early Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1825 (possibly in this building, as cited by the Heritage Foundation survey) which organization subsequently be came defunct at the time of the Civil War. According to Nancy Conway, Executive Director, and Faye Carwile, Office Secretary, the. present Chamber of Commerce was chartered in 1954i.

Restoration, 1983 . The building, constructed to house a "branch;Bank'- (Thomas T. - Maury will)» ..originally was designed.as a. free-standing building. This could be ascertained during its restoration;(11983) by Mrt Tom Still and liis son, T. L. Still, as the Darbys acquired theiproperty. The two stories initially had separate entrances'.'- The first floor occupied by the bank was entered through corner double doors.placed diagonally at the southwestern corner. A supporting column was at the corner angle in keeping with common ,design of the early bank 116

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Plaque awarded to Mrs. A. Battle Rodes. The Heritage Foundation's Architectural Award,'April 27, 1978. structures.- The second floor was entered by a door appi?bxiinately midway of the .east side of the building 'at which isite the renikins of a stair-well could be discerned. This gave access to the upstairs "Doctor's Shops" at the street-level door of which Dr. Parks'' hat served as the sign "Doctor is In."' • Later, presumably in 1901-19'02,'-wheh the adjaCent Bank (F. W. Truett, Jr. Building) was cohstrubtCd the present front double-door entrance was; plaCeci hear the center and a single door to the left to provide access to new stairs leading to the second floor. The old cedar-pegged-poplar double doors found in the basement during this restoratibh'had been replaced by Mr. Richardson. Their dimensions indicate that originally they had = ii":' been used as the diagonal corner doors of the free-standing building. The wood sills and floors are poplar, the two 8 in. square x 12 foot high'posts oh each side of the present entrance are walh'ut.'• Duping restoration the pipes servicing the old barber shop were found. The two original fireplaces,, one on each floor at the rear of the building, remain closed. On April 27,' 1978, prior to its restoration, and during the ' ownership of Mr. and Mrs. Rodes, this building had been'given The Heritage Foundation's Architectural Award.

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, BIBLIOGRAPHY ' % Anderson5 Mary Trim, "This Master .of Montpi.er" > Willlramsori 'Cdurity .Historical. Society Journal, p. ij No. 6 j 197.4-1975., Anderson , Mary .Trim, Maury", •.Williamson "County "Historical ■ Society, p. 95; No. 8, 1977. . Bowmanjr-Virginia McDaniel, "Historic Williamson County", 1-971 Blue^and Gray Press, Nashville, Tennessee. • ' Bowman, Virginia McDaniel, "Fina.npi^l Institutions in--Williamson County , Williamson' County Historical Society Journal, p. 89, Voi d 9 ^ 197 8 • ■. , . ■ ' r ■. ■ v' - -Bruesch, S. R. , Ph.D. , M.D. , Goodman Professor.-of--Anatomy University of Tennessee.Medical'Units, Memphis, "Physicians of Williamson County, 1800-1832", Williamson County Historical Society Journal, p. 13, No, 4, 1972-1973, Cook, Helen Sawyer, "Early Settlers of Williamson County", Williamson County Historical Society Journal, p. 1, No, 4, 1972—1973, ' Crew, H. W., "History of Nashville", 1890. Crutchfield, James A. , "Williamson County, A Pictorial History", 1980, Banning Company, Publishers. Crutchfield, James A., "A Heritage of Grandeur", 1981, Carnton Association, Inc. Davis, Louise, "Founder of Franklin", Nashville Tennessee Magazine. October 3, 1948. Davis, Louise, "Incidents from the Prologue", The Review-Appeal, Franklin, Tennessee, October 17, 1963, Gibbs, Frances A., "The Town Lots", p, 1, No. 13, 1982, William- son County Historical Society Journal. Goodspeed Histories, VUlliamson County, 1886. Hall, J. B., Jr. and Hall, J. B. Ill, "Dr. John Sappington of Saline County, Missouri 1776-1856". Friends of Arrow Rock, Inc., Arrow Rock, Missouri, 1975. Heritage Foundation "Historic Franklin" Survey, Brenda Richards, Researcher, 1983. Johnson, Glenn I. , ''Dr. John Sappington", Williamson County Historical Society Journal, p. 119, No. 8, 1977. Lynch, Louise, "County Court of Williamson County, Tennessee Law- Marshall,^Park,D ? A Compilation of throughNewspaper Eight, Articles abstracted, in The 1975. Williamson County News from 1910-1920". Morris, Eastin, "Tennessee Gazetteer", 1834, Chapter on Banks and Banking. Review-Appeal, Franklin, May 28 , 1903 •, July 1, 1976 : August 23, The Review-Appeal,JL 9 o o • May 29, 1975, second installment of The Heritage Foundation s Children's Tour of Downtown Franklin, Mary Frances Ligon, Chairman, Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. VIII, 1949. ^i-e# Robert H. , "Tennessee, Its Growth and Progress", pps. 229- 255, 1947. Whitley, Edyth, "Maury Family", from Genealogy Collection, Wil- liamson County Public Library, Franklin, Tennessee. Williams, Frances Leigh, "Matthew Fontaine Maury, Scientist of the Sea , 1963, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 119 n ii Williamson County Census Records, Court House, Franklin. ' ^ County Deed Books, Court House, Franklin. Williamson County Tax Books, Court House, Franklin. Williamson County Will Books, Court House, Franklin. Brentwood

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BRENTWOOD; A RICH HERITAGE

By: T. Vance Little

The followihg article was prepared as an advertising piece for liberty ' Bank/Cdmmerce Union iBank, it; was the iidea of the late miss''Mary Sneed Jones ^ v, 11 long resident of Brentwood and one of the founding directors of that ,pa;pk. She was a noted historian and supplied much of the information containedti ereih. i i-^en. the white man came to Bre^twopd,; the area, w^s.an Indjan. huijt.^pg ground. The Indians hunted the valleys and fished, the streams and jealously guarded their hunting grounds which caysfji, - many c^^fjLicts with the settlers. At least one,Indian massa^i^re occur^g^ in the Brentwood area. In >1786, Indians^attacked thet Sputhepland Mayfield family at their fprt in the Wilson Pike, and Old Smyrna Road area. Mayfield and two other men were killed and • George Mayfield, a ryoi4pg boy, was taken captive. He remained with the Indians for some ten .years. Other grpup^ p.f . Indians inhabited the Brentwood area before the nomadic hunters were found by the settlers. These earlier . Indians .had a highly deyeloped culture. They, lived in town?, farmed the land I and built mounds, probably for religious pu.rposes. : One Pf Prebistoric Indians built the Boiling ..Spring Mounds on Mpope? hsne, the largest of which can be seen today, i The . first white settlers ceme into the . Brentwood area.,;iri...;tj^e . late 1700's. The Mayfields, one of the very first, built a,rfor,t for. t^e.protection of themselves and their neighbors,, James Sneed,^j..Robert Irvin Moore, Gresham Hunt, Samuel and Apd^ew Cropl^ett, and John Edmondson brought their .families into the .area well, be fore the ISOO's. The Holts, Herberts, Frosts, Hadleys, Hightower.s, McQavocks and the Owens soon followed. ... . Williamson County was forpe.d by an Act of the Tennesse,e Legislature on Octpher 26, 1799, and was named,for General. Hugh; Williamson pf North;Carolina. The new county was formed from Davidson County and the line was run thrpugh what is now the central business district pf Brentwood. pf the land in the Brentwood area was granted tp Revolutionary soldiers by the state.of North Carolina. They or fbeir h.eirs took up the grants and settled on them. The grantees included Sputherland Mayfield, Jaspn Thompson, Robert Irvin,-James , r ;122

Leaper and Andrew Crockett,^ ^ Several of the Edmondson family received grants for the part they played in the Battle of Kings Mountain. One of the Edmondson's had the distinction of being shot by a ram rod and not only surviving , the opdeal, but of being/,ablev;{tQ .pKa-Ke- h way..-b^ck.;-. to Br.entwood. ' He'reihe made a home for hiiris^lf -and''Wis desceiidants '"1 ''X The first center of business in Brentwood was where the Frost piaceUs'-On'-bid Rbad.' The general store, the grist mi.ll and the TpD'st-'-office were all located there.' The Frost home was built by Capta-ih-'John Frost, who bet tied there in "the early 1800's. The' post ■Office was later moved to Wilson'Pike and Old Smyrna Road" and still'stands in the yard of the home of Mi'ss Mary Sneed Jones. The post-of'f ice was not moved to its present ideation in Brentwood until thd'ieso's. Many of the people of Brentwood answered the call to arms during the Indian Wars and the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson stopped by Forge Seat on Wilson Pike on his way to southern campaigns which, culmihktedi. in the Battle' '• of< New Orleans. The Crockett family sold' I "I" ■'■'him rifles made by them. Many Brentwood men were with Jackson when he returned from the battle by way of the famous Natchez Trace. During the Mexican War, it is said that every able-bodied man of enlistment age in the 15th District, now Brentwood, volunteered for service. The volunteers wanted to go to Texas to protect their many "kin" who had settled there. ' " Many people left Brentwood for Texas during the 18^0's and 1840''s. Captaih'John'Frost's mother, Rhoda Miles Frosts.'rode horseback to Texas when she was well into her sixties to see her son Samuel Miles'Frost.' Williamson County can boast of many "firsts." One such event happened in Brentwood. The town was the scene of the first Metho dist General 'Cdnfererice'held west of the Alleghenies. The conference met in' '1808 at 'tih^' hortie' df' Green Hill on (joricord Road and was at tended"by Bishops'As'bury and Mckendree.' The soil was rich in the Little Harpeth Vafley, so rich the plantatidris pro'spered. ^By the time of trie "'Civif'War, Wiliiamson Courity Asas one '^'of the richest counties in the staiie. The pro- sp'eri't^ of the people was reflected riy the great'"houses they built. A few of' 'them 'are the 'Sh'eed homes on '6l"d''Smyrna iRoadj Green Pasture . 123

built by Denny Pprterfield Hadley; the Wilson.homes on Wilson Pike Century Oak, Ingleham and Ravenwoodj^the Crockett homes. Forgev . Seat and the TCnox Crockett House; the Owen houses. Clover Lawn, the Cox Housb and the Primm House; Mountview built by William A. Davis; Ash Lawn; Isola Bella; Mooreland; and Midway. Then THE WAR came. If the Civil'War lives on in Williamson County, it is because so much of it happened here. , The area was under Federal occupation for most of the war and, to make matters worse, there were constant clashes between the predominately ^iTlisnison Countians of which 5^000 were, enlisted in the Confederate and Union .forces. Many undercover agents mingled with both sides .which resulted in a great number-of spies, being.- banged. A good example is Dewit Smith, Jobe who was murdered for. -a spy in Nolensville. Soldiers on both sides passed by the large homes on Franklin Road many times either on their way to battle ;,or retreating from battle. All those homes served as hospitals .after the major battles at Franki.in and. Hashville. But worst of all, the, rich'..! plantations of Brentwood had to feed both sides during the war. They were the favorite forging targets so by the end of the war there was hardly a growing crop or farm animal left in the whole area. As far as the South was concerned the Civil War was probably a lost cause from the very beginning, but that fact became pain fully apparent on November 30, 1864. It was on that day the Con federate forces led by General John Bell Hood met the Union army led by General John Scholfield in the Battle of Franklin, one of the bloodiest battles of the war. When the smoke had cleared away after five hours of fighting, the Confederate losses numbered over 6,000 while the Union had lost only 2,000. Thirteen Confederate generals were killed, wounded or captured during the encounter. Scholfield led his victorious army through Brentwood to Nashville to protect a vital Federal bastion. A few days later Brentwood saw Hood's raging army marching toward Nashville intent upon cap turing the Federals based there. A pitched battle in Nashville on December 15, 1864, sounded the death knell for the Confederacy. Bell's army retreated to Brentwood and once again the homes opened their doors to the wounded and dying. > 12U

■ Tfie wounds inflected by the Civil War'healed slowly in Brent- wood and-all of Williamson County. The slave based economy was % swept away. Flourishing plantations fell into decay, and the once splendid homes fell into ruins. But people lived on. It was certainly a new way of life, but life did go on. . ■ After the Civil VJar, the people of Brentwood settled down, to an agriculture.'based economy with tobacco the main cash crop. . For almost One hundred years the population was stable. 'During the 1930's and 19^0's the charms of Brentwood wepe.., rediscovered-. One by one the plantation homes were bought and. re stored. ■ 'The.'Ma Houghlands restored Green Pastures j th^ Omans restored kshlawn'^ and Isbla "Bellaj John'Sloan built Maple Grove;, and the Wards located at Maryland Farms. These people became, and still remain, leaders in the Brentwood community. Today, Brentwood is a mighty fine blend of the old and the new. The new buildings and homes have been in keeping with traditions set by its founding fathers". One can not help but be lieve the future of Brentwood will be as illustrious as its past.

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POINTS OF INTEREST 1. MOORELAND is built on land that was.a Revolutionary War grant to General Robert Iryin. His daughter and her husband, James Moore, settled here in 1807.^ This house was begun in 1838 by their son Robert Irvin Moore. He died during the time the house was being built. It was completed on a less ■ scaledoors. than Robert:Built inIrvin pure Mpore Greek had Revival planned, style which the accounts house contains for the 22 ' ^ bi|d s eyea maple. full basement Part, off where the original house servants metal roof, lived. which The came woodwork from England,is "ftill in place. p:he house was used by both Confederate and Federal , forces as a hospital during the Civil War. It was occupied by the Moore family until 1944. . 2. The original MIDWAY was built, in 1829 by Lysander McGavock,,. son 'of one of Nashville s earliest and most prominent settlers. It takes its name from be^ng midway between Franklih-and Nashville. The present structure was built in 1846 after a fire hfebviiy damaged the original house. It was occupied by five generations of the McGavock descendants and leased in 1954 to the Brentwood Country Club.- The grounds of Midway were the scene of several skirmishes during- the- CivU War, and the house served, as head- .. ...built,q^f^ters we for preserved commanding trenches officers and onbreastworks both sides. were When found. the Manygolf Indiancourse was- artifacts have also been found on the grounds of Midway. 3.^ GREEN PASTURES, originally called Hadleywood was built in 1840 by D^ny'" Porterfield and Elizabeth Smith Hadley. The house was built inthe'style of an English manor house .with bricks made by slaves on the place. The' x^rought iron entrance gate came from Kilarney Castle in Ireland, and the sun dial in the garden reportec^ly belonged to Anne Boleyn, ill-fated wife of Henry VIII. General Nathan BcdfbrH:' Forrest and his troops camped on the grounds before the Battle of Nashviilb*during the Civil War. Federal forces also occupied the grounds, and^otie'Federal soldier is reported to have been ordered to be shot for using abusive language toward Mrs. Hadley, who had several sons serving in the Confederate Army. The wpodwork is hand-carved, and floors are white ash.. Its ivy covered walls and boxwood hedges give ' Green Pastures the appearance of an English Country estate. The horie x^as restored to its original condition in the 1930's by Mr. and Mrs.- Mason Houghland." It is presently the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Henley. - 4. MOUNTVIEW was built in the early ISbO's by William A. and Judith RobWt^lbn Owen Davis. The columns rise in trim tall lines, characteristic of the ' pre-Civil War Tennessee plantation houses. The porches are floored xjith cedar. Mountview v/as, built from bricks made on the place. The central hall features a graceful circular staircase. The separate kilchen, smoke house, and other out buildings remain intact. The house was purchased in 1865 by Ashley Rozell, and it remained in the Rozell family until 1924 when it was sold to C. P. Wilson. Mountview is now owned by Ray Bell. - i 5. ASHLAWN was built in the 1930's by Richard and Mary Ann Smith Chri The x^alls of handmade brick are 13 inches thick and each room is 20; by^ 20 13 feet ceilings. The dpors are pegged, arid many have the locRs, which were made in London. All woodwork is yellow poplar'' excep|^the downstairs hall floor which is ash. The handrail and spindles''' of the sbaircase are,cherry. In the entrance hall the staircase, curves gracefuiiy, to the third floor with no visible means of support. Ashlax^ii has had several oxmers including prominent Tennessee ironmaster Montgomery . 126

5, Ashlawn cont'd,: Bell. It was restored to its original splendor by Mr. and Mrs. Stirton Oman. I

I 6, OWEN'S 9HAPEL CHURCH OF CHRIST was organised July 24, 1859, and at that time was knowti as the Euclid Church. The present building was.built during the 1860's. The bricks were made from clay that came from Oiwen property east of the church. The slaves who made the bricks for the building were • specially trained as masons in Maryland. All ofjthe original roofingj which wai brought from England, is,still in place except, for a portion damaged by a,tornado in 186,9. The original pews are still ,in the churchy and the original wooden partition dividing the sections where the men and women sat is still intact. Early preachers included David Lipscorab, founder of the Nashville school that bears his name. Church records indicate that at least twice during the Civil War Sunday services were canceled because Yan kees were "foraging in the area". 7, iSOLA'BELLA was biiiIt around. 1840 by,. James and Narcissa. Merrifct Johnston. The p^ojpetty originally belonged to David Johnston, grandfather.of the: builder. During the Civil War the lawn of Isola Bella was traversed by both Confedhfate and Federal cannons, wagons, and marching soldiers; It served as a meeting place for General John Bell Hood and his staff before.the Battle of Nashville. It served as a hospital for the wounded and dying after that ill-fated battle. After the house went out of the Johnston family.^ i it' stood vacant for many years and fell into a serious state of disrepair.. .lE.v7as bought and restored by Mr. and Mrs. John Oman, Jr. It is now the home of Mr, and Mrs. Dave Alexander. 8,' i'i^LE LAWN was built by Nathan and Jane Hightower Owen in the 1830's on a 300 ■adre tract of land that was an original land grant to John Cockrill. The property was sold it]| 1876 to N. N. Cox of Hickman County,. ,who started out as a poor boy but by .hard work educated himself as a lawyer, and soon proved himself to be a criminal lawyer without match in this section.','-'During the Civil War he was a colonel. ,of the lOth Tennessee Cavalry and was twice commended for bravery by Forrest .. i Maple Lawn was remodeled in the 187.0''s, giving it the present Victoriap look. The. square columns at the front were replaced by Ionic columns and the,bay window was added at that time, r 9, CROCkFtT springs was built by Joseph Crockett who came to the Brentwood- area in 1808 t.o take up the 640 acres willed to him by his father John Crockett, who died in 17^9 in Wythe County, Virginia, Joseph Crockett married his first cousin Polly Crockett., They reared a large .family here. The house . ■ biiilt of logs cut on the palace originally fronted the old road that ran from Wilson Pike to Nashville Fijke, th^,, bed, of which can still be plainly-.seen between the hoiise and the''| ce,raejt^ remained in the family until 1955. The outline of the. bld.Tibuse,., pan; be. seen under the, framing.• The, stone chimney in the ki|6|ien is origin^|l,i Today the house forms the central part of the clubhouse for. Ctp.cketf, S,prixigs National Coif, and Countf y/.Club. 10. The OWEN-PRIMM HOUSE was built by Jabez Owen, a member of a prominent early Brentwood family, which had large, land holdings in the area and builtr'Several fine homes. It was built in the classic simplicity of a Middle Tennessee plantation house with four columns, supporting the two story porch.. ■. Thei slave cabins are still intact along .the drive leading to the rear of ,th© house. The original log house is incorporated into the'present, house., s.Or "Ihf the date 1806. Today .the house is owned by the .Primm :family,' >a fMil^ whose roots ,go back to the early.,day8 ,of Brentwood. .They maintain the house in a'ccordance with those deep ropps.,, , . 127

11. The one Indian mound at the BOILING SPRINGS MOUNDS site that remains ,un- excavated measures 23 feet eight inches high and 179 feet long.by 168 feet wide. Four other mounds on the site were excavated by the Bureau of American Ethnology in.1920,. The ;Site yielded a wealtli, of Indian artifacts.,- that are in the Smithsonian Institution. The mounds were built by pre.r historic Indians who lived in-the area several hundred years ago. Those Indians and .their culture had disappeared by .the time- the white, man came to the. area. The mounds take their name from neairby springs, that .form the w. headwaters of the Little Harpeth River. 12. BOILING SPRINGS ACADEMY opened for classes in 1833. Classes were arranged on three levels with each session lasting ;five one and one-half months.. The first level cost eight dollars, and orthography, reading, siting, and arithmeticvwere taught. The second level consisted of English grammar, and geography and cost ten dollars, For lA dollars, a student, could matriculate in the third level rsnd study Latin, Greek and the sciences. Boarding , students stayed in neighboring homes. The first principal was J. M. Crown Tilford, a graduate of Cumberland University. The school continued . ;■ in opera'tion until the early 1.900*s. It was also used as a meeting ,hou.3e for-Presbyterians and other denominations. .j 13. CENTURY OAK was built in the. 1840's by James Hazard Wilson II for his son. Samuel", Wilson .and his wife Lucy. Ann Marshall. The.house was originally a three story structure with tvzin chimneys tied together with parapet wa,lls extending over the roof. The present hip was added in the 1920*s when the original roof vjss blown away in a storm. The-house features a circular staircase that winds to the third floor ballroom. It is said that the Wilsons blindfolded their horses during the Civil War and led them to the ballroom to hide them from raiding Federals. Of the original 12 fire places, eight are still in use. The parlors are connected with carved arches formed by Ionic panels. The walls are-12 inches thick and the. ceilings-are 12 feet eight inches, high. The original two-sto,ry brick , kitchen can still be seen;.-.in the- yard. During the 1940's Century Oak -was owned by Edward .Potter, founder of the Commerce Union Bank.

•J 14. INGLEHAME was built in the late 1850's by James Hazard Wilson II for his son James Hazard Wilson III and his vrife Virginia Zollicoffer, who was the daughter of Civil War General Felix Zollicoffer, who was killed at the, Battle of .Fishing-Creek. Inglehame was originally :Called Harpeth. It featured imported marble mantles and finely carved woodwork. The old brick kitchen is still in the yard,: and the log, smoke house was. recon structed from materials found in cabins on the place, James Hazard Wilson III sold .this house .in-1877 to Major John W-. Tulloss. It stayed in that family until 1938 when -it was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sharp. They conducted extensive remodeling and restoration work. Just as the house was nearing completion, it was gutted by fire. The Sharps again rebuilt the house using the exterior walls.which were left intact.

15. RAVENSWOOD was bui.lt in 1825 by James Hazard Wilson II. It was named for Sam Houston, the first. Governor of Texas, v/ho was a friend of the Wilsons and was best man in the wedding of James Hazard Wilson II. Prior to the Civil War the Wilsons 07?ned a number of plantations, in Mississippi and Louisiana. It is said that they would bring their slaves periodically from the Deep South to Tennessee where they could rest in the more healthy climate, here. During the Civil War Wilson spent $10,000 outifitting an entire company in the Confederate Army. Today the house,.the brick kitchen and row of brick slave houses are in a beautiful state of p.reservation. 12.8

15. Ravens,wood cont|^,d.; . . . i' .i It is.jowned by >Ir. .;and Mrs. Reece Smith.. 16. FORGE SEAT was built in 1808 by Samuel Crockett on a 640 acre Revolutionary War Grant to his father Andrew Crockett. It is built of brick laid in Flemish bond,.., The .interior, resembles,.Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Built before the central hall,, came into vogue,-each room has.:a staircase t^stf.goes to the jroora above. The floors are random width: white ash. The Crocketts operated an iron forge on this site.. Andrew Jacksoni.stopped at Forge Seat on his way to New Orleans during the War of 1812 to pur chase arms for his men., A few of the Crockett rifles are still, in. existence and: may be identified by S&AC engraved on the barrel.. Forge Seat; passed frpjn the Crocke,tt family to the. Jabez Owen family, who .) established their cemetery next to the Crockett Cemetery across the road ■' from, the house..h The house .was later ov^med by the Carpenters who ran, a store, which can .still be seen in the yard, i 17. The KNOX~CRpCKETT HOUS,E was; built by Major Andrew Crockett:, who settled here in 1799. At .that time Major Crockett had to take, his rifle with; him to the back fields to protect the workers from Indian attack. Typical of early architecture the house was originally two log rooms with a ; "dog trot." The kitchen was a separate building in the back. Lateria ■7, , s^ecp^nd-,story was added. The, logs were covered with clapboards, and the outbuildings were joined to the-main structurev, A skirmish occurred on the grounds of the Knox-Crockett .house, during the Civil War. The family still has many artifacts that remained.,after the skirmish. 18. Neither the builder of CLOVER LAW]N nor its date of construction is known. It was probably built by Robert Rowland Owen in the 1850's. The house is solidly built,with 18 inch solid brick walls. The staircase and. woodwork are of .exceptionally fine quality. Only one wall of the separate brick kitchen remains. The house was extensively remodeled in the late. 1800's. Ionic columns and a second floor porch were added as well as double windows. The house, remained in the Owen family until 1927 when it was sold to Frank Gasser, whose parents were natives of Switzerland. It still re- ,, / .mains in the. hands of Gasser heirs,.

' ■■ ■.; .■ ■ 19. Gone but sti.ll. remembered by Brentwo,pd, residents is the old ;HIGHTOt^ER PLACE that sto,^ lon Wilson Pike in.iwhat is now Corondelet Subdivision. The; Hightower family .was■.ope of.,Brentwood's earliest and most distinguished families. Richard Hightower;was a physician and large landowner. One of -.ibis daughters Sally married early;Nashville lawyer and Presbyterian minister Oliver Bliss Hayes. They ^;ere the. parents of Adelicia Hayes. Acklen., . .who became one of the richest women in- the, South, Her legacy to Nashville was Belmont Mansion, now Belmont College. . 'The Hightower place was, sold to William A. Davis in 1865, and thereafter was known as the Buck-. Davis place. It stayed in the Davis family until it was sold to the developers of Corondelet Subdivision. The house burned at the hands of vandals in 1964.

20,,.. COTTON PORT is one of the oldest brick houses in Brentwood area. It was . .built,shortly after the^Frost family came here in 1811. The-builder of the house was,. Captain^ John.Frost; and his wife Rhoda Miles Frost, who came to Tennessee from.,Newberry, , South Carolin^i The. house is of handmade brick with walls,.:18 linqhes thick, - The traditional floor plan of two rooms with a ha.ll between'!is,repeated in. the basement, and the second floor,' with a ! ) .threeTquatterS'^ajttic above. The original smokehouse is still on the site. The Frost p|aee was kno^m in early times as...Cotton Port, In the early -^129

20^ . v^: ,., ^fO0j!;S .the post^ here,.as well as the general itiore, :■ ■ . ■ ■ s4-,h.'3h4i g^ist mill. John Erost was a captain iii the War of 1812. 21. .BEENXVALE. was bui,lt in. :1830 by William Temple Sneed, seventh child of pioneer James Sneed., It was vbuilt from hugh log's'cut oh the place. Wil- - . • Sneed, son of the builder-jof. Brentvale, eervdd with'the . : a physiGian.. After the war he became a prominent physician and was instrupiental in.the founding of Neharry Medical College and Hubbard Hospital, both well-known black medical facilities. Today Brentvale is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gatlin. 22. James Sneed and his wife Bethenia Harden Perkins Sneed came to Brentwood in 1798 and built SWEEP ACRES. The family, which has been influential in Its own right, was closely connected with some of Williamson County's most prominent families, including the Hardings, the Hardemans, and the Perkins. Sneed Acres is the original log cabin built by James Sneed. The stone chimneys use the stepback method of construction. The four log rooms divided by a hall have been covered by weather boarding. The dining room and kitchen are separated from the house by a dog trot. The house is occupied by Calla Lilly Owen and Mary Sue Owen Renegar, descendants of the builder. 23. WINDY HILL was built in the 1820's by Constantine Perkins and Susannah Hardeman Sneed. A low place may still be seen in the yard where the clay was dug for the bricks, which were made on the site. The house is con structed over a large basement where valuables and even cows and horses were hidden from Federal raiders during the Civil War. It is said that the women in the family would mount the horses to keep them from being stolen by the Yankees. A son of the builders of this house, Robert Scales Sneed, surveyed the Tennessee Alabama Railroad which was chartered in 1852 and ran through Brentwood. 24. FOXVIEW was built by Alexander Ewing Sneed, youngest child of pioneer James Sneed. He had two sons who served in the Confederate Army. Foxview was bought by the Shwab family, who extensively rebuilt and remodeled, using the old house as the central core of the building. 25. VALLEY VIEW FARM is the home of the late Mary Sneed Jones, descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran James Sneed, one of the first settlers in the Brentwood area. This land adjoins the original Sneed grant. The house, built of native woods in 1880, still features the original poplar siding and shutters. The house was built by the Tom Oden heirs and was bought by the Sneed-Jones family in 1901. The first tall hoUse on Wilson Pike (then called Harpeth Turnpike) was across the road from the house. They were spaced at two mile intervals along the road. The original Brentwood post office stands in the yard. i 26. MAYFIELD. The Mayfield family was the first white family into the Brent wood area. They arrived in 1790 and built a fort to protect themselves and others who followed. Six persons in the Mayfield family were killed by Indians. One son George was kidnapped by the Creek Indians and kept by them for ten years. This house was the home of Southerland Mayfield, the personal physician of""Andrew Jackson. The original log residence is in a perfect state of repair and is still structurally sound. The roof sup ports are complete tree trunks. The old wide flooring remains in the up stairs as well as some of the original windows in the lower floor rooms. 130

27. The MOORE CABIN SITE. James Moore and his family came to Brehfwood in' awarded, hie father^inrrlawJwhO had served'as a ■'general in the Revolutionary War, Already a person of;means Moore built a substantial log cabin on what is now Wilson Pike. It was the first house built in the area, that had glass windows that:,;would let up and down. ■ 'These windows were of consideraMe. interest to neighbors. The.cabin was heavily damaged in the. earthquake of 1811, it being the same earthquake that formed Reelfopt.Lake. After the earthquake the site of the Moore home ^as nioved to a spot hearer present day Mooreland.

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By: Steve Womack

NOTES Thif history of WOsley Chapel was presented at the one-hundred fiftieth anniversary of the church on May 20, 1984. The history of Wesley Chapel began in May of 1834 when- four Methodist families, who had moved to southeastern Williamson County, began to plan for a Methodist meeting house. Known, locally as the "Four Billys", these family men, William Rucker, William Burns, Williaip Hatcher, and William Lariier, began construction of the fourth Methodist Church in Williamson County on land donated by William Rucker on Owen Hill Road. The first Wesley Chapel was built of homemade brick and its location on the land was dictated by the presence of a nearby spring, to provide drinking water for the congregation. A little over a year later, on a Sunday evening, oh May 24, 1835, the buildings was officially dedicated. Reverend IHenry North, pioneer Methodist ministers in .the Conference officiated at th^ dedication ceremony. His text for that evening was John 14:6: "Jesus saith unto him, M am the way,' the truth, and the life-; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.*" The members of ; thh young church took• ^ "v tha|,.massagen.v' ' ■ • • '• ,'to-heart and' by the summer.,of 18361,- the church hosted its,Jirathprothactdd'damp meeting. Lasting, six^ 'days with three minist^e.r;Si9,,Fe,Vierjen.di:Xls|orth, Reverend Ledbetter, and Reverend Horton, this meetai:ng:,;:resiflted in many conversions .and.set the pattern for revivals.and meetings'in the years to come... , : ..>rj :o.; It is impQssible to tell the real history .^pf^a,.church without " telling about ..the people. From those early years.,.,someoscattered records can st^ll be found about the'early Wes.^ey,.Met-hQdista. ' The records reveal the women played 'a most impprtant .^part^in the' life of the c^prch. The names of a few of those- ladies who gave unstintingly of their time and abilities and who were life long pillars of the^chut'ctj Patty Bugg, Lucy Hatcher, Lucy Andrews, Burns, Polly Pinkston, Viny Lowe and Betsy Beaty. As in the 132

case of the four fourid'ing fathersj'^'tTieir •names 5,;too5 have disappeared from the current rolls 9 but their spirits?continue to live in the lives of their many descendants, som.e_ of whom have stayed in the community while others have left to contribute to other churches. It hasi-.'beeno.feolduthat one of, the early Wesley Chapel members was a man who had to ride through!''a\?Greek on honsej^^k. to get to church. 'Hhwever,(■• hfS.i s^id/^it d;i<^..'(.1^^.bother him at all because he just held his fee".te:''up tiO'keep them, djt^y. Certainly a littie water wasn't going-■ to ■ keep him-,frojii,: .coming ..t^f chjuroh. "" ' - Not-many things-.would k.eep^ .faithful from'e^ fel lowship found, at ■ the preaching servi^ces that, in the early days, were held by circuit, riders either .^^nce or^ twice a month. Circuit riders such as Kit Farris, ;Martin^-Clark, Fountain Pitts, and Mark old Roan" Gray -helped Wesl,ey ■groy. ■ 1 A in , spiritual'' I i. • • wisdom during the carefree days before the Wa;'-„§(etween the States. Included in the circuit riders that called upon the church were three ministers who were, licensed to preach at .a-,.Quarterly Conference held in 1838. They were William Burns, Gant,.. and Ethebert Hatcher. Reverend Bur,n.s •playe^j-ia ,iijajor role in the first recorded wed ding at Wesley Chapel. :C.olon,al. 0. C. Hatcher and Miss Callie B. Pillow, along with their wedding party, gathered at the home of William Rucker, one of the Billys', and walked over to the church. They were the first of five I^weddings, recorded'-in the church there on Owen Hill Road. It was a full thirty-nine years between the first wedding and the las,t..one betw..^^n M.i.ss.,Laura Wilson to J. A. Rucker. The other three w,^ddings in t;he.|.9,ld church were Miss Anna Rucker to Sam Ogilvie, Miss "Ella Hatcher,, tp,,)!,,... P. Abernathy, and Miss Fannie Miller to" Alfred B', Battle. , , '' ■ JUst as- weddings bring, jpy, .the losing of a member in the church community brings sorrow. Old Wesley Chapel turned out in full force' for the funeral of-rMns.: Bettie,.^.ucker Gentry in 1878, as they would-later-for the funer^.,of Howard Haynes and his ■daughter Addie Haynes, ■ Some of the other,.early members that were laid to rest and bitterly missed"by .those, left ,^,ere Ruckers, Wilsons, Petways, Hatchers, Lowes, yarbroughs., Mapes,,.Millers, Jordahs, Pinkstons, Demonbreuns, Reeds, and -Laniers.,. , Another, man who 1 -lijas • typical ,,p,f the early workers at Wesley was Mr, ..-Bo A. Lanier, whQ3.'>?as .-stowst-d,-for many years. He always boasted that he had never had to ride out for even one day to collect money for the Quarterly Conference. All he had to do was to announce the. date of the Conference and the members, with no delay, paid in full... Such was and is the spirit of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church.

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In 1907, the old building on Owen Hill was torn down. The brick wa,s sold and the lumber, that was usable, was moved to help build a new church. Another church site was thought to be necessary becapee ;of ,^-the .poor condition of the Owen Hill Road and the in- ' creasing importance of the community of Arno which now boasted a pretty good road, a post office, a school and a store. If the church could be moved to Arno Road, it would be more centrally located. Construction on the new Wesley Chapel Methodist Church began in e,arl.y 1908 on land bought from Mrs. Alice Rucker and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Rucker Ogilvie, for the sum of fifty dollars. The two ladies then promptly made a donation to the church for fifty dollars. This money exchange was made so that a legal deed could be gotten for the property. Trustees of the church, W. C. Lanier, W. J. Yarbrough, James A. Rucker, and.Tommy Hatcher, signed the deed, as did neighbors Dr. W. W. Graham and Mr. Will Smithson. Bishop E. E. Hoss held the dedication services Sunday, May 24, 1908, at the close of the Conference of the Franklin District. The pastor at that time was Reverend G. W. Taylor. The church continued, to grow and prosper during the first third of the 1900's but, like the rest of the country, reeled Under the shock of the depression. In spite of difficulties, the chur'ch always seemed to rise to meet any needed occasion. During an upu^ually dark time during those depression years, there was somendoubt if.the church could raise the money necessary for the Quarteply Conference. One of the younger stewards became upset becaus.e. manyfamilies were giving so little or, in some casds, nothing at all. ,However, one of.the older stewards told him not to worry, that he would.personally make sure there was enough money. History does not tell the man's name or if the money was needed. There's a good chance it wasn't. The closeness of the church was never more in evidence than 134

second World; Wai?''.'- Dozens" o'£' men and boys went 9 into service from Wesley Chapel and-'the other" two churches on the f circuit (College. Grove and Triune). It was then that printed a.vspocial -newspaper for their men at war called The Bugler ^ which gave news of the servicemen and their families. Perhaps the most impdttant feature of the paper was the printing of the lettep?, received .fr^pm r^ in service and away from :hdme, 'Lbbkin^' at some of th^e ,.pld .Qopies lOf, The Bugler, one can !... feel the love and support, the_p,hurc^3,me}jibers.;had for those men and , women"who were away at war. : ; s . ■ Children of all ages have .^l^^^ys.,,been important in the life of .■■■Wesley Chapel in spite of some startling.idevelopmehts at times. The annual Childrens Day Programs always, ..climajjed the summer Bible School Both the adults and children loved to plan the programs and take an active part in them. It has to be admitted the children surprised the congregation sometimes and such wa§,.the case with May Jane Cotten. When it was time for her tp stand up and give her prepared speech, she recited instead, "I'm.,,a .pp|:.e little girl with a pretty little figure. Stand back boys , 'til^J.^get a little bigger." Then there was another time ,whon-.Robert Allen Lanier, made bold by his success in the childre.n.s program, refused to sit still for church. Young Robert then ii[iet the fate of many a young child and •received a good old fashioned, whipping, rf.The very next Sunday, little Emmet "Red" Jordan cried out l.ppdly during-the service, to which ■-.Robert Allen said, "Daddy take him, out .and whop him good." Two of the most important persons;in. the eyes of the youth and children were Malachi"Pollard and, Doug i-Graham. ■ "Uncle Mai" was known'-de the man with plenty of .spearmint ■-gum;and the hearty laugh. A whole-generation grew up in .Wesley devoted to:i-the man who was al ways so generous with ;the gum in. hie .po;ckets>,: l .The. church members, the older ones that is, wished ha wasn't quite;.so free' with that gum. The families atv." r Wesley>■;.•!• • h.' used t take-i turns.creaning the church and ftibre often than hbt spearmint,.gum:-turned up under the pews. Doug'Graham was ano'ther populap member with the young people. He-'servbd ds the^'aduft leader of the .youth for over a-decade. While'Db^j'i was' their leader from the mid 50's to the mid 60's the' Wesley'^Ghaj^ei youth took an active lead in Sub-district, District, and Conference meetings. Several MYF's from the church ^er'e elected 3: ■ ft t-i:; .1. 135

to Sub-district and District offices. ^They also acted as host for the Sub-distridt meetings of the MYF from 1956 to 1961. Doug Graham was also instrumental in several other aspects of, church life 9 including the all important task of checking the church every Saturday evening during cool weather to make sure there was enough heat for Sunday morning and again checking each Sunday morning during the spring and summer months to make'sure all wal well in the church when the congregation arrived. It was during the fiftys that people began talking about' ' building soine Sunday School rooms onto the back of the church. In 1956, Mrs. Bessie Mai Harper got the idea of an ice cream supper ' to raise money for the building fund. Doug Graham opened the corner of his field nearest the church so there would be plenty of room and with the help of nearly every body in the church the annual ice cream supper was born. The very first year Wesley made three hundred dollars which went to buy the cUps and plates still used in'the church. The rest "df the money w'ent' into the building fiind. '' Undeh the leadership of Pastor Wilson T. Boots, construction began on the educational wing. The men, women, and teen-agers of Wesley worked many long hours Saturday after Saturday until June 19, 1960, when the wing was dedicated. Realizing that some funds were still left in the building fund, the Wesley congregation de cided to go ahead with the construction of a third church building. The new church was to be modeled after the old wooden one that had served so well since 1908. It was decided that brick would be used this time ihstekd of wood. Thanks to the efforts of the church members aiid contributions from former members, when the building was completed in 1962, it was completely paid for.

The Third Church Building 1962 To The Present: The period since the dedication of the sanctuary has been a time of -much tj^'ansition. It has marked the changing of an era not just in the Arno, community but everywhere. Values that were al ways considered important in the life of the church suddenly seemed less important as the focus and center of peoples lives began to change. Families or children moved away and long time pillars of the church, such as Doug Graham and Martha Crunk, died. 136

Portunatg^y new . l^d^^ cpmg,. to,.i ■ j ■,Wesley Ch^p.?! with;, frgsh ideas • Today one can find Irhat the old and new hay|§ .joined together in complete harmony. The young peoj^le are once again beginning , to^.take , an important part in the spiritual, life of the church,^ ,They .have taken the re sponsibility for leading the worship services every sunnier at. the church picnic and they are beginning to recognize the need to give rather than receive. Joint■ services with Wesley's sister church, Bethe.sda, tiave .come to mean a great deal to both congregations. Joint services began only three years ago at the time Brother Bill Herren's daughter was baptized at Bethesda on May 31, 1981. Brother.Herren was. the pastor of Wesley and Bethesda at that time. The fifth Sunday joint .meet ings are very much enjoyed by both churches. A program has been started by Wesley Chajpel at Page School to take care of the needy in our own area and the church has time and time again answered the cries for help of those living around us. The church building has gone through many changes^ a beautiful^ organ has been added, a new steeple and carillon music system, the ' ■sanctuary refinished from the.walls tp the floor, and last, but to the congregation certainly not least, new cushions on the pews. These changes are but the outward signs of growth in our church. The true measure of growth is the spirit inside the members and the fact they feel they are finally home. A story is told of an old member of Wesley Chapel who., many, years ago, went with her relatives to West End Methodist Church in .Nashville. Being caught up, in the spirit of the:..^ sermo3;i; she begeh to shout with joy. Her relatives begged her to, be .,qulet;, sayipg "Hush, this is West End not Wesley Chapel." Whether one wants to shout, or sit silently, in the prcee^npe of the Lord, Wesley Chapel Methodist Church prays you will feel at home doing- it. • This is"where'a church has thrived' for one hundred and fifty years. This is where, too, the children and grandchildren of its members will' cbiiie to know "that sabe joy and peace in the'yearfe to dome' — — by the' Grace of, God. 137

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The members of the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church who helped Steve Womack assemble this material are: Minnie Katherine Graham Betty Jane Moore Lucille Harmon Alice Pollard Bessie Mae Holt Vivian Scales E. E."Red" Jordan Louise Williams Elizabeth Marley Ruby Wood The editor was assisted by Nellie and Hayden Stephens.

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THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN OF THE RANK IN R IFLES \ . . T. Vance Little has kindly shared his copy of the "Rankin Rifles" visit to Middle Tennessee during the latter part of 1975, in search of further knowledge about battles fought during the unpleasantness in the 1360's,

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Spurred by the thrill.of,patriotic adventure and scholarly achievement, men came from diverse points of the compass^ concen trating at Brentwood, Tenn., late on the afternoon of September II, 1975. Contrary to appearances, these were not bankers, judges nor politicians escaping for a weekend of golf and gin rummy at the Brentwood Country Club, Nor were they the garden variety tourists checking in at, the. Traveler's Rest Motel for a. night's lodging before pushing,-^oni;,to new frontiers at the morning's early light. : ol v.r' Rather these were the "Rankin Rifles," recruited by-the emi.-' : nent historian of Louisville for a fine-tooth- study- of:,what happened where and why in Middle Tennessee military actipn; daring the . (choose one): Civil War, War Between the States, Mr. Lincoln's War, The Brothers War,, or The War of Northern Aggression. They;were eight, seasoned campaigners, hungry for the truths 140

of history and ded,icated^^^ the.:,,pr,oposi,tion. that their common in- terestS"p' *1 couldI ■ I ibest /i ' be served under the attention of :Kentuc^tS' editor of the IHl

Nashville Banner Andrew B. Benedict, Nashville financier. Chairman of the Board, First American National Bank ' T. Vance Little, Senior Vice President Commerce s. Union Bank Col. Campbell Brown, USMC, Ret., and great-grandson of Mrs. Richard S. Ewell (CSA) Plus a Murfreesboro contingent consisting of; Dr. Robert Womack, distinguished author and. \ professor at Middle Tennessee State. University " •Dr. Homer Pittard, authority on the Battle of - : • Murfreesboro. Charles Williamson, co-ordinator for public affairs for the City of Murfreesboro James Sanders, of the National Park Service at Murfreesboro The "Command Post" having flowed to a successful conclusion, the. "Rifles" and their guests partook of a succulent repast featur-, ing country ham, fried chicken and assorted dishes designed to emphasize the superior qualities of Tennessee cuisine and t cordiality. When the 3,ast morsel of food was consumed and the, rivulet pf , gravy expunged from cheek and chin. Cooper Ragan was prevailed upon, to deliver a historical recitation on Sam Houston's confrontation with Santa Anna. The presentation commenced with a stirring rendition of "The. Yellow Rose of, Texas" (a tape of which Cooper happened to have with him for just such a pressing urge) and cl^imaxed with 'something that sounded like: "Ah, fudge." In turn, Fred Russell made, spme poignant and pertinent ob servations, Glenn Tucker evoked titter^s, and guffaws with tales of crusty old Zebulon Baird Vance and Stanlpy Horn, batting cleanup, ,engendered rafter-rocking, roars with anecdotes of Isham Harris.and others. , too early the. laughter subsided, too soon the felicity, faded, too quickly "Taps" were sounded as Col. Rahkin, ever mindful > ushered his, troops into bivouac, accompanied by the restless spirits of Thomas and Hood, Rosecrans and Bragg, , Schofieid and Cleburne. iScarcely had the last campfire been extinguished, or the strains of "Home Sweet Home," "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and "Tenting Tonight" faded across Middle Tennessee than dawn arrived li}2

cool and prematurely. NdVi8i»1%iess.,::,reveille foundi the "Rifles^'; primed and ready to, charge the.mess-teht, where energy-filled victuals prepared them jfor exhaust.j^ of ensanguined battlefields. : ^ To transport the "Rifles," Col. Rankin had thoughtfully prp-- vided for a "wagon" under the expert handling of James Hoobler, whose subdued manner created^an immediate contrast with Major John, Herman, the profane muleteer of Stonewall Jackson's 'II borps. Hoobler arrived punctually in a minubus, admirably,;:tailored for the needs of the I'Rifles":with space to spare; Taking a southerly route, the troops came to Spring Hill where, hearkening to Stanley Horn's observation, they too expressed, dis belief over John Bell Hood's observation that,, from his secluded headquarters, he saw General John Schofield's XXIII Corps giv.e, him, the slip while ehroute to Franklin for a junction with Major ,' ,x General George Thomas' forces. Like Hood, the "Rifles" climbed Winstead Hill where, looking to the undulating fields b'eiow, they "heard" the handicapped, but, still bellidase. Hood utter the command that touched,pff the bloody battle of Franklin. ' '' " ' Thankfully, the screams and the roars, the anguish and the pnxietiiS of 111' years earlier were nowhere to be heard. But it required-little imagination to visualize the waving lines of Blue and^Gray surging across hotly contested fields on a December day , 1 that cost 10,000 casualties. A visit to Carter House reminded Stanley Horn of a long-gone day when he encountered an Old Federal on the same premises!. The ex-Yankee recalled dramatically how he stood before a locked door ^nd fired at charging Rebels and how, in his frenzy while shoving home a charge, his ramrod made still-visible dimples on the dopr , jam before, finally, he kicked: in the panel of the door and cra,wled, itp'safetyV'" • ■' ^ ■ ' ■ ' . In "the basement, where the Carter family sought refuge as the, holocaust raged abovd them, the "Rifiies'' could'shiiVthe^pccupa^^^ grief as mortally wounded Theodoric (Tod) Carter, fighting pn the familiar grounds he-had hot Viewed for three years, was brought home to'die. ■ , -rx.- Away from the Franklin Pike a;hd' its motorized mayhem, the 143

McGavQck house stood bleak against a mid-day drizzlej but there, as on November,16, 1864, could be seen through an over-active imagination,, the mortal remains of Confederate Generals Patrick Cleburne, States Rights Gist, Otho Strahl, Hiram Grahbury and John Adams, a fearful toll of man's inhumanity to man. Unlike, the men of..Thomas and Hood, Rank in's Rifles declared a recess at noon and repaired to "The General's Retreat," where generous provisions awaited. A pork barbecue platter with crisp trimmings combined for.a memorable repast and earned for Col. Rankin a prominent niche in the commissariat Hall )0f Fame. Their hunger appeased, the "Rifles" remounted and withdrew to Country Club where Stanley Horn, abetted by a map furnished by Gordon Whitney, reviewed the Battle of Nashville and the death knell of; the Army of Tennessee. A visit to Fort Negley completed the afternoon's phase of the day's campaigning. Behind the lines once more, the "Rifles" performed their evening ablutions and then sallied forth once more, this time to enhance their reputation as social lions. The r,oi4te led to Baech Grove Plantation, eTeg;ant edifice of T. Vance Little. Belying his name, Mr. Little's hospitality was anything but minuscule. Exuding the warmth that earned a world- for his southern forbears, Mr. Little demonstrated effectually the; finer points that produce the good life. Spirituous ■ refreshments commingled v^ith sprightly conver sation as the .'.'Rifles" strolled the grounds, admiring the host's matchless taste in the rich appointments that make the home a decorator's delight. Campfires were twinkling' on the hillside as the ever-moving "Rifles" mounted once more for the retreat to Brentwood and the start pf the evening's breacL-ibreaking ceremonies. As previously, hunger pahgs were assuaged quickly and ef fectually as, "Commissapy; Frank" (or was it Banks?)' provided most bountifully,. Accord|ng...tp.,a, well-^established report the "piece de re sistance" was.^provided by a bovine that wandered through enemy lines. 144

,Atthe,,conclus^^Qn of;■ the gastronomic activities, Glenn Tucker regaled th,e "Riflesji^with 'reminiscences of his days as White House correspondent for the New York World in the administrations of .Harding .and Coolidge. The recollections were taped for posterity, .The hours peeled, away all too swiftly'. An orderly egress was effected and,.back at the bivouac area, Col. Rankih placed pickets and sounded "Taps." Saturday.morning, September 13, found the "Rifles" fully re freshed and.,.eager for still another campaign'^' this time to Mur- freesboro for a study of the two-day batiflei December 31, 1862 - .January 1., 1863, in .which :'Br^Kton Bragg '''hewing to the Las Vegas line, fallied to follow-, up his^eariy advantage that conceivably could have weighed heavily in-'the Confederacy's favor. A stop at the National Military Park Visitor's Center in cluded a. 20-minute slide presentation that served as a refresher for the more forgetful and know-nothing elements of the "Rifles." A friendship.hour followed, featuring coffee and doughnuts and for the inore venturesome, a' supply'of Bloody Marys. For this phase, the "Rifles" were.pleased to welcome ih addition to their gyestsjof;two nights earlier Ron Gibbs, battlefield historian anj ^ intelligent interpretation of the .con flict...... The first :Stop after, -.the Visitor's Center Wias the Hazen Monu ment, oldest Civil War- memorial, where Dr. Homer Pittard delivered a ..scholarly rpri en tat ion course Oh'the'battle. From that point the "Rifles" were privileged to tour other significant sites as Pittard, Gibbs and Skhders took turns on the narrative. : ■ ; By the time - n,opn,,had overtaken the ''Rifles" and a direct march was ordered,,t^,. "The .Stirrup" for'sUrcease and susteriande. ' • At the conclusion jof ithe lunchfeon', "Announcement was made that the meal was•..f'UrnLs.hed.'gratis by the. City'''of' Murfreesboro, through the off ice ..of. Charles ;.Wil'l.iamson, co-ordinAtbr of public affairs. While the "Rifles" pondered this fortuitous turn df^ events, one, more historically minded;, ;:reballed^ha;t 113: to the very..,d4y j, two; members of -the 2 7t'h-'Indiana Regiment, reclining near Frederick, Md,, had spotted a piece of paper wrapped around^' 145 three cigars. The two. Sergeant John Bloss and Private Barton Mitchell, dis covered the paper to be a copy of Robert E. Lee's "Special Order No. 191," which, having been processed through channels, tipped off Gen. George B. McClellan on Lee's plans for the Maryland campaign. While the gratuitous Murfreesboro meal was not as far- reaching in its influences as the Lost Dispatch, it was no less appreciated and placed to better advantage than was Lee's "game plan" by "Little Mac." Remounted, the "Rifles" toured historic downtown Murfreesboro, with Bob Womack directing attention to the Ready, Palmer, Faircloth and Maney homes among others. When the "Rifles" returned to the Visitor's Center, heart- felt farewells were exchanged reluctantly and.those with historic bent suggested that comrades of the 1860s could not have parted less willingly. The 20-mile return junket to Brentwood was completed without incident and then came the inevitable moment that cheerfully would have been postponed for days or weeks. Although some "Rifles" remained on the scene for additional reflection, the contingent started to fragmentize. Heavy of foot and heart, a few began the long road back home where, with mule and plow, they would work their small stakes until another emergency, hopefully in 1976, would summon them forth once more to follow the Rankin colors. As the intrepid band disintegrated, the stentorian tones of the gallant Kentucky colonel were heard to float on the evening breeze, assuring all: "After two days of ardous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude I bid you all an affectionate farewell." 147

CONTRIBUTORS 1 DARBY, ELVA MAYO (Mrs. William J. Darby) and her husband. Dr. William J. Darby, are transplanted Arkansans via Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City, and Chapel Hill - Durham, North Carolina. Elva was born in Clarendori, Arkansas, graduated from Little Rock High School, Arkansas State Teachers College \ (npw University of Central Arkansas), Conway, where she was ;v,,. Bditor of the college newspaper. The Echo. She has taught in Arkansas public schools and in Special Education,. University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor. She has long, been an^ active member, and often an officer, of various Vanderbilt . University organizations: Vanderbilt Medical Center Auxiliary, Vanderbilt Aid, Garden Club, and,Woman's Club. Other community groups in which she is a member include The Ladies' Hermitage Association, Tennessee State Museum } Association, Friends of the Williamson County Public Library, Carnton Association, and The Heritage Foundation. Active as a member of the Williamson County Historical Society, she .is a former Vice-President and past President, as well as an ssi'lisr contributor to the Journal. Elva is currently. Secretary of Pioneers' Corner Association. The Darbys have I made' their home at Homestead Manor since 1969. darby,';jDR. WILLIAMicJ. was born in Galloway, Arkansas, graduated > from North Little Rock High School where he was Editor of the Yearbook, and the University of Arkansas. He earned his l - M. D.:. degree^.ifrbm'the University of Arkansas School of > / Medicine, LittlerRock, his Master's and Ph. D. (Biochemistry) , from, the University of Michigan, and holds Honorary Doctorate ; degrees;.from. his. alma-mater, the University of Michigan, and from Utah State.UniversitV. First affiliated with Vanderbilt University.in 1942, subsequently he became Professor of. Biochemistry and' of'Medicine. After 23 years as Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Medical School, he re signed in 1971 to become President of The Nutrition Foundation in New .York. He^retired' from this post in 1982, returning to Vanderbilt University as Emeritus Professor and Honorary Curator of the History of Nutrition Collection of the Medical Center Library. He is the author, editor, or co author of many books, including the two-volume work, "Food, the, iGift of Osiris", published by Academic Press, London. He co.qtfi^ues active in a variety of national and international scieAtific organizations, ^foundations, and on editorial boards. He was elected "to membership in The National Academv of Sciences in 1972. DOUGLASS-,.,PORRIS CALLICOTT (Mrs. George Douglass) l^s a natiye; of Dav.idson Countyio-i.^She,- received her"'B. A. from 'Converse College and her M. A, from George Peabpdy College in Library Science. ' / Mrs. Douglass's work experience includes positions with the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Georgia Historical Commission, and the Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, Georgia. She has contributed book reviews to the Atlanta Historical Bulletin and several articles to the WilTTamson County Historical Society's annual PUBLICATION. Mrs. 148 .

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m Douglass also contributed an article tP the Obion County Hi.sto.ry i^i;1981,. She is a member of Cumberland Chapter, ■ 'Paugl}terS:;P#,jthe American Revolution^ and is the Vice-President, ^ -f . .. 1985-1987 o:^. .the Crockett Forge Seat Chapter United States ' Daughters .of' 181;2,' -r; HUDGIN^,, HELEN'H^WES.'(Mrs. ■■ Ward Hujigins), came to Franklin with her. husband from .Washington, D. C. in 1939 and is blessed with four children. She seryed with the'k.ed Cross during World War II and was President of the American Legion Auxiliary for four years. She is a member of the friends of the Library, Qld Glory,Chapter D.A.R., the Kentucky Historical Society at Frankfort, the county Historical Societies of Daviess , Cpunty, Hart County and Hancock County, in Kentucky, and the Cajpt.er House Association. She is a board member of Pioneer , Cprners and serves as Historian of Franklin Chapter #14, United Daughters of the Confederacy. is the son of Roy and Joan Jackspn and; they live on 'Fa'ir Street in Franklin. He is 15 years old and; i® a student at Franklin Junior High School. He is-a receiver on the Franklin Junior High football team. Terry wrote f Jails - Past and Present which won the 1984 History Essay pompet it ion among the junior high school ;. j)up^s , in . Williamson County. His article is in this publication. .;!,- 7 KAMFMEIER, RUDOLPH H., M. D., is Emeritus Prpfesspr of iMedicine, » Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. , Born in Butler County, Iowa, he graduated from the State University of Iowa College of Medicine- in 1923, and subsequently, served; on the medical faculty of - the University of Michigan, Indiana, and Louisiana State (New? Orleans) prior to joining the staff of Vanderbilt UniversityVin 1936. He and his wife, Blanche, have been residents of Nashville since he joined the medical faculty. In addition^ to an active program of teaching and practice.of clinical medicine, he has participated in ,pro- fessional. activities of local, state,,national and inter national medical societies, serving as President of The . Nashville Academy of r-MediCine, The Tennessee Medical, Associa- tiottj Southern Medical-ASsOOiation, American College of Physicians, and as Editbr Of six medical journals., , In addition to books on pflysipal examination and on syphilology, he,,has written the published History of the Tennessee . ■Medipal Associatiioh t'19S0-1980) and Recollections; The History of the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University. He is recipient of many professional award® and , ,|ipno?>ary,. Fellowships in the Royal College, of Physicians and \ " its'jRational deriva'tiyo' Colleges throughout' the world..

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Contributors cont'd.: LECHIA^9,STEPHEN Bradford, Pennsylvania and Northcentral , : 17 years. . .rin 1976'he A moved to;'" f , ^ l^ashy is empiOybyed at 7the..3-ennesS;e^ Glass .^injpany.. , He has recentOty'lfinished his undiergraduate Mbr)c at " ,.,U .thd Ur»iyersity;io£ TenheaseeKand is presently studying ^or a Master's degree?; ihtaindustrial/organizational phychology at' f!' Middle Tennessee State University, He is-an-avid/student „ 6;f. the Civil War and Middle Tennessee histbryi LITTLE, of Williamson County, is-President of the LiDertyBanh office of Commerce Union Bank of Brentwood;.;^pd,^ He was formerly a partner in the law firm of Gord^n',;i|^ttbrff, Waters and Little -in hben.twood, - and priOh?tp '^^ih^v•wa!S ,Senior!.#ice-Presiden:h:,ahdv;j^lanping,-- I Council, the Tennessee Historiph^: Spcietyj .thi^.',l|uthei?fppd[ ; C County Historical Society, and the Sons of Cohfedierate Veterans. He is past Vice-President and President of the \ Williamson County Historical Society, past Director and Vice-President of the Heritage. Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, past Vice-Chairman of the Tennessee State Museum Association, past President of the Carnton Association, served as Chairman of the Williamson County Bicentennial ' Commission and as past Director of the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, He is a Director of the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, the Wil liamson County Farm Bureau, the Liberty Bank of Brentwood and Franklin. In 1977, he received the prestigious Patron of the Year award from the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamspn County. A well-known writer and lecturer in the historical and genealogical field, he has taught courses in genealogy sppnsored by the Tennessee State Museum Association and Metro Nashville and Davidson County Community Education program, and currently teaches Banking and Law at the Nashville Technological School. Mr. Little has been named Honorary French Consul for Nashville and East Tennessee. He has frequently served as editor and co-?editor of the Williamson County Historical Society's annual publication.

WATSON, GEORGE FRANKLIN, a native of Nevada, holds a B, S. in Business Education and a M. S, in Library Science from George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee. In 1980 he retired as Director of the Library at Columbia State I Community College, Columbia, Tennessee, after 14 1/2 years. Prior to that he was Director of the Library at Northeast State Junior College in Rainsville, Alabama, 1965-66, Head of Inter-Agency Relations and Stacks at the Tennessee State Library 8 Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, 1962-65, and served in the U. S. Navy, Submarine Service, 1935-1957. He held 150

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membership in the Americanj Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, ;r.Alabama, and Southeastern Library Associations, Carter House i ''row A^TA, and,was Editor of the Tennessee PATROL REPORT, the .magazine :.of the Tennessee Chapter of the C. S. Submarine

V: Veterans of- World War II, 1972-78., He is a member of the A. E. 6 A.:M.,;a Mark Master Mason and Knight Templar, the Tennessee iState Museum Association, Inc., and a charter member and past Vice-President and President of,.the, Wil liamson County Historical Society. He .hks, freq.uentiy served as Editor and Co-editor of the Sodiety',;s annual publication»

:•>" WQMACK.,. REVEREND STEPHEN has' been the ipastoh of Befhesda and Wesley Chapel United Methodist Churches '.since JJoyember 198U. He graduated from Nashville's John OvertOn High.School in 19B,9. . Upon his completion of studies at Vanderbilt, Engineering School in 1973, he began a seven year association with,,;Carolina Pad and Paper Co. In January of 1980 he enroil#d;rat, Scarritt College for Christian Workers, and then in,September, of'1981 enrolled in Vandehbilt Divinity School. The History of Arno Church, Wesley Chapel United Methodist, is his first literary contribution.''

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INDEX

ABERNATHY - 132 BRIANT - 38 ACKLEN - 128 BRILEY - 18, 38 ' ADAMS - 143 . . ■ - . BRITT - 101 AKIN - 114 • . ■ BROOKS - 18 ALEXANDER - 126 BROWN - 38, 97, 98, 102-, ALFORD - 17 141 ALLEN 1Q6., 107,; 108.,; Ill BRUCE - 64 . . . ALLY - 17, 37 ' BUCHANAN - 9, 10, 18 BUGG - 131 ALSTONE - 17 BURCH'.- 18 -• ANDERSON - 37 BURGESS - 18 " 1.1 ANDREWS - 131 BURK - 18, 38 "■ '! ')•' '• ANTHONY - 4, 9, 12, 17-, 37 ' ' J ' )/ '•- ARNELL - 17, 37 . BURNETT -18, 38 BURNS - 131, 132 ASBURY - 122 BURR - 111, 112 ASHLEY - 17 BURWELL - 73 - ASHLIN - 85 , - BUSH - 6, 19, 38 ' ATKINSON - 3 BUSLEY - 3 BUTT - 19, 38 BAKER - 17 BALDEN - 37 GALDWELL - 10, 11 BALDRIDGE (BALDRICH) •■ 17, 37 CALLICOTT - 78 BALLIEU (BELOU) - 17, 18 - CAMPBELL - 38, 79, 87, "91, 98, BANEY - 37 . 106, 109, 110, 113, ,114 BARNES (BARNS) - 17, 18, 37 CANENDY - 38 . . . BARNETT - 18 , CANNON - 89 BARTEE - laa, 140, GARDEN - 112 BATTLE -19., 37,• 47, 132^ ■ CARLIN - 60 BEAL - 37 , . CARMICHAEL (CHARMICAL) - 19,, 38, BEAN - 18 , 39 ' BEASLY - 1, 2, 18 CARPENTER - 128 BEATY. 13U ■ BELL - 18, 125, I2& . . CARR - 98 CARROLL - 110 BENEDICT - 141 CARTER - 112, 114, 142 BENNETT - 18 BENTON - 82, 105 CARWILE - 115 BER6E (BURGE) - 18, 37,.38 CASON - 39 BERKLEY - 86, 87, 93, 95' CASSIN-SCOTT - 91, 94 BESS - 18, 37 - CASTLEMAN - 19 CHAMBERS - 39 . , BIRD (BYRD) - 38 : - . CHILDRESS - oiv- . . BLACKBURN - 84, 85, 86 , BSV'98 CHRISTMAN - 19 BLACKMAN -^ap„:3BHN v CHRISTMAS - 125 ' " BLALOCK - 73 -v; i • CHURCH - 54 BLANTON - 140 CLARK - 3, 10, 11,. 132: . ": BLOSS - 145 ' CLAY - 19, 39 - ; BOLEYN - 125' ' v.; : i CLEBURNE - 141, 143 ' BOND * ■ . 3 ' . i CLIFFE - 101 BOOKER - 8 CLOUSTAN - 113 BOOTS - 135 COCHRAN (COCHRANE) - .19 V 3 9,ildl, BOWMAN - 86, 110,. 113 ■ 106, 108, 112, 113, .115 V BOYLES - 84, 91, 92 COCKRILL - 126 BRADLEY - . 87 .; CQLEMAN - 19 ; " BRAGG , $7^ »58 ; 59 y 141, 144 COLLIER (colYer) - i9.'::3d ; BREVARD^ --102 m COf^ON - 10, 20 - ,; V'- ' BRIAN - 3. CONDON - 20 ? ^ 152

CONWAY - 115 FIELDS (FIELD) - 21, 39 COOLIDGE - 144 FISHER - 21 CORBIT - 20 FITZHUGH - 21, 39 1 '■ ' • ' COTHRAN - 20 FLY - 21, 39 i, ij ■ COTTON (GOTTEN) - 114, 134 FORD - 39 - COUNNINGHAM - 20 FORREST - 125, 126 ' " ' ' COURTNEY - 53 . FOSTER - 21, 40 COVINGTQN .- 78 FOWLER - 21, 40 COWAN - 20, 101 FRANKLIN - 105 COX - 126 . FROST 121, 122 , 128, 129 CRESY - 20 ■ .nij.-; FUQUA - 3, 6 CRIDDLE - 106, 108, 109,. 113.- ■; CRITTENDON - 59 r - GAINES - 111 1 CROCKER - 20 , 39 ;v" ; GANT - 132 CROCKETT - 87, 121 l'22 ,' 126 , GARDNER - 21, 40 128 '.p; ' GARRETT - 40 CRUNK - 13 5 r . ' GASSER - 128 CULBERSON (CULBERTSON) - 20 GATLIN - 129 CUNNINGHAM - 20v, GAUT - 101 GURRIN - 84, 85, 94' GENTRY - 101, 132 GEVDRICK - 22 DALE - 3 GIBBS - 144 DARBY - 71, 105, 106, 109;,i..'110, GIDDENS - 111 111, 114, 115, 147 .0' ; ' r i- GILBERT --22;^ 40 DARNELL - 105 GIST - 143 ■ r DAVIS 20, 59, 60 , 102 103, GLASS - 94 123, 125, 128 GLIMPH T 22 ■ ' ■ ^ DeBROHUN - 113 GOLMAN - 40 DEMONBREUN - 132 GOOCH - 9, 10, 11, 12 DePRIEST - 114 GOODRICH CGOODRICK) - 22, 40 DICKSQN - ,-3 . GOODRUM - 22 DILLArD -'87 ' GOODWIN - 3 DORSEY - 20 GOUNELLE - 67 ' DORTCH - 113 GRAHAM - 106 , 108 , 111,'. 133 j DOUGLASS - 147, 148 ■ 134, 135 , 137 ■ • DRAKE - 20 GRANBURY - 143 DUGGER - 20, 39 GRAY (GREY) - 22, 132 DUNN - 39 GREEN - 22, 40, 47:, ,48 DYER - 39 . GREER 22, 40 DYES - 20 ■■ ; r - ' GRIGGS -■■ ■■3, 22, 40 GROOMER - 23 EDMINSON (EDMONSON) (EDMONDSON) GROOMS - 23 20 , 121, 122 GUFFEE ,23 ' EDMOND - 96, 97 ■ ' :.a.' GUTHRIE - 5, 23, 40 ,' 41 ■ • EDWARDS - 3 n. GUY (GUYS) - 15, 23, 41 .-i.' ■ ; ELKINS - 20, r n r , " i ELLIOT (ELLTOTT')' ;2.,0,' :21 . vv:" HADLEY - 121, 123, 125' ' " ■ ' • ELLIS - 39 K Ij r , p j HAFFNER - 114 ^ ENGERUD - 140 HAILEY (HALEY) - 11, 23,' 41 ESTES - 3 ; HAIRSTON - 77 EWELL.,- 1,41 ■ , . HALFACRE - 23 EZELL- 2i,.39'' . ' HAM (HAMM) ^/23,, 24,. 4l - - HAMAN - 23 - "• FAIRCLOTH - 107, 145 HAMER (HAMMER) - 23, 24-: '6'0' FARRAR (FARROW) - 21, 39 HAMILTON (HAMLETON)'"' (HAMBLETOH) FARRIS - 132 8, 23, 24, 27, 84^^'65 ' FERGUSON - 112 HAMLET (HAMLETT) - 24, 41" 153

HAMPER - a JINNETT - 42 HAMPTON - 10, 24, 41 JOBE - 123 HANNER - 101 JOHNSON - 25, 26 , 42 , 55, 59.- HARDEE - 58 73, 74, 88 HARDEMAN -■ 24, 84, 129 JOHNSTON - 26, 88, 126 HARDING - 129, 144 JONES - 3, 26, 42, 121, 122, HARMAN (HARMON) - 137, 142- 129 HARPER - 24, 41,^102, 135 ' JORDON (JERDON) (JORDAN) - 26, HARRIS - 73, 141 42, 132, 134, 137 HARRISON - 41, 73 HARTMAN (HEARTMAN) - 24, 41, KAMPMEIER - 73, 148 il2 KELLOW - 26, 42 HARWELL - 113 KIDD - 26, 31,^42 HATCHER - 131, 132, 133 KIMBRO (KIMBROUGH) - 13, 26, HA)fMES - 7(: i ^ 43 HAYNES - 132 KING - 26, 85 ' HAYS (HAYES) - 78, 128 KIRK - 95 HEART - 42 HEG - 61 LABARS - 43 HENDERSON - 42 LANE (LAYNE) - 43, 105 HENLEY - 125 LANIER - 131, 132, 133, 134 . HENRY - 3 LAVENDER - 26 HERBERT:- 121 • LAWRENCE - 11 . . . HERREN - 136 i LEAPER - 122 ' HEWLET - 24 LEATHERS - 73 HIGHTOWER - 121, 126 • ■ ■■ -■ LECHIARA - 149 i HILL " 10, 25, 42, 122 LEDBETTER - 107, 131 HOHLWECK - 140 ' LEE - 43, 114, 145 HOLBROOKS - 3 LEGGET - 26 HOLT - 3, 10, 121, 137 LEONARD - 26 HONEYCUTT - 25 ■ LESTER - 3, 5 HOOBLEB -.142 LINCOLN - 139 HOOD - 61, 103, 123,' 126, 141, LINK - 13 . ■. 142, 143 LITTAN - 3 HORN - 60, 140,141, 142, LITTLE - 26, 43, 60 ,'102 , .139 , 143 141, 143, 149 NORTON - 131 LOGAN - 43 HOSS - 133 LOTZ - 114 HOUGHLAIU) - 124, 125 LOVE - 10 HOUSDEN (HUSDEN) - 25, ^42 ' LOVETT - 43 ■ . HOUSMAN (HOWSAN) --42 LOWE - 131, 132 . HOUSTON - ■12 7, 141' LUNDGREN - 115 ' HOWELL - 3, 42 LUTON - 26, 73 . HUDGINS - 148 ' LYON - 97 HUGHES (HUZE) - 25 HUMPHREY - 11,- 12,. 13 MacMILLAN - 91 HUNT - 25, 42, 83, 84, 121 McALISTER (McALISTOR) - 87, IRVIN. - 1.21, 125 94, 96 ■ ISACC - 42 McANTLESS - 26 McARTHUR - 27, 43 JACKSON - 25, 42, 122,.128, McCANE - 5 123, 142, 148 McCANLESS (McCANTLESS) - 27 JAMES - 42 McCLELLAN - 145 JANUARY - 7, 42 McCONICAL - 8 JENKINS - 12, 25, 79, 97, McCONICO - 16, 27, 84 99 McCOOK - 58, 59, 60, 61 154

McCOWAN - 27 NOLEN - i.2'9, 102 * McFAIN - 43 NORMAN - 29 McFARLAND - 4 NORTH - 131 McGAN - 94 NORTON V: 2.9; & McGAVOCK - 121, 125, 143 4] •; ■ McINTOCK - 3 OAKES - >9.2 McKENDREE - 122 0'BRYAN 112'' ■ McKE.Y - 84 ■ ■ ODEN - 129 McMAHAN CMcMAHON) - 21 ^ 43 OGILVIE - 132, 133 McMURRAY - 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, OLIVER - 30^ 27, 43 ,- 44 . OMAN- 124, 126 ORTON - 30 MABERRY - 107 OTEY - 113 ■ - MADISON - 86' OWEN (OWENS) (OWIN) - 3''r, '45, MADLIN (MODLIN) - 27, 28, 44 121, 126, 128, 129 ' MAGLI - 106, 109, 114 MANEESE - 1 PACKSON - 30 MANEY - 112, 145 PAGE - 10, 45 MANLEY - 44 PALMER - 145 ■ ■ KlARBRY 21 PANDEN -SO ■ ■ MARLEY >'. 137. PARISH - 30 MARLIN - 27 PARK (PARKS) - l.'0:5, 106^-108, MARSHALL - 3, 127 112, 116 "■■■ '' ■ MARTIN - 6 PASKETT - 30 MSON - 24, 27 PATTERSON-.-. 30, 94 MAXWELL - 27 PATTON i 140 ■ MAYFIELD - 108V 121, 129 PAUL - 45 MEDLEY (MEDLIN) - 28, 44 PEARCE - 30 MERIT - 28 PEEL - 30■ . ■ MERIWEATHER - 44 PERKINS - 77, 78; 84, 87, 94, METZ - 28, 44 101, 106, 108, 111, 112, MILLER - .132 113 T29 ' MILTON - 3 PETTWAY (PETWAY) - 84, 85, 132 MITCHELL (MITCHEL) - 7, -8/l2', PEY - 30 ; " 28, 44, 145 ■ ■ PHILLIPS - 45 MONTGUMRY - 44 ' ' PILCHER - 73 ■ - MOORE (MOOR) (MORE) - 12, 28, PILLOW - 132 ■ • ■ 44, 45, 121, 125, 130, 137 PINKERTON - 115.' MOPPIN - 28 ' PINKSTON - 131, :i'32 ■ ' MORGAN - 45, 73, 115, 140 PINNEY - 59 , 60, -eT MORRIS - 3, 109' ■ - PITT (PITTS) - 3^ ^132 ' MORTON - 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, ' ■ PITTARD - 141, 14'4' ^ 14, 28, 29, 42' "^5 V 60 POINDEXTER - 111 • MOSELEY (MOSLEY) - 29 POLK - 60 . . - v;.: ■ MULLEN - 29 POLLARD- 134,^137-'- MURRAY (MURRY) (MAURY)' - 7, POLLS- '>1 H,5-. .r ,. .^:■ 29, 84, 85, 86, 88, 105, POLOCK (POLLOCK) - 30, 45 10,6:, 107:, 108, 109, 110, :: POMROY (POMEROY) - .-OO-V- ^5,' ' 111, 115, 118 PORTER - 4 • MYERS - 3 ^ ■ '/.v.- ■ PORTERFIELD - 125 POSEYo-r 3, M NANCE - 6, 7, 9, 12, 45 POSY - 60 , 61 .. ' ' ■ ■ ■ NANCY - 29 . • • • ' ■ ■ ■ ■■ POTTER - 12 7 > ■ NAPOLEON - 67 POWELL - 30 NEELY - 84, 101 ' " ■ ■ ■ '■ ■ ■ ■• POWERS -.. 30,'"46' ' ■ NICHOL (NICHOLS) -67, 101 PRICE - 5 ■ NOE - 29, 45 15J

PRIMM (PRIM) » 30, 46, 58, SIRES - 32 126 : SHARP - 106, 127 PRYOR - 10, 12, 77, 78., 79, SHARPER - 47 80, 81, 83, 86, 93, 98, SHERIDAN - 59 ' 99 SHORT - 113 PURYEAR - 113 SHUTE - 84 SHWAB - 129 RAGAN - 30, 140, 141 SHY - 102 RANKIN - 30, 31, 139, 140, SLAUGHTER - 4 141, 142, 143, 144 SLINKARD - 32 RASH - 31, 46 SLOANE (SLOAN) - 32, 33, 47 RAY - 31 124 .READY - 145 SMART - 3 REED - 88, 132 SMITH - 33, 47, 60, 107, 128 REESE - 101 SMITHSON - 133. REIDENBAUGH - 139, 140 SNEED - 121, 129 RENEGAR - 129 SPENCER - 96 REYNOLDS - 79, 88 STAMER - 33 ' RICE - 46 STANCE - 19, 29, 33 RICHARDS - 31 STANCIL - 5, 6, 7, 20, 33, 43 RICHARDSON - 101, 109, STANFIELD - 47 114, 116 STARKS - 3 RIDDLE - 46 STEPHENS - 137 i RIDLEY - 31 STEWART (STUART) - 33, 53, 67, RIVES - 31, 46 91, 92, 107, 108, 111 ROBARTSON (ROBERTSON) - 31, STILL- 11, 12, 33,114, 115 V 46 STITH - 107 ROBERTS - 103 STONE - 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, ROBINSON - 64, 65 83, 84, 85,'87, '88, 89, 90, ROCKWELL - 140 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, RODES - 106, 109, 113, 99 114, 117 STRAHL - 143 ROLLER - 31 SUGGS - 47 ROSECRANS - 58, 141 SYNAN - 101 ROZELL - 125 RUCKER - 131, 132, 133 TALON - 3 RUSSEL (RUSSELL) (RUSSLE) - TAPPAN - 110 31, 32, 41, 46, 84, TAYLOR - 33, 47, 97, 133 140, 141 TEROMMAS - 33 RUTHERFORD - 106 TILFORD - 127 RYLEY - 87 TILMAN - 6 THOMAS' - 33, 47, 58, 59, 60, SANDERS. (SAUNDERS) - 32, 47, lM-1 !LU9 1U ^ 78, 141, 144 THOMPSON -'33, 47, 48, 121 SANFORD - 32 TODD - 48 SAPPINGTON - 105, 107, TOMBS - 34 108, 118 TOMPKINS - 3 SCALES - 32, 137 TONY - 3, 48 SCHOLFIELD (SCHOFIELD) - TOPKNOT - 53 • 123, 141, 142 TOWERS - 34 SCOTT - 32 TRUETT - 110, 116, SEALE (SEALS) (SEALES) - 32, TUCKER - 34, 140, 141, 144 47 r TULLOSS - 127 ' SEALY - 47 TURBEVILLE (TURBERVILLE) - 34, SEVIER - 80 48 SIMMONS - 3 SIMPSON - 32 VANCE - 141 VAUGHN - 3^ 34j 48i 101 < : ZACHARY - 36 VERNON - 34 . ZOLLICOFFER - 127 v/ VINSON - 34 ■9t

WAGGONER - 27 WALDREN - 48 WALKER - 78 WALLACE' - 4 . . . WALLER - 34, 48 ; ■ ■ ■ i . WALTER. - 34 ■ • ■ ) - • ; ' WARD - 124 WARE - 34 , ■ ■ . ■ . WARNDS - 34 : . . WARREN - 34 j 95 ■ ■■ / WARWICK - 79 WASSEN - 34, 48 WATERS (WARTERS) - 34, 48 • i ' . WATSON - 3, 13., 48, 149 , 150 WEBB - 48 , WEST - 34,' 48 WHALEY - 35 ■ . . . WHARTON - 57, 58, 59, 61 WHEELER.- 59 V WHITAMORE. (WHITTEMORE) - 35 WHITE -;3 9 16 , 35 , 53 , 54, 60 , , i/' 61, 101 . ^ WHITLEY,..- 35 . WHITNEY --^^40^ 143 WHITSETTaWHITSITT) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 35, 48 WILKINS - 3, 35, 88 WILLIAMS (WILLIAM) - 12, 35, 48, 55, 57 , 64, 101, 106 , , 'v,. 137 WILLIAMSON - 105, 106, 121, 141 144 • ; WILSON - 35, 125, 127," 132,: ' 144 WINSTEAD - 35 ■ , WISEMAN - 5 . .. . WISINOR (WISNER) (WISENER) - 10, 35, 48' ; . . WOMACK; --rl37il41, 145, 150 WOODRUFF -'4, 48, 60 . WOODS (WOOD) - 35, 48, 137 v ; , , WRIGHT - 35

YARBROUGH - 132, 133 ... : ; . i : , YATES - 35 . . .;:t , YEARWOOD - 55 YOUMANS - 63, 64, 65,.66, 67, -.- .. ^ ■ •i ■ I '68, 69, 70, 71, 72 j 173, 74, ■ t 75, 78 ". a YOUNG - 35, 36, 48, 49 -