Monthly Archives: September 2025
The Chickasaw Cession of Lawrence County
Can you imagine paying only two cents per acre for land in Lawrence County? What about almost the ENTIRE county, plus most of the counties around it? Most of Lawrence County was legally opened for white settlement by a treaty … Continue reading
When the Klan Showed Up at Cumberland Presbyterian Church
On this day 102 years ago, the parishioners of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceburg witnessed an unusual masquerade. As the Lawrence ‘News’ reported, Dr. John R. Morris was ending his sermon that night when “five white-robed men came in at … Continue reading
The Rebirth of West Gaines School
Did you know that a school built for African-American children during the Jim Crow era in Lawrenceburg is still standing? And that there is a fantastic group of people working to preserve it? Since 2019, the West Gaines School Community Center group … Continue reading
Fightin’ Joe Fights in Lawrence County
On this day 161 years ago, Confederate General “Fightin’” Joe Wheeler was fightin’ in Lawrence County. The months leading up to Hood’s ill-fated Nashville campaign in the fall of 1864 saw a noticeable surge in Confederate guerrilla activity in Middle … Continue reading
Lawrence County History Trivia 