Monthly Archives: February 2014
A Snapshot of Slavery in Lawrence County, Tennessee
A Snapshot of Slavery in Lawrence County, Tennessee By Clint Alley The Federal Census serves as a snapshot of community life across America. One has been taken in Lawrence County every ten years since 1820. Genealogists rely on census data … Continue reading
Four Hogs For Every Person: Early Agriculture in Lawrence County
According to the Tennessee Agriculture Report of 2013, Lawrence County ranked 5th in the state for beef cattle in the ‘Top Ranking Livestock and Crop Counties’ of 2012. Our county also ranked 6th for ‘all cattle’ and 13th for milk … Continue reading
Caleb Davis: A Unionist Black Sheep in Civil War Lawrenceburg
Caleb Davis: A Unionist Black Sheep in Civil War Lawrenceburg By Clint Alley A County Divided Not all Lawrence Countians supported the cause of the Confederacy during the Civil War. For a variety of reasons, many native southerners chose to … Continue reading
David Crockett Falls in Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! What was the only force powerful enough to cause David Crockett to sell his gun? The answer, of course, is love! While we may not think of the rough-and-ready frontiersman and Lawrence County founding father as a … Continue reading
Lawrence County’s First Century: A Story in Numbers
Numbers do, indeed, tell a story. And the story of Lawrence County’s first century is that of a place finding its identity. As this graph shows, population growth in the county’s first sixty years was slow and difficult. The major … Continue reading
Lawrence County History Trivia 