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A Brief Sketch of the
Settlement and Early History of
Giles County Tennessee

by James McCallum, 1876

Published by the Pulaski Citizen, 1928

Table of Contents

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  Forward. By W. B. Romine

  Forward. By Col. Solon E. Rose

  Forward. By James McCallum

  Part First, Chapter First, Chapter Second--Complete : pp. 8-13
     Contents of Part First, Chapter First, and Chapter Second:

  Part First, Centenial Address, July 4th, 1876 : pp. 8-9

  Chapter First, Condition of the County : pp. 9-10

  Indians, pp. 9-10

  Chapter Second : Indian Treaties : pp. 11-13

  Chapter Three--Organization of Giles County--Complete : pp. 13-16

  Chapter Four--Complete : pp. 17-46
     Contents of Chapter Four:

  First Settlers : pp. 17-22

  Section Three--Aspen Hill and Neighbors : pp. 22-23

  Section Four--Pulaski and Vicinity : 23-27

  Residents of Pulaski in 1820 : 27-28

  Section Five--Moriah Church, Weakley’s Creek : pp. 28-30

  Section Six--Campbellsville and Big Creek : 30-32

  Section Seven--Old Lynnville and Lynn Creek : pp. 32-33

  Sec. Eight--Lynnville and Lynn Station : pp. 33-34

  Section Nine*-- Buford Station : pp. 34-35

  Section Ten--Elk Ridge Church : pp. 35-36

  Section Eleven--Brick Church and Robert Gordon Neighborhood : pp. 36-37

  Section Twelve--Bradshaw : pp. 37-38

  Section Thirteen--Mt. Pisgah : p. 38

  Section Fourteen--Blooming Grove and Leatherwood Creek : pp. 38-39

  Section Fifteen--Bunker Hill and Indian Creek : pp. 39-41

  Section Sixteen--Elkton and Neighborhood : pp. 41-45

  Section Seventeen--Shoal and Sugar Creeks : pp. 45-46

  Chapter V--Origin of Land Titles and Land Warrants : pp. 47-52   (Posted 13 November 2007)

  Chapter VI--Congressional Reservation : pp. 52-57

  Chapter VII : pp. 57-99
     Contents of Chapter VII

  Pages 57-63

           Deposition of Gen. James Robertson : pp. 57-59

           Settlers on Indian Lands Driven Off : pp. 59-60

           Indian Alarms : pp. 61-63

  Pages 63-70

           The Early Settlers : pp. 63-68

           Hospitality : p. 68

           Domestic Habits : p. 68-70

  Mills--Cotton Gins and Operations : 70-72

  Tobacco : p. 72

  Hemp : p. 72

  Cattle : 73

  Merchants : p. 73

  Manufacture of Powder : pp: 74-75

  Churches : pp. 75-76

  Camp Meetings : pp. 76-78

  Schools : p. 78

  Earthquakes : pp. 78-80

  Antiquities : pp. 80-81

  Cannon Ball : pp. 81-83

  Incidents and Adventures of Early Settlers : pp. 83-87

  Capt. Jas. Patterson--Imprisonment in Mexico : pp. 87-95

  Martin, Ballentine and Carter : pp. 95-96

  Masonic Lodges : pp. 96-98

  Conclusion : pp. 98-99

  Part Second : pp. 99-128
     Contents of Part Second

  Description of the County : pp. 99-104

  Wurtemburg Academy : pp. 104-106

  Female Academy : pp. 106-107

  Cotton Mills : p. 107

  Railroad : p. 107

  Court House and Jail : pp. 108-111

  Judges of the Circuit Court : pp. 111-115

  Chancellors : pp. 115-118

  Sheriffs : pp. 118-120

  Registers : pp. 120-121

  Representatives and Senators : pp. 121-124

  Milita Officers : pp. 124-128

  Original Index



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* Misnumbered as the first “Section Ten” in the original.