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< A '4> '^•' I- ^ /I 1 " % PubUratton Noi l3 -M" -■^•v^ < ' t_p't •♦i '«*i "T S^ \ '% r<s^ -T?' -ii J" '.'A- 'P W . ••••;a-^^i.-{,>»v3. v' l 0 I .c-, .Cl \ tI fx* 9I Fbahkl. .iy L s N ws 1^ .ifc» -•yO^^^l/TftcrZy. -CT.. \ V \ \ \ JfXk%w Mf •/ 7a«n««W ^ "1 1 Cit9Zj C»/tfmSU'> >■ ^r-r ^ £'ip rOJ3£> Co. spring 1932 WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION Number 13 Spring 1982 Published'by Williamson County Historical Society Franklin, Tennessee 1982 WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION Number 13 Spring 1982 Published by the Williamson County Historical Society EDITOR: T. Vance Little OFFICERS President Earl J. Smith 1st Vice-President Mrs. Thelma Richardson 2nd Vice-President , T. Vance Little Treasurer Herman Major Recording Secretary Mrs. John Lester Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Cornelia Holland PUBLICATION COMMITTEE T. Vance Little Mrs. Louise G. Lynch George F. Watson Mrs. Virginia G. Watson The WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL PUBLICATION is sent to all members of the Williamson County Historical Society. The annual membership dues are $8, which includes this publication and a frequent NEWSLETTER to all members. Correspondence concerning additional copies of the WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL PUBLICATION should be addressed to Mrs. Clyde Lynch, Route 10, Franklin, Tennessee 37064. Contributions to future issues of the WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL 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 Major, Treasurer, P. 0. Box 71, Franklin, Tennessee 37064. PRESIDENT'S REPORT In an introduction to A Heritage of Grandeur, the most recent book celebrating Williamson County's heritage, Virginia Bowman pays tribute to the "unique and colorful history" of the county. Our society's Journal provides a very significant con tribution toward the preservation of that precious past. We are both proud and pleased to present the thirteenth consecutive edition of the Journal. Over the years the writers, editors, and printers for the Journal have won respect and appreciation from other members but were never formally honored until this year. At our April y meeting Walter Durham, noted biographer and local historian from Sumner County, praised the achievements of the first twelve issues and selected Marie Williams Batey as the author of the best article in last year's edition. We congratulate Mane, thank all the other authors, and acknowledge a special debt to Vance Little, George and Virginia Watson, and Louise G. Lynch for tireless and skillful efforts in editing and pub lishing the Journal since its inception. In addition to launching what we hope will become an annual awards dinner for contributors to the Journal, the society can take credit this year for our first overnight trip. In June a bus will transport the participants to Bardstown and Shakertown, Kentucky. Thelma Richardson has performed yeoman's service in organizing this worthwhile and delightful venture. Warm fellowship and interesting programs were the main elements in another successful season. We thank all who attended the meetings for their friendship. We thank Hugh Walker Blanche Henry Clark Weaver, Louise G. Lynch, Walter Durham, and Jacque Voegeli for their efforts and eloquence. I owe personal thanks to more people than I can name in this report. All the officers, named elsewhere, performed above and beyond the call of duty. Mary Trim Anderson, Lois Crowley, Elva Darby, Ann Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Battle Rodes, and Mr. and Mrs. George Watson are a few of those members who played key roles behind the scenes. Thelma Richardson and Vance Little helped me so much and so often that they were practically co-presidents. Earl J. Smith President, WCHS, 1981-82 FOR,SALE The following publications on Williamson County, Teninessee are. for sale by: - Mrs. Clyde Lynch Route 10 Franklin, Tennessee 37061+ The following Williamson County Historical Society Publicati ions are: Publication #1, Publication #4-, Publication #6, Publica- , tion #8, and Publication §10 - OUT OF PRINT Publication J2: The Crockett House; The Battle of Franklin; Memories of Sunny Side School; Mt, Zion Methodist Episcopal Church; Sumner's Knob; The Tenth Tennessee's . ■ "Battle Flag" - $4.00 + 75<;: 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 . , County; The Fates of Three Cousins - $4.50 + 75<: 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 - $4. 50 + 75<:: postage. Publication §7: The History of Trinity Station Methodist Church; My Recollections of Old Hickory and the Powder Plant; The Frost Connection; -Old Harpeth Academy, a Casualty of the Civil War; Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Franklin; Frances Was A Lady; The Wilkins'Whitfield Family of Williamson County, Letter from Collin McDaniel to his sister, June 15, 1826; Some Early Settlers on Arrington Creek; Fort Granger - $5 . 50 + 75<J: postage. Publication ^9: The War Memorial Public Libraryj The Franklin Female Institute; Drama On The Big Har.peth'; Peter Hardeman Burnett "Frontier 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. - $5.50 + 7St postage. Publication #11; A Williamson County Plantation, 181+7^1865 ; Burwood: Story of Burwood, Tennessee, History of ; Burwood Methodist Church, Samuel Akin: Early Settler of Burwood; History of Williamson County Home Demon stration Clubs; Devon Farm and John Davis, 1770-1853; A History of Battle Ground Academy; Unpublished Genealogical Materials, War Memorial Library, Franklin, Tennessee; Harpeth River Prehistory; James.T. Carroll McCanless. and Crystal Valley Farm; Williamsop County, Tennessee, Militia Commissions, 1832-1861 - $5,50 + , , 75<;: ■ postage, Publication #12: William Josiah■McMurray; ,Crosses of Honor V for Herpes, 1901; Christmas at the White House with the ■Polks, l8'+5-1848; The Campbell Family of Williamson - County, Tennessee; Garrison Creek, Williamson County, Tennessee; Devon Farm and■Edward Hicks, IV, 1892-1961; The Hampton Family; My Cherokee Indian Heritage; The Cherokee Indians in Tennessee; A Plantation Dispersed; The Ghost of Will Diggers - $5.50^ + 75*!^ postage. Other available publications are as follows: 1840 Census Of Williamson Countyj Tennessee - $8.50 +■ 75<|: postage. 1850 Census Of Williamson County, Tennessee - $10.00 + 75,'i: postage. Bible.Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, Vol. 1 - $ip.00 + 75^ postage. ■, Bible Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, Vol. 2 - $10.00 + 75^ postage. County Court Of Williamson County, Tennessee Lawsuits (1821-1872)- Books; 2 through 8 - This book contains many important records. There are many lawsuits petitioning- the court to partition property. The names of the heirs are given,- sometimes even the date of death of the person leaving the property. In a few instances, thecomplete wills are included in the original- books, even though they died in another state. - $12.50 + 75^ postage. Directory of Williamson County, Tennessee Burials, Vol. 1 - The gravestone records,were collected by.the mem bers, of. the Williamson Coun-fcy Historical Society and include many old graveyards from all over the county. - $15.00 + 75^ postage. Directory of Williamson County, Tennessee Burials, Vol. 2 -This book has'the records of burials in.the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Franklin and many small graveyards over, the county that were not included in the first book. - $15.00 + postage. '. 1 Early Obituaries Of Williamson County, Tennessee - • Obituaries taken -from the local newspapers (1821- ■ 1900) - $10. 00 + 75<!^ postage. Mis.celTaneous Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, Vol. 1. This book has many important "hidden" records that were taken from wills, deeds, minutes and law suits. Fully indexed. - $8.50 75"!^ postage. Miscellaneous Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, • 2 - This book contains a "gold mine" of records. Most of the information is taken from loose records in our county archives. There are many depositions from lawsuits, murders and divorces that may not be found anywhere else. It is interesting reading as well as having valuable information. - $10. 50 + 75<: postage. Miscellaneous Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, Vol. 3 - Continuation of Vol. 2j also includes a map of Williamson County when the county was made into districts with a description of the area. - $12.50 + 75'!: postage. Miscellaneous Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, Vol. 4 - Continuation of Vol. 3. - $12. 50 + 75<;: postage. Valiant Men - Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution ary War who lived in Williamson County, Tennessee. - $15.00 + 75<: postage. Record Book, Letters of Administration, No. 1, Williamson County, Tennessee (1838-1855) - $8.50 + 75^ postage. This hook serves as the first-Tennessee census (18,00.-1813) of the county, - ihe names,, of the land owners,