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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 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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Happy Birthday, Tennessee!
Happy birthday, Tennessee! Tennessee was first admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796 and had been a state for 21 years when Lawrence County was founded on October 21, 1817. Tennessee’s road to statehood was long and arduous. In … Continue reading
Honoring The Dead: The Origins of Decoration Day
Have you ever been to Decoration Day? The holiday has a long history in Lawrence County. Newspaper records indicate that it may have first been formally observed here in 1871 (although probably earlier) as a day set aside to decorate … Continue reading
The Military Career of Corporal Silas Smith, USCT
On this day in 1865, one Lawrence County man was promoted to corporal in his artillery unit. Little did he know that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for his country in less than a year’s time. Born free prior … Continue reading
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The Great Lawrenceburg Bacon Raid of 1862
On this day in 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers met in Lawrenceburg in one of the first recorded fights of the Civil War in Lawrence County…and it ended with Union troops hauling off thousands of pounds of captured bacon. On … Continue reading
The Excavation of the Danley Mound
Did you know that there was a band of snail-eating Native Americans living between modern West Point and Iron City a few centuries before the birth of Christ? On March 25, 1962, three archaeologists conducted the first-ever archaeological dig in … Continue reading
Lawrence County and the Vote to Abolish Slavery
Today is the 160th anniversary of the end of slavery in Tennessee. And, according to one source, the men of Lawrence County who turned out to vote for its abolition had to arm themselves at the ballot box for fear … Continue reading
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Lawrence County History Trivia 