R. DICKEY, came the same Fall and settled in the place old Andrew YOKLEY lived on until his death. Lewis BROWN erected a horse mill about 1810, which was resorted to from a considerable distance in the Summer season. Richard MCGEHEE lived one and a half miles west of Gordon; was an early settler and one of the first magistrates in that part of the county. (A Walk Through Time, fromThe Chickasaw and Their Sessionsby Frederick Smoot), Present-day Giles County became part of the Carolina Colony under the Kings Charter of 1665, that colony extending west in a direct line as far as the South Seas, (1) and in 1775, part of the new Washington District, North Carolina. C. WALKER, Esquire, lives; by DABNEYs and by old Robert GORDONOs. Robert REED and Jonathan BERRY were Magistrates in their beat (or Captains Company), at an early day. Lewis BROWN settled on Richland Creek on the place known as the Ira BROWN place. Clermont County. He packed cotton in a square box and pummelled it in with pestles and mauls. James Foster, 1827 to 1836; Thomas Edwards, 1836 to 1837; A. W. Foster, 1837 to 1839; Giles H. Glenn, 1839 to 1844; Robert M. Holeman, 1844 to . John JONES, the father of Mrs. Benton R. WHITE and Mrs. A. Thomas McKISSACK, the grandfather of J. T. McKISSACK, settled the place lately owned by James P. SMITH, Thos WALTHALL the place on which William D. ABERNATHY lived, now owned by _______SHORT, John WALTHALL, the place lately owned by Jno. The Cherokee resented the intrusion and promptly went to war with their former allies; but this brave people of whom it has been said that war was their very way of life could not stand before the imperious Chickasaw who had never known a defeat. Mrs. FOLLIS settled the place on which Muck GORDON now lives. Thomas STEWART was Judge, and James BERRY was appointed Clerk. These lots are now owned by Thos. Major HURLSTON, Thos. Henry CLAYs name appears on the docket as an attorney at three or four courts a few years after the courts were organized. Trail Description Written by Caroline Sullivan. Charles NEELY settled near the TILLERY spring, three miles north of Pulaski at a very early day; he was appointed by the Legislature in 1809 one of the magistrates of the County, and in February, 1810, was elected sheriff; John WHITE, father of Dr. R. G. P. WHITE, Newton and John M. WHITE, settled the place Newton WHITE lived on in the latter part of 1809. ABERNATHY settled the place Chas. Elk River . The third Circuit Court was held in June, 1810. A man named JENKINS settled on Jenkins Creek, for whom the creek was named. William CRITTENDEN settled the place lately owned by Robert DICKSON. The Tennessee General Assembly created Giles County in 1809 from land once part of North Carolina. He made a crop in 1809, and moved his family out from Davidson County in the latter part of 1809. John FRY, father of Captain Wm. Silas FLOURNOY, the grandfather of Capt. He was my great great great grandfather, who around 1842 relocated to Little Rock AR, around 1842. Among the first taverns were Lewis KIRK, on Richland Creek at the foot of the shoals. . They all or the most of them made corn in 1809. A. WESTMORELAND, Esq., brought out his servants and settled on what has since been called the JONES place. Major Nathan DAVIS settled the Daniel ABERNATHY place and Captain Thomas C. STONE, the place now owned by John M. WHITE at a very early day; as early probably as 1808 or 1809. A rough log house had been erected in his yard in which to hold court. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. James B. PORTER. To fully appreciate the character and noble achievements of those heroic men and women who came to the County when the whole face of the country was a dense cane-brake, inhabited only by wild beasts of the forest, with the Indians living in near proximity, and occasionally passing through it on their hunting or marauding excursions, it is necessary to recur to the antecedent and contemporaneous history of the country. Andrews were among the first settlers in the neighborhood of Cornersville and came about the time GORDON did. Hampshire is a place of some wealth and business. This was before Gordon came and a year or two afterwards William and David came out to live on the land. He opened a store near his house at an early day and for many years sold goods and without previous training in the business, became a successful merchant. Charles BUFORD settled the place known as the Charles BUFORD place. This was the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized in the County. The first permanent settlement in the county was made in about 1805, on Elk River, near the mouth of Richland Creek, and in the neighborhoods of the present towns of Elkton and Prospect, one of which lies above and the other, below the mouth of said creek, by William Crowson, his four sons and son-in-law, Vincent, Thomas Whitson, Jordan Word, Ja. In 1811 a school was taught by the Rev. BRIGHT as the congressional line, and land on thesupposedreservation line, warrants issued in 1803 and surveyed in 1808. John MCCABE, John ANGUS, James WILSFORD, James BROWNLOW and others, settled a little south of John FRY in 1809. And until after that time it is believed there were no permanent settlements in the County. 4 (OCTOBER, 1897), pp. MORGAN. FS Library Book 929.273 C425o. Robert BLACK lived in a similar cabin, on the same street, near the old cemetery. FLOURNOY came about 1813. The first year the settlers beat most of their meal in a mortar and ground some in a little hand-mill. Joseph C. ANTHONY, thinks his father came about 1805; and J. P. C. REED thinks his grandfather came about 1806, but as they have no record of dates to refer to, and as they nearly all came along the BUMPASS Trail, it is very probable they came in the Summer or Fall of 1807. Section of the Main Index. Thos. From MCNUTTs to where Gordon settled was twelve miles and McNutts was the last house he passed; and there were but few settlers between MCNUTTs and where he moved from in Williamson County. Early Settlers Burying Ground - Find a Grave So eloquently did each nation plead the validity of its rights to this area in the numerous meetings with the United States commissioners that the government recognized the tribal claim of each to the land on both sides of the Tennessee east of Bear Creek. William BALL kept a grocery in a cabin near KIRKs. These were then the only houses and improvements in what is now the town of Pulaski that he remembered. Isaac MORRIS Sr., and his sons, Matthew BENTHAL, Peter SWANSON, John WRIGHT, Andrew YOKLEY, Walter LOCKE, the GIBSONS, REAS, CALDWELLS, ENGLISHES, ALEXANDERS AND MCCUTCHEONS, HANNAHS, BROWNLOWES, KELTNERS, WILCOXES, SHULERS, NORMANS and others, were early settlers; all came before 1820, and some of them among the first; but the dates at which they have not been ascertained. Col. CLEAVELAND settled on part of the farm now owned by Mrs. Judge SPOFFORD where he died; and his grave is near the building occupied by the Superintendent of the farm. A. DICKERSON, Robert GUTHRIE and Colonel L. CLEAVELAND of Kings Mountain memory, came about the time John and Sam JONES came, or soon after. Ford went back and brought up his boat, and landed on the north side of the river at the mouth of the spring branch about 200 yards above the railroad bridge, on the fourth day of June, 1807. Independence Day is rapidly approaching and there will be plenty to do on the Fourth of July, but several places may be closed for the holiday.. ), That same year, Congress enacted the U. S. Congressional Reservation which prohibited non-Indian settlement on the reservation, described as Beginning at the place where the eastern or main branch of Elk River shall intersect the [southern] boundary line of the State of Tennessee; from thence running due north, until said line shall intersect the northern or main branch of Duck River; thence down the waters of Duck River, to the military boundary line, as established by the seventh section of an act of the State of North Carolinathence with the military boundary line, west, to a place where it intersects the Tennessee River . ), were often several steps ahead of the government treaty negotiators, with land cessions often being "after the fact." Contact us at, Ardmore, Campbellsville, Diana, Elkton, Frankewing, Lynnville, Minor Hill, Prospect, Pulaski, Waco. Rebecca JONES, widow of David JONES, is still living and is over 90 years of age. But by 1806, the Cherokees ceded all their claim to lands north of the Tennessee River, and west of the line run from upper part of Chickasaw Old Field on the Tennessee River, about five miles above Dittos landing, to the most eastwardly headwaters of Duck river, etc. The trail may be accessed in the Greenbrier area approximately 12.3 miles from Cosby or about 4 miles from Gatlinburg. MARKS, Thos. Thos. This treaty not being entirely satisfactory was reaffirmed by a subsequent treaty in September, 1807, including the headwaters of the Elk River. Wm. Giles County was created in 1809 out of Maury County, Tn. Captain HENRY says the first marriage in the County that he remembers was Jesse BEAVER to Miss HARBEN, in a little cabin with a dirt floor in the cane-brake, near where Mt. Does anyone have any information regarding Bell family around Giles County, TN during 1820s? Some of them may have come before him. Lewis KIRK lived in a rough log cabin on the bluff of Richland Creek at the foot of the shoals. CHAPTER THREE ORGANIZATION OF GILES COUNTY(complete). The cane was small on the ridges, and poor land, but very heavy in the creek bottoms, and on the rich land. James McCallum served as Grand Master of Tennessee Masons, a member of the Legislature in 1861, a member of the Confederate Congress, and lived approximately 70 years in Giles Co., TN.. He was appointed by the Legislature in November, 1809, one of the Commissioners to lay off the town of Pulaski. Another crossed Elk River at the month of Fords Creek near prospect, and went north or northwest and was traveled in their excursions to Northern tribes. It is believed the first permanent settlement in the County was made on Elk River near the mouth of Richland Creek; and in the neighborhood of Prospect by emigrants from East Tennessee who came down the Tennessee River in boats to the mouth of the Elk, and thence up Elk. The House refused to concur in the amendment, and after some delay the Bill was finally passed, retaining the name Giles. The number of acres of land assessed for 1873 was 370,430, valued at $5,411,041, or nearly $15 per acre. They raised corn in 1808. But who they were, or when they came, if any such were here, I have not been able to satisfactorily ascertain. The settlers on Haywood came some of them in 1808, others about 1809 or 1810. Giles County TN; A RootsWeb Page. Leander M. SHIELDS, father of John M. SHIELDS, came in 1809 and settled near the church where he lived many years. ContinuedinPart II, The Intruders, the story of the settlers who intruded on reservation land prior to the Chickasaw Treaty of 1816. He wrote this sketch of Giles Co., and gave it to the TN Historical Society.

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