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The Napier Iron Works
Before it was Napier, it was…the McLeish Reservation? When the Chickasaw nation ceded their lands north of the Tennessee River to the United States in September 1816, there were a few exceptions. One of those exceptions was a square mile … Continue reading
Lawrence County’s First Government
“A temporary government of our own…” Did you know that, before the city of Lawrenceburg even existed, there was once an independent and unauthorized government in operation in the area that would become Lawrence County? As can be seen in … Continue reading
The Excavation of Holy Trinity Cemetery
A cemetery moved across the county? It happened here in June 2006. The German Catholic Homestead Association purchased over 25,000 acres of land in Lawrence County in the years following the Civil War. Their goal was to establish Catholic churches … Continue reading
When David Crockett Became Colonel Crockett
On this day in 1818, David Crockett was commissioned as the Colonel of Lawrence County’s 57th Tennessee Militia Regiment. Elected not long after the county was organized in the fall of 1817, Crockett was the first commander of Lawrence County’s … Continue reading
The Life of Captain Deavenport
Captain Thomas D. Deavenport of Lawrence County had an illustrious career of public service that was cut tragically short by his personal demons. Deavenport was born on September 18, 1837. He began life working on his father’s Lawrence County farm. … Continue reading
Remembering David Crockett
William Simonton was a boy when David Crockett built his gristmill operation on Shoal Creek, at the falls which now bear his name in David Crockett State Park. In 1880, as a 74-year-old man, Simonton recounted some of his memories … Continue reading
Co. Aytch at Franklin
Just a few days after fighting their way through Lawrence County in the fall of 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee suffered a horrific loss of manpower and leadership at Franklin, Tennessee. November 30 is the 150th anniversary of the … Continue reading
