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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
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
Happy Birthday, Colonel Crockett!
Happy birthday to Colonel David Crockett! Born on August 17, 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee, Crockett was a larger-than-life figure who spent his life moving steadily westward. In 1816, he explored a section of frontier that had recently been purchased … Continue reading
Lawrence County’s Last Revolutionary Soldier
Did you know Lawrence County’s last Revolutionary War veteran died less than ten years before the Civil War began? By the early 1850s, there were few Revolutionary War veterans left in the United States. Indeed, on the 1850 census, only … Continue reading
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Marcella Falls: A Brief History
An ancient Native American rendezvous spot, a beautiful waterfall, and a thriving village now vanished? Marcella Falls is a picturesque community about 13 miles northeast of Lawrenceburg, near the Giles County line. Factory Creek drops about 20 feet from a … Continue reading
The Pioneers of Pleasant Garden
Today you may travel to the vicinity of Pleasant Garden to play a round of golf at Dixie Oaks Golf Club. But did you know that Pleasant Garden is probably also the site of one of the oldest settlements in … Continue reading
The Lost Stand of Alexander Springs
A roadside inn, buried Indian gold, and a connection to Hellen Keller? Welcome to Alexander Springs! On Highway 43, between Ethridge and Summertown, an old road winds through the hills and crosses the beginning of what becomes the Buffalo River. … Continue reading
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The Execution of Andrew Blakemore
A daring raid, a final expression of true love, and an execution by firing squad? It all happened in Lawrenceburg, 141 years ago today. A Scottish immigrant and adopted northerner, Colonel George Spalding (pictured here) was certainly not a native … Continue reading
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When a Founding Klansman Killed a Former Confederate Spy in the Street in Lawrenceburg
A former Confederate spy killed in the street…with a shovel…by a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan? It happened in Lawrenceburg on this day in 1876. The Pulaski ‘Citizen’ tells us that on July 11, 1876, W.B. Chaffin was … Continue reading
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Lawrence County History Trivia 