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The Man Who Owned Three Square Miles of Lawrence County
How many people can say that they have owned over 3 square miles of land in Lawrence County AND had an American hero as a squatter on that land? John Christmas McLemore (1790-1864) was one of the most powerful men … 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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Lawrence County History Trivia 