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In the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, which met in January, 1875, Mitchell Trotter, of Humphreys County, represented the senatorial district of which Hickman County formed a part. In the House of Representatives was Leon. Walker, of Hickman County, he representing two other counties-Perry and Lewis. Thomas H. Paine was speaker of the Senate. The venerable president of the Tennessee Historical Society, Judge John M. Lea, was a mem- ber of this Assembly, as was also Tennessee's present Governor, Hon. Benton McMillin. No Act of a local nature, affecting Hickman County, was passed by this Assembly.
The Fortieth General Assembly met in January, 1877. Hugh Montgomery McAdoo, of Humphreys County, Senator for the counties of Hickman, Perry, Humphreys, Dickson, Cheatham, and Houston, was made speaker of the Senate. C. B. Dotson repre- sented in the House the counties of Hickman, Perry,
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and Lewis. Joseph E. Washington, S. F. Wilson, and John H. Savage were members of this Assembly. This Assembly passed the Act known as the " four- mile law," and as a result numerous schools were in- corporated in Hickman County and throughout the State. Resolutions of regret at the death of Judge Alfred Osborne Pope Nicholson were adopted by this Assembly.
The Forty-first General Assembly met in January, 1879. In the Senate the counties of Hickman, Hum- phreys, Perry, Dickson, Houston, and Cheatham were represented by Col. V. F. Bibb. In the House, repre- senting the counties of Hickman, Perry, and Lewis, was the late Orville A. Nixon, a courteous gentleman and a lawyer of ability, who as a Legislator was much more than the ordinary. Hon. Henry P. Fowlkes, of Williamson County, a descendant of two prominent pioneer families of Hickman County-the Fowlkes and Mayberry families-was speaker of the House, he being the only native of Hickman County who was ever speaker of the House of Representatives. John R. Neal, John H. Savage, S. F. Wilson, and David L. Snodgrass were members of this Assembly. An Act was passed "to settle the debt of the State at ' 50-4,' and to submit said settlement to the people." It was enacted "that the State revenues collected and to be collected in the county of Hickman for the years 1878 and 1879 be, and the same are hereby, remitted to the people of that county, for the purpose of en- abling them to complete the Nashville and Tuscaloosa
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Railroad to Centerville." This railroad was incor- porated on June 6, 1877.
In the Forty-second General Assembly, which met in 1881, Colonel Bibb was again in the Senate. In the House the counties of Hickman, Perry, and Lewis were represented by the late Dr. H. K. Plummer. The Act incorporating Centerville, passed on Octo- ber 14, 1824, was repealed. Hickman, Humphreys, Dickson, and Houston Counties were constituted the Twenty-second Senatorial District, and in this redis- tricting Act Hickman County was declared entitled to one Representative. The counties of Williamson, Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Wayne, Lewis, Hickman, and Dickson were constituted the Seventh Congres- sional District. The settlement of the State debt was the all-absorbing question, and three extraordinary sessions of this Assembly were called by Governor Hawkins.
In the Forty-third General Assembly, which met on January 1, 1883, Col. Vernon F. Bibb was again in the Senate; in the House was Orville A. Nixon. E. D. Patterson, Dorsey B. Thomas, and James M. Head were members of this Assembly. Two impor- tant Acts passed were " to settle the State debt in con- formity with the platform on which Governor Bate was elected, called the 'fifty-and-three ' settlement," and one providing for a railroad commission. The line between Maury and Hickman Counties near Gor- don's Ferry was changed, as was also the line between Dickson and Hickman Counties on Plunder's Creek.
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In the Forty-fourth General Assembly, which con- vened in January, 1885, the counties of Hickman, Humphreys, Dickson, and Houston were represented in the Senate by Dorsey B. Thomas, of Humphreys County. In the House, representing Hickman Coun- ty, was the veteran Joseph Weems. C. R. Berry, of Williamson County, was speaker of the Senate. N. B. Sugg, of Dickson County, was a member of the House. E. W. Carmack, of Maury County, was a member of this Assembly. The Act creating a rail- road commission, passed in 1883, was repealed.
In the Forty-fifth General Assembly, which met in January, 1887, Hickman, Humphreys, Dickson, and Houston Counties were represented in the Senate by the late Jacob Leech, of Dickson County, an able lawyer. His nephew, Hardin Leech, of Dickson County, was a member of the House. Colonel Bibb represented Hickman County in the House. John P. Buchanan was a member of this Assembly. The late Dr. A. B. Brown, a physician well known in Hick- man County, represented Humphreys County in the House.
In the Forty-sixth General Assembly, which met in January, 1889, J. D. Sensing, of Dickson County, represented the senatorial district of which Hickman County formed a part. In the House was the late Dr. A. J. Lowe. Resigning on account of ill health, he was succeeded by Dr. E. G. Thompson. The late Samuel G. Jones, son of Col. Dennis G. Jones, repre- sented Humphreys County in the House. The ven-
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erable Judge J. J. Williams, who in his younger days had represented Hickman County in legislative halls and on the field of battle, was a member of this Assem- bly, he representing Franklin County.
In the Forty-seventh General Assembly, Hickman County was represented in the Senate by George M. Tubb, of Humphreys County, and in the House by W. J. D. Spence. R. C. Gordon, of Maury County, and R. J. Work, of Dickson County, former citizens of Hickman County, were members of the House. Maj. J. H. Aiken, of Williamson County, who com- manded the fighting Ninth Battalion during a por- tion of the Civil War, was a member of the House. George Hash, of Warren County, father of Victor Hash, who married Miss Weems, of Bon Aqua, was a member of the House. Resolutions concerning the death of Judge J. J. Williams were adopted. The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Hickman, Williamson, Dickson, and Cheatham, was established. Governor Buchanan appointed as judge of this circuit William Lafayette Grigsby, of Dickson County, a son of the late Col. Thomas K. Grigsby, of Charlotte, and a nephew of William H. Grigsby, of Centerville. At the next general election Judge Grigsby was a candidate for this position, being opposed by a native of Hickman County, at present a prominent citizen of Williamson County- Hon. Henry P. Fowlkes. Judge Grigsby was elected and held this position until the abolishment of this circuit by the Legislature in 1899. He was recently
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appointed a Special Judge of the Supreme Court by Governor McMillin. After the establishment of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, John L. Jones continued as attorney-general until 1894, when W. Blake Leech, of Dickson County, was elected to fill this position, which he held until 1899, when the circuit was abol- ished.
In the Forty-eighth General Assembly, which met at Nashville in January, 1893, Hickman County was represented in the House by R. L. Peery. The coun- ties of Williamson and Hickman were represented in the Senate by Park Marshall, of Williamson County. W. Blake Leech represented Dickson County in the House. B. R. Thomas, a son of the late Dorsey B. Thomas, of Humphreys County, was a member of the House. Hardin Leech, of Dickson County, was a
member of the Senate. All laws declaring Duck River navigable above Paint Rock, in Humphreys County, were repealed. Permission was given, by resolution, for the removal to the Capitol grounds of the remains of President James K. Polk and his wife, Sarah Childress Polk.
In the Forty-ninth General Assembly, which con- vened in January, 1895, Hickman County was repre- sented in the House by W. V. Flowers, and the coun- ties of Williamson and Hickman were represented in the Senate by J. A. Bates, of Hickman County. R. H. Gordon, of Davidson County, and R. C. Gordon, of Maury County, descendants of the pioneer, John Gordon, were members of the House, as was also the
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veteran Maj. J. H. Aiken. Duncan B. Cooper, Maj. W. J. Whitthorne, and J. R. Winbourn (who at one time conducted Bon Aqua Springs) were members of the Senate. Hon. Peter Turney was declared Gov- ernor instead of H. Clay Evans, who was elected on the face of the returns, Senator Bates and Representa- tive Flowers being among those who opposed this action.
In the Fiftieth General Assembly, which met at Nashville in January, 1897, Hickman County was represented in the House by Dr. W. L. Walker ; and Hickman and Williamson Counties, in the Senate, by Samuel B. Lee, Jr., of Williamson County, a son of Samuel B. Lee, Sr., who was one of the operators of Lee & Gould's Furnace on Sugar Creek. In the House, representing Dickson County, was W. L. Cook, a grandson of Nathaniel Weems. John Thompson, of Davidson County, was elected speaker of the Sen- ate ; and Morgan C. Fitzpatrick, of Trousdale County, was made speaker of the House, the latter being the youngest man ever elected to this position by a Ten- nessee Legislature. The line between the counties of Lewis and Hickman was changed by this Legislature.
In the Fifty-first General Assembly, which met at, Nashville in 1899, the counties of Hickman and Williamson were represented in the Senate by John M. Graham, of Hickman County. In the House, Hickman County was represented by Y. F. Har- vill. Joseph W. Byrns, of Davidson County, was elected speaker of the House. J. C. Hobbs, of Hous-
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ton County, a grandson of Col. Alfred Darden; and M. H. Meeks, of Davidson County, who married Miss Annie Nunnelly, of Vernon, were members of the Senate. A member of the House was J. Grady Jones, of Humphreys County, a grandson of Col. Dennis G. Jones. Maj. J. H. Aiken, of Williamson County, was a member of the House. The Nine- teenth Judicial Circuit was abolished and Hickman County was attached to the Seventh Judicial Circuit. By an Act which is to take effect on August 1, 1902, Hickman County is to be a part of the Eleventh Ju- dicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Wayne, Lewis, Perry, and Hick- man. The sixth Chancery Division is to be com- posed of the counties of Wilson, Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery, Cheatham, Stewart, Houston, Dickson, Humphreys, and Hickman.
Congressmen .- Jesse Wharton (1807-09), Robert Weakley (1809-11), Felix Grundy (1811-13), Par- ry W. Humphreys (1813-15), James B. Reynolds (1815-17), Geo. W. L. Marr (1817-19), Henry H. Bryan (1819-23), James T. Sanford (1823-25), John H. Marrable (1825-29), Cave Johnson (1829-43), Aaron V. Brown (1843-45), Barclay Martin (1845- 47), James H. Thomas (1847-51), William H. Polk 1851-53), R. M. Bugg (1853-55), John V. Wright (1855-57), G. W. Jones (1857-59), James H. Thomas (1859-61), John F. House (member of Provisional Confederate Congress), Thomas Menees (member of First and Second Permanent Confederate Congress),
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Dorsey B. Thomas (elected in 1865, but " counted out "), S. M. Arnell (1867-71-Confederate sympa- thizers disfranchised), Washington C. Whitthorne (1871-83), John G. Ballentine (1883-87), W. C. Whitthorne (1887-91), N. N. Cox (1891-).
Elections .- The earliest records now in existence of an election held in Hickman County are of the elec- tion held on August 7 and 8, 1817. Sheriff William Phillips certified that Joseph McMinn, candidate for Governor, received 527 votes ; and his opponent, R. C. Foster, 174. In Hickman County, in 1832, An- drew Jackson received 764 votes; Henry Clay, 1. In 1836 Bolling Gordon, elector for Van Buren, re- ceived 621 votes; the Hugh L. White elector, 149. In 1840 Gordon, who was again elector for Van Bu- ren, received 952 votes; the Harrison elector, Gus- tavus A. Henry, 293. In 1844 James K. Polk re- ceived 1,034 votes in Hickman County; Henry Clay, 255. In 1848 Solon E. Rose, the Taylor elector, received 301 votes; the Cass elector, 988. In 1852 E. R. Osborne, the Scott elector, received 241 votes ; the Pierce elector, 839. In 1856 Thomas J. Brown, the Buchanan elector, received 1,086 votes ; the Fill- more elector received 238. Tennessee went Demo- cratic in this presidential election for the first time since the election of Jackson in 1832, but during all of these years Hickman County remained a Demo- cratic county. In 1860 the vote of the county was as follows : Breckinridge, 1,067; Bell, 273; Douglas, 16. John C. Brown was elector for John Bell in the
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district of which Hickman County formed a part. In 1868, despite the election laws of Governor Brown- low, Hickman County remained Democratic, Sey- mour receiving 104 votes; Grant, 97. In 1872 Col. N. N. Cox, the Greeley elector, received 891 votes; Joshua B. Frierson, the Grant elector, 235. In 1876 Col. John H. ("Jack") Moore, of Hickman Coun- ty, the Tilden elector, received 1,273 votes; A. M. Hughes, the Hayes elector, 179. In 1880 E. T. Taliaferro, the Hancock elector, received 1,157 votes ; T. J. Cypert, the Garfield elector, 392; the Weaver elector, 62. In 1884 L. P. Padgett, the Cleveland elector, received 1,135 votes ; T. J. Cypert, the Blaine elector, 709. In 1888 Flournoy Rivers, the Cleve- land elector, received 1,509 votes ; J. H. Morris, the Harrison elector, 1,137. In 1892 Frank Boyd, the Cleveland elector, received 1,179 votes; H. S. Thomp- son, the Harrison elector, 963. In 1896 E. E. Eslick, the Bryan elector, received 1,523 votes; T. F. Mc- Creary, the McKinley elector, 988; W. B. McClana- han, the Bryan and Watson elector, 30; the Prohibi- tion elector, 13; and J. A. Cunningham, the Palmer and Buckner elector, 12.
Population of Hickman County .- Census of 1810, 2,583 ; 1820, 6,080 ; 1830, 8,119 ; 1840, 8,618; 1850, 9,397; 1860, 9,312; 1870, 9,856; 1880, 12,095; 1890, 14,476.
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CHAPTER XX.
HICKMAN COUNTY MAGISTRATES.
F ROM 1808 to 1834 the justices of the peace were selected by the Legislature of the State. They formed the Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses- sions, and elected all of the county officers. In the following list the date preceding the names is the year in which commissions were issued.
1808: Thomas Petty, William Wilson, James Miller, Robert Dunning, Alexander Gray.
1809: Hugh Ross, Robert Dean, Ezekiel Thomas, William Curl, Josiah McConnell, William Higgin- botham, Robert Anderson, James Peery, James Mor- rison, Isaac Shull.
1811: Jonas Messer, James Wilson, Robert Bowen, Jr., George Reeves, Samuel Spencer.
1812: Thomas Porter, Jesse Christian.
1813: John Hewlett, William Higginbotham, Mor- gan Gess, Anderson Nunnelly, William Charter, Da- vid Kilough.
1815: Crawford Goodwin, Edward Stringer, Ben- jamin Holland, Jacob Dansby, Jesse Sparks, Daniel Smith, Gabriel Fowlkes.
1817: William Flemmings, Joseph Lynn, James Laxon, Richard Lowe, William Cash, Hugh Hill, Rob- ert E. C. Dougherty, Carter Eason, Edward Nunnel- lee, James Young, Zedediah Aydelott, Abraham Lann.
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1819: Andrew Stewart, Henry Muirhead, Sr., Nimrod Murphree, David Curry, Robert Anderson, Reuben Elliott, Thomas Jones.
1820: Benjamin Coleman, Robert Murray, Charles Bowen, John Hayes, Jeremiah Harlan.
1821: Eli B. Hornbeak.
1822: Joseph Halbrooks, Josiah Thornton, James Rhodes, Robert Thompson (commissioned on Febru- ary 25), William Lancaster, Alexander Gray, George H. Erwin, Joel Smith, Archibald Ray.
1823: Joseph Jones, Edward Sharp, Robert Shee- gog, Jacob Humble, Culton Pace, John Hewlett.
1824: Thompson Wood, John Gregory.
1825: Hugh B. Venable, George Peery, David Duncan, Silas Thompson (or Silas Tompkins), Will- iam B. Craig, Samuel C. Aydelott, Elias Deaton.
1826: Till. McCaleb, Granville M. Johnson, Ed- ward Stringer, Daniel Shouse, William Donnelly, John C. Lewis, Hiram Campbell.
1827: Samuel A. Baker, Aaron B. Wilson, John HI. Christian, Joseph Halbrooks, Clement Wilkins, Joseph Blackwell, Ephraim McCaleb, John Scott, Garrett Lane, Thompson Wright.
1829: George Hicks, Josiah Thornton, Henry Go- lightly.
1831: John Depriest, Isaac Lowe, James Rhodes, Robert Wade, Thomas Shepherd, David S. Hobbs, Cornelius D. White, Jacob Peeler, George Sheegog, Hardy Sparks.
1833: Alexander Goodman, William H. Foster,
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Jared Curl, Willis Weatherspoon, William I. Na- cly ( ? ).
The Constitution of 1834 provided for the estab- lishment of civil districts and the election of justices of the peace by the voters of the several districts. The sheriff, trustee, and register were after this elected by the people.
1836: Eli B. Hornbeak, John McGill, Samuel Whitson, William D. Willey, Zill McCaleb, Samuel A. Baker, Granville M. Johnson, Jacob Peeler, John T. Primm, James M. Ponder, Moses Thornton, Jacob Humble, Eli White, Garrett Lane, Jared Curl, Am- sel Epperson, Willis Weatherspoon, Joseph Blackwell, Joseph Halbrooks, John Depriest, William B. Cook, Thomas Shepherd, Robert Wade, James Rhodes, Will- iam Duncan.
1837: William Bird, Samuel B. Lee.
1839: Elijah Murphree, Jno. B. Gray, Robert Totty.
1840: Eli Dyer, John Christian, Robinson (Buck) Coleman.
1841: Jacob Bylor.
1842 : William Bird, John B. Gray, John McGill, Robert Totty, William D. Willey, G. M. Johnson, S. A. Baker, E. Murphy, D. K. McCord, Moses Thorn- ton, John H. Christian, H. Dudley, Jared Curl, A. Walker, A. Epperson, R. Coleman, D. G. Jones, G. Pickard, William B. Cook, Robert Wade, Natlian W. Springer, A. B. Edwards, William Duncan, John G. Nixon, Jacob Bylor.
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1844 : Richard H. Campbell.
1845: Jacob Humble.
1846: E. Warren, Ezekiel W. Hassell, Felix Bad- ger, James N. Bingham, John M. Anderson.
1848 : William G. Clagett, William Wilson, Pleas- ant Walker, Jared Curl, Benjamin Grimmitt, Allen C. Deshazo, George W. Martin, Jr., Robinson Cole- man, Nathaniel Young, Amsel Epperson, James N. Bingham, Dennis G. Jones, Young J. Harvill, Green Pickard, Christopher C. Hudson, John P. A. Parks, Granville M. Johnson, Eli Dyer, John T. Primm, Ja- cob Bylor, Noah H. Randall, Thomas Warren, John P. Beasley, Alexander Peery, John L. Griffin, Jere- miah Harlan, Jacob Humble (all on March 30), Isaac Depriest (June 5), P. A. Dudley (August 7).
1849: Isaac Lancaster.
1850 : Miles Patton, Francis M. Easley.
1851: Joseph Reeves, John Reeves, William Gra- vitt, James McCollum, F. D. Leathers, Walter W. Brown.
1852: John McNeiley, Robertson Whiteside, B. F. Brown, Robert Totty.
1853: Isaac M. Goin, Ewel C. Warren, William Brown.
1854: Pleasant Walker, William G. Clagett, Ben- jamin Grimmitt, Troy S. Broome, Robert Totty, James H. Martin, Young J. Harvill, William T. Leiper, John Reeves, Isaac Goin, Jesse K. McMinn, John P. Beasley, William Wilson, Elijah W. Chris- tian, William Gravitt, Jared Curl, Robinson Cole-
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man, William H. Brown, James McCollum, Cyrus W. Russell, William Whitwell, Isaac Depriest, Ewel C. Warren, Robertson Whiteside, William Duncan, Vernon F. Bibb, Joseph A. Reeves (all on March 20), A. J. Peeler (April 12).
1855: W. W. W. Fowlkes.
1856: Walter W. Brown, Thomas Henry.
1857: Johnson H. Totty, A. J. Nixon.
1858: J. C. Golden, Arthur J. Nixon, William Wheat, James G. Briggs, George W. Tatum.
1859: John C. Gracey.
1860: William G. Clagett, Troy S. Broome, S. J. George, J. H. Martin, Y. J. Harvill, G. T. Overbey, John D. Cooper, William Allen, William Wilson, Hardy Petty, L. D. Wright, William Gravitt, Calvin Weatherspoon, M. Forrester, C. W. Russell, Luke Bates, J. R. Sutton, G. W. Tatum, E. C. Warren, R. Whiteside, Samuel Bartley, R. C. Gordon, J. C. Gra- cey, R. M. Anderson, William Anderson (all on March 19), W. Overbey (April 2), D. D. Smith (May 30). 1862: Thomas T. Henry.
1865 : The following were appointed by Governor Brownlow: J. N. Puckett, J. P. Beasley, D. Cald- well. Following their names is this memorandum : " Blanks to Dr. Puckett for justices." The names of the following justices are to be found in another com- mission book, under date of January 1, 1865 : James N. Puckett, Sr., chairman; Wm. M. C. Thompson, James H. Hinds, Henry G. Nichols, Myatt Mobley, David A. Caldwell, Levi Tidwell, Jno. P. Beasley,
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Wm. T. Allen, Hardy Petty, Wm. Martin, Wm. Dod- son, P. N. Maroney, Robt. S. Bingham, Stephen Reaves, Josiah Cotham, Jas. H. Fowlkes, Walter W. Brown, Thomas Bastian. On May 3, 1865, commis- sions were issued to the following : Wm. M. C. Thomp- son, Geo. W. Gray, Jas. D. Easley, Edmond W. Nun- nellee, Chas. Capps, James Martin, H. G. Nichols, M. Mobley, D. A. Caldwell, Levi J. Tidwell, Wm. T. Allen, John Pitts Beasley, Hardy Petty, E. Y. An- drews, W. C. Dodson, Solomon George, Stephen For- rester, W. H. Brown, Jas. Fowlkes, John A. Jones, Walter W. Brown, Thos. W. Bastian, Jno. F. Atkin- son, Jno. W. M. Fain, Marcenus G. Peery, Pinkney Prince, M. P. Puckett, J. A. Reeves, Alton McCaleb, Wm. Wheat, G. W. Young, William Anderson. On July 1-Ben. A. Huddleston, Stephen F. Halbrooks, John C. Gracey, Jesse Briggs.
1869: W. F. Meacham, R. S. Johnson, J. B. Dean. 1870: On April 7-J. R. Sutton, Jas. Rogers, R. Coleman, L. D. Wright, H. Petty, E. Y. Andrews, Joseph Weems, T. S. Broome, Jno. W. Hornbeak. On September 1-Geo. W. Gray, Stephen G. Warren, Jas. II. Martin, Sr., Ephraim A. Dean, H. G. Nichols, Wm. B. Erwin, H. G. Primm, J. P. Beasley, W. B. Russell, Jesse James, Wm. H. Brown, J. A. Jones, Samuel Chesser, Lewis Bates, Joel P. Morrison, E. C. Warren, Geo. G. Tatum, Wm. Harder, Jr., M. P. Puckett, R. A. Smith, Wm. Wheat, Joseph M. Bond, Geo. W. Young, William Anderson.
1871: Walter W. Brown.
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1872: J. P. Clark, James D. Easley, J. W. Dun- can, Jno. H. Hines, R. M. Anderson.
1873: Daniel Dean, M. M. Petty, O. B. Turner (vice R. J. Work, resigned).
1874: S. T. Broome, Luther Whiteside, W. G. Clagett, W. H. Dean.
1875 : J. T. Jones.
1876: W. G. Clagett, Thos. S. Easley, Thompson Fleming, G. W. Gray, J. H. Martin, Archie Young, M. HI. Puckett, W. B. Erwin, Milton Haskins, H. Primm, Wm. Donegan, Taylor Jones, W. B. Russell, W. H. Beasley, Jesse James, Jared Curl, W. H. Brown, O. B. Turner, J. A. Jones, D. N. Walker, A. B. Edwards, R. C. Murray, J. G. Anderson, R. Breece, Luther Whiteside, J. M. Harder, M. P. Puck- ett, B. C. Charter, Chas. Wheat, Alton McCaleb, Will- iam Anderson, R. M. Anderson.
1877: T. P. Litton.
1878: W. S. Beasley, Thos. Cagle, J. A. Jones, Jr., V. B. Shouse, E. C. Warren, R. A. Smith.
1879: T. L. Grimes.
1880: L. J. Tidwell, Ford George, J. W. Taylor.
1882: G. W. Gray, V. B. Shouse, J. A. Bates, Jno. W. Cummins, James Harrington, W. J. Thornton, T. L. Grimes, L. J. Tidwell, J. M. Fly, J. O. Rice, T. S. Bartlett, Hardy Petty, W. H. Beasley, Jesse James, Josiah Bastian, W. H. Brown, W. H. Baker, Thomas Cagle, Samuel Chesser, R. C. Murray, A. B. Edwards, E. C. Warren, John C. Peeler, Pinkney Prince, W. D. Aydelott, J. W. Taylor, M. P. Puckett, Charles
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Wheat, J. P. Grimes, William Anderson, R. M. An- derson.
1883: Richard A. Smith, G. W. Mathis, C. C. Cany, L. B. Beasley, Henry Gray.
1884: W. J. Thornton.
1885: J. M. Grimmitt, Marshall Sanders, John A. Jones.
1886: W. J. Brown, E. W. Easley.
1887: E. M. Hinson, G. D. Johnson, J. T. Jones, WV. A. J. McDonough, J. E. Still.
1888: W. G. Clagett, G. Fowlkes, Joseph Adair, John Cummins, James Martin, T. L. Grimes, S. M. Cummins, E. K. Cooper, H. G. Primm, Thomas Pat- ton, J. T. Jones, W. A. J. McDonough, W. B. Russell, W. C. Thompson, E. W. Easley, W. H. Baker, W. M. Sanders, Thomas Cagle, W. K. Chandler, R. C. Mur- ray, E. M. Hinson, S. C. Heath, Joel P. Morrison, R. D. Clark, Esau Anderson, G. D. Johnson, R. A. Smith, J. M. Bond, J. N. Smith, S. Anderson, F. P. McCaleb.
1890 : J. E. Still, J. J. Sparks, J. J. McGill, P. R. Lovelace.
1891: A. B. George.
1892: G. W. Hedge.
1893: G. M. Ferguson, W. P. Russell.
1894: G. Fowlkes, Jno. B. Gardner, E. A. Dean, Y. F. Harvill, W. M. Hunter, S. M. Cummins, J. M. Thornton, Johnson Tidwell, R. A. Smith, J. T. Jones, L. R. Cochran, J. V. McDonough, W. G. Brown, E. W. Easley, J. T. Webb, J. J. Sparks, R.
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S. Potter, W. L. Walker, S. G. Carothers, R. C. Beas- ley, A. J. Depriest, P. R. Lovelace, J. C. Peeler, W. D. Aydelott, Esau Anderson, R. A. Smith, G. D. Johnson, A. B. George, James McCaleb, J. R. Grimes, T. J. Walker.
1895 : S. R. Bond.
1896: T. H. Duncan. 1898: A. J. Pope. 1899 : Thomas Cagle, J. H. C. Tarkington.
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CHAPTER XXI.
MILITIA OFFICERS.
M USTER days were red-letter days in the calen- dar of the ante-bellum citizen of the county. Attendance upon musters was made compulsory by law, and all citizens of the State between the regula- tion ages were members of the State militia. The militia of Hickman County constituted the Thirty- sixth Regiment. Militia officers were elected by the militia of the county, and the men who held these offices were men of local prominence. They were commissioned by the Governor, and from records in the Secretary of State's office the following names and dates were obtained. The date preceding the names is the year in which commissions were issued :
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