History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 23

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1013

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1871 .- J. E. Wright.

1872 .- James H. Brantley, John F. Hide.

1873 .- A. D. Creighton, R. B. Cheatham, S. A. Duling, R. S. Miller, James H. Still, Thomas Harris, Chris. Power. 1874 .- Frederick Ehrhart, George Mayfield, S. Y. Nor- vell, James M. Simpkins.

1875 .- J. H. Bruce, Peter Tamble.

1876 .- R. K. Adams, W. II. Ambrose, John H. Bas- kette, H. J. Bruce, Joseph W. Bigley, J. B. Brown, W. D. Baker, T. D. Cussetty, A. D. Creighton, J. B. Canfield, H. L. Claiborne, J. B. Cox, C. B. Chickering, W. J. Chandler, W. S. Craig, J. J. Corley, M. J. Couch, M. S. Cockrill, John S. Dasheilds, John S. C. Davidson, S. A. Duling, John V. Dennison, James Everett, Philip Ehrhart, W. L. Earthman, J. R. Evans, John H. Graves, J. H. Galbreath, Benajah Gray, Peter Harris, Jr., P. A. Harris, C. B. Hall, Stephen H. Hows, James Haynie, John A.

Hamblen, W. A. Hadley, Robert C. Hill, T. C. Hibbett, Andrew H. Johnson, Martin Kerrigan, R. S. Knowles, Isaac Setton, R. S. Miller, John G. Marshall, George May- field, D. N. Neylan, George W. Norvell, John Overton, C. Power, A. Peebles, Howard Peckett, T. A. Sykes, Jerry Sullivan, James H. Still, James M. Simpkins, T. T. Saun- ders, John W. Shule, John M. Simpkins, J. M. Shivers, L. M. Temple, F. O. Treanor, Peter Tamble, John Taylor, S. M. Wene, James Whitworth.

1878 .- Robert R. Caldwell.

JUDGES.

The judges of this court have been Hon. James Whit- worth, commissioned May 9, 1856, and March, 1858; Hon. William A. Glenn, qualified April 3, 1866, and was his immediate successor.

Hon. William K. Turner first presided over this court in July, and was sworn into office as county judge Sept. 1, 1870. He died while in office, Thursday, Aug. 10, 1871.

Hon. W. A. Glenn was elected by the court to fill the vacancy. His seat was contested by Hon. Thomas T. Smiley,-" Case of State of Tennessee on the election of Thomas T. Smiley, ss. : William A. Glenn,"-which re- sulted in declaring Thomas T. Smiley judge of the County Court of Davidson County, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. W. K. Turner, in accordance with a com- mission from His Excellency D. W. C. Senter, Governor of Tennessee, dated Aug. 26, 1871. He took his oath and entered upon the duties of his office Feb. 11, 1872. He was succeeded by Hon. John C. Ferriss, the present judge, Aug. 8, 1872.

At the expiration of Judge Whitworth's term of office the court passed the following resolution of respect :

" Resolved, That we bid adieu to James Whitworth, late judge of this court, with feelings of kindness and heartfelt gratitude for the very able manner in which he has man- aged the financial affairs of this county during the late troublous times incident to the war ; and that it has been a pleasure to this court to review the acts and deliberations of this court for the last four years, when it is remembered that the County Court has been the only part of the civil machinery belonging to the civil government that has been free and untrammeled and suffered to exercise its legal functions, and, as this court is constrained to believe, in a very great measure, attributable to the wise head at the helın."

On the organization of the first court, in 1783, Matthew Talbott, Esq., was elected clerk, and given until the open- ing of the next day's court in which to make his bonds. Failing in this, Mr. Andrew Ewing was elected in his stead the next morning, and continued to fill the position of clerk of the court until Feb. 1, 1813, when his son, Nathan Ewing, qualified as deputy clerk. He resigned in April ensuing, signing his formal resignation upon the record of the court and affixing a scal. Nathan Ewing, who had resigned his position as register in 1812, was then elected clerk.

The court minutes contain the following record relat- ing to the death of Nathan Ewing, under date of Saturday, May 1, 1830 :

* Commissioned by Andrew Johnson, military governor.

t Resigned.

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" At one o'clock P.M., Thomas Crutcher, Esq., treasurer of West Tennessee, came into open court and solemnly an- nounced that Nathan Ewing, clerk of the court, was no more ; whereupon, on motion of Andrew Hays, Esq., at- torney-general, the court suspended all further judicial pro- ceedings, and the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be entered on record : "' Nathan Ewing is dead. His long-continued and use- ful labors as an officer of this court are at an end; his place cannot be filled. In the discharge of his official duties he united industry with intelligence, inflexibility with good na- ture and urbanity, and for a period of forty years stood before the public in a situation of the most delicate trust, not only without imputation, but without suspicion ; and it may be stated with confidence that as a clerk he had no superior and scarcely an equal. As a neighbor, a citizen, and Christian he was admired by all. As a father, a husband, and master he was an example worthy of imitation. Penetrated with a just sense of the loss which the public has sustained by his untimely death, and with a view of manifesting our regard for his private virtues,-

"' Resolved, That the justices of the court, the members of the bar, and the officers of the court will wear crape for thirty days as an evidence of their respect for the memory of Nathan Ewing, late clerk of the court.'"

CLERKS.

Andrew Ewing, 1783-1813; Nathan Ewing, 1813-30; Henry Ewing, 1830-35; Smith Criddle, 1836-40; Robert B. Castleman, 1840-50; Felix R. Cheatham, 1850-61; Philip L. Nichol, 1862-70; W. G. Ewing, 1870-73; James G. Bell, 1874-78; Joseph R. McCann, 1878-80.

SHERIFFS.

Daniel Williams, 1783; Thomas Marston, 1785; David Way, 1787 ; Thomas Hickman, 1788; Sampson Williams, 1789; William Porter, 1790; Sampson Williams, 1791-93; Nicholas P. Hardiman, 1794-98; Wright Williams, 1799; Joseph Johnson, 1800-1; John Boyd, 1802-7; Michael C. Dunn, 1808-15; Caleb Hewitt, 1816-17; Thomas Hickman, 1818-21; Joseph W. Horton, 1822-29; Wil- loughby Williams, 1830-35 ; Philip Campbell, 1836-38; Felix R. Rains, 1838-43; Churchill Lanier, 1844-47; B. M. Barnes, 1848-51; Littlebury W. Fussell, 1852-53; Edward B. Bigley, 1854-57 ; John K. Edmundson, 1857; James Hinton, 1858; Robert Campbell, 1859; John K. Edmundson, 1860-61 ; James M. Hinton, 1862-65; E. E. Patterson, 1866-67 ; C. M. Donelson, 1868-72; E. D. Whitworth, 1872-75; Francis M. Woodall, 1876-77; John L. Price, 1878-79.

CIRCUIT COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.

Pursuant to an act of the Legislature passed at Knex- ville, Nov. 7, 1809, entitled " An Act to Establish Circuit Courts and a Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals," on the 12th day of March, 1810, a commission from William Blount, the Governor of the State of Tennessee, and under seal thereof, bearing date the 24th day of November, 1809, directed to Thomas Stuart, to be judge of the Fourth Circuit, was produced and read. The Circuit Court for Davidson County was thereupon organized and proceeded to business.

The judges and clerks of this court have been the following :

JUDGES.

Hon. Thomas Stuart, commissioned Nov. 24, 1809.

Hon. William F. Brown, commissioned Feb. 5, 1836 ; resigned 1838.

Ilon. James Rucks, commissioned Jan. 19, 1838.

Hon. Thomas Maney, commissioned Sept. 5, 1839; re- signed 1852.

Hon. Nathaniel Baxter, qualified Sept. 20, 1852.

Ilon. Manson M. Brien, commissioned June 28, 1864. Hon. John M. Lea, commissioned July 25, 1865.

Hon. Manson M. Brien, commissioned May 18, 1866. Hon. Eugene Cary, commissioned Jan. 9, 1868.

Hon. Nathaniel Baxter (elected), commissioned Sept. 1, 1870.

Hon. Frank T. Reid, commissioned Sept. 1, 1878.

CLERKS.

Randall McGavock, qualified March, 1810. Jacob MeGavock, qualified November, 1834.

Robert B. Turner, qualified May 9, 1836.

Thomas T. Smiley, qualified March 2, 1844.

David C. Love, qualified March, 1858; reappointed Sept. 5, 1864.

Albert Akens, qualified May, 1870.

Nat. F. Dortch, qualified September, 1874.

At the last session of September, 1861, the court met, but no judge was present. The clerk, David C. Love, Esq., recorded the meetings of the court March 3, 4, and 5, 1862; Sept. 1, 2, and 3, 1863 ; and March 2, 3, and 4, 1863, no judge being present on either occasion. The next court convened Sept. 5, 1864, and was presided over by Judge Brien.

SUPERIOR AND SUPREME COURTS.

The Supreme Court of Tennessee was organized under the Constitution of 1834. It was preceded by the Superior Court of Law and Equity, from 1790 to 1810, and by the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, from 1810 to 1834.

The judges of the Superior Court of Law and Equity were :

HON. DAVID CAMPBELL.

A judge under the authority of North Carolina, ap- pointed by the President in the spring of 1790 Territorial judge. Upon the Territory south of the Ohio being ad- mitted into the Union as the State of Tennessee, Judge Campbell went out of office. He was again appointed a judge of the Superior Courts in the fall of 1797 by the Legislature, vice W. C. C. Claiborne resigned ; went out of office on the abolition of the District or Superior Courts, on the 1st of January, 1810, and in the session of Congress, 1810 and 1811, was appointed by the President one of the judges of the Mississippi Territory, and died in the fall of 1812.

HON. JOHN McNAIRY.

A judge under the authority of North Carolina ; was appointed by the President Territorial judge in the spring of 1790. He continued in that office until the formation of the State, April, 1796, when he was appointed by the Legislature one of the three judges of the Superior Courts.

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In the spring of 1797 he was appointed district judge of the Federal courts for the State of Tennessee, which office he held till his death, in 1831 (?)

HON. JOSEPH ANDERSON.

Appointed by the President Territorial judge in Feb- mary, 1791 ; continued in that office till the spring of 1796, when the Territory ceased and the State took its place. He was then appointed a senator in Congress.

HON. ARCHIBALD ROANE.

Appointed by the Legislature of the State in April, 1796; resigned in June, 1801. In August following he was elected Governor for two years, and in November, 1811, appointed circuit judge.

HON. WILLIE BLOUNT.

Appointed in April, 1796; resigned in September follow- ing. In August, 1809, elected Governor for two years, and again elected to the same office in August, 1811.

HON. WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE.

Appointed by the Executive, vice Willie Blount resigned, in the fall of 1796. In the summer of 1797 he resigned, and was elected a member of the House of Representatives, and by re-elections continued in Congress until appointed by the President Governor of the Mississippi Territory, in the year 1801. After the Territory of Orleans was formed he was appointed by the President Governor of that Terri- tory, and was also elected Governor of the State in the fall of 1812.

HON. HOWELL TATUM.

Appointed by the Governor in May, 1797, vice John McNairy ; resigned in June, 1798, and subsequently ap- pointed by the Legislature commissioner of land- claims.

HON. ANDREW JACKSON.

United States senator from Tennessee ; resigned in June, 1798; in the fall or winter of that year was appointed a judge of the Superior Courts; continued in office until June, 1804, when he resigned, having been appointed major-general of the militia.

HON. HUGH L. WHITE.

Appointed by the Legislature in the fall of 1801, vice Archibald Roane; resigned in April, 1807; the same year elected a Senator in the State Legislature; in the fall of 1809 appointed by the Legislature one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, which office he held till Dec. 31, 1814, when he resigned, and was afterwards appointed president of the State Bank.

HON. JOHN OVERTON.

Former supervisor of the revenue of the United States, appointed in July, 1804, a judge of the Superior Courts, tice Andrew Jackson, resigned; went out of office on the abolition of those courts on the 1st of January, 1810. In November, 1811, he was appointed by the Legislature one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, vice George W. Campbell.

HON. THOMAS EMMERSON.

Appointed by the Governor in April, 1807, vice H. L. White; resigned in the fall following.

HON. PARRY W. HUMPHREYS.

Appointed an additional judge of the Superior Courts in the fall of 1807; continued in office till the abolition of those courts on the 1st of January, 1810; having in the preceding fall been appointed one of the judges of the Cir- cuit Courts. In April, 1813, he was elected a member of Congress, and thereupon resigned the office of circuit judge.

HON. SAMUEL POWEL.

Appointed by the Legislature in the fall of 1807, vice Hugh L. White, resigned ; continued in office until the abolition of the Superior Courts. In the fall of 1812 he was elected a circuit judge, which office he declined.

The following were judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals :

HON. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL.

Formerly representative in Congress; was appointed judge by the Legislature in the fall of 1809; he continued on the bench till the fall of 1811, when he was elected United States senator.

HON. HUGH L. WHITE.

Appointed by the Legislature in the fall of 1809. He resigned Dec. 31, 1814, and was afterwards appointed pres- ident of the State Bank.

HON. JOHN OVERTON.

Appointed in November, 1811, vice George W. Camp- bell. He remained on the bench till his resignation, April 11, 1816.

HON. WILLIAM W. COOKE.

Appointed by the Governor, May 27, 1815, vice H. L. White, resigned ; also appointed by the Legislature, Oct. 21, 1815, and remained in office until his death, July 20, 1816.

The vacancy had been tendered by the Governor to Samuel Powel, of Rogersville, January 2d; to Enoch Parsons, of Maryville, in January ; to George Duffield, of Elizabethtown, in February ; and to John Williams, of Knoxville, in March, 1815; but they had severally de- clined. Mr. Powel was afterwards elected to Congress, and Mr. Williams to the United States Senate.

HON. ARCHIBALD ROANE.

Appointed by the Legislature as third, or an additional, judge of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, Oct. 21, 1815.

HON. ROBERT WHYTE.

Appointed by the Legislature, May 22, 1816, vice John Overton, resigned, and continued in office till the court was abolished in 1834 by the adoption of the new Constitution. Judge Haywood had been offered the appointment, April 23, 1816, but had declined.

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HON. JOHN HAYWOOD.

Appointed by the Legislature, Sept. 14, 1816, vice Wil- liam W. Cooke, deceased, and remained on the bench till his death, Dec. 22, 1826.

HON. JACOB PECK.

Appointed by the Legislature in 1822, upon the resigna- tion of Judge Emmerson, and remained on the bench till 1834.

HON. WILLIAM L. BROWN.

Appointed by the Legislature in 1822, upon the resigna- tion of Judge Emmerson, and resigned in 1824, and Hon. Henry Crabb was appointed in his place.

HON. JOHN CATRON.

Appointed by the Legislature in December, 1824, vice William L. Brown, resigned, and remained upon the bench until superseded by the election under the new Constitu- tion of 1834. He was afterwards, in March, 1837, ap- pointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.

HON. HENRY CRABB.

Appointed by the Governor in 1827, vice Hon. John Haywood, deceased, and died the same year.

HON. NATHAN GREEN.

Appointed by the Legislature, in 1831, an additional judge, and remained on the bench till the change of the court under the Constitution of 1834.

Nine of the above judges-viz., Messrs. McNairy, Tatum, Jackson, Overton, Campbell, Emmerson, Cooke, Haywood, and Whyte-were residents of Davidson County; the others resided chiefly or wholly in East Tennessee.

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT. (Since 1834.)

Under the Constitution of 1834 the following judges of the Supreme Court were elected, viz. :

Hon. William B. Turley.

Hon. William B. Reese.

Hon. Nathan Green.

These were all re-elected in 1848.

Judge Reese resigned in 1848, and Hon. Robert J. Mckinney was elected in his place.

In 1850, Judge Turley resigned, and Hon. A. W. O. Totten was elected in his place.

Judge Green resigned in 1852, and Hon. Robert L. Ca- ruthers was appointed to fill the vacancy.

In 1853 the Constitution was revised, and the existing judges were re-elected, viz. :

Hon. Robert J. Mckinney.

Hon. Robert L. Caruthers.

Hon. A. W. O. Totten.

Judge Totten resigned Aug. 20, 1855, and Hon. Wil- liam R. Harris was elected in his place.

Judge Harris died June 19, 1858, and Hon. Archibald Wright was elected in his place.

Judge Caruthers resigned in 1861, and Hon. William F. Cooper was elected in his place.

No term of the court was held during the civil war, and

in 1865, His Excellency William G. Brownlow, Governor of the State, appointed new judges as follows :

Hon. Samuel Milligan.

Hon. J. O. Shackleford.

Hon. Alvin Hawkins.

Judge Shackleford resigned in 1867, and Hon. Horace

H. Harrison was appointed in his place.

Judge Harrison resigned in 1868, and Hon. J. O. Shackleford was appointed in his place.

In 1868, Judge Hawkins resigned, and his place was . filled by the appointment of Hon. Henry G. Smith.

Upon the resignation of Judge Milligan, in 1868, Hon. George Andrews was appointed judge.

In May, 1869, there was an election by the people, under the restricted suffrages which then prevailed, and the fol- lowing judges were chosen :

Hon. George Andrews.

Hon. Andrew McClain.

Hon. Alvin Hawkins.

In August, 1870, there was a new election held under the revised Constitution of that year, and six judges were elected, to wit :

Hon. Alfred O. P. Nicholson.

Hon. James W. Deaderick.

Hon. Peter Turney.

Hon. Thomas A. R. Nelson.

Hon. John L. T. Sneed.

Hon. Thomas J. Freeman.

In 1871, Judge Nelson resigned, and Hon. Robert Mc- Farland was elected in. his place.

Judge Nicholson was elected chief justice. He died on the 23d of March, 1876.

By a provision of the Constitution of 1870, the judges of the Supreme Court are, by the death of Judge Nichol- son, reduced to five.

Judge Deaderick was then elected chief justice.

In August, 1878, there was a new election, and the fol- lowing five judges were elected :

Hon. J. W. Deaderick.

Hon. Robert McFarland.

Hon. Peter Turney.

Hon. Thomas J. Freeman.

Hon. William F. Cooper.

Judge Deaderick was again elected chief justice. These constitute the present bench of the Supreme Court of Ten- nessee.

Of the judges of the Supreme Court since 1834 only Messrs. Caruthers, Nicholson, and Cooper are, or have been, residents of Davidson County:

Judges of the Supreme Court were elected by the Legis- ture till 1853, at which date, by provision of the revised Constitution, they became elective by the people, and hold their office eight years instead of twelve, as under the former Constitution. District and State attorneys also hold for a term of eight years.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

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Davidson County. Hon. Terry H. Cahal was appointed chancellor in 1846, and continued to occupy that station till his death, which occurred in February, 1851. We give below a list of the chancellors and clerks of this court for Davidson County :

CHANCELLORS.

Terry H. Cahal, 1846, to Feb. 19, 1851. B. L. Ridley,* June, 1851.

John S. Brien, Oct. 29, 1851, to November, 1853.

Samuel D. Frierson, November, 1853.

David Campbell, commissioned March 12, 1866. Horace H. Harrison, commissioned April 2, 1867.

J. O. Shackleford, commissioned Feb. 28, 1868. E. A. Otis, commissioned Dec. 16, 1868.

Edward H. East, elected May 27, 1869.

William F. Cooper, commissioned Nov. 20, 1872.

Alfred G. Merritt, elected Aug. 1, 1878.

CLERKS.

Jackson B. White, appointed Feb. 3, 1846, and Feb. 3, 1862.

Carlton D. Brien, appointed March 12, 1853.

John E. Gleaves, appointed March 2, 1858.

Morton B. Howell, appointed Sept. 9, 1865.

Nathaniel Baxter, appointed Nov. 16, 1870.

Robert Ewing, appointed Nov. 18, 1876.

The Court of Chancery held jurisdiction over equity causes exclusively till 1877, since which certain legal causes are included.

· Benjamin Litton, clerk of the Court of Chancery for Williamson County, was a resident of Nashville, and re- sided till his death at the Litton place, where the Van- derbilt University now stands. He was a brother of Mr. Isaac Litton, one of the present justices of the County Court.

CRIMINAL COURT.

This court was organized under the revised Constitution of 1853, and originally embraced Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Montgomery Counties. On the 17th of June, 1870, its limits were reduced to Davidson and Rutherford Counties. The judges of this court have been as follows : Hon. William K. Turner, 1853-64.

Hon. Thomas N. Frazier, 1864-67; removed.

Hon. John Hugh Smith, 1867-70.

Hon. Thomas N. Frazier (elected), 1870-78.

Hon. James M. Quarles, 1878 ; present incumbent.

CLERKS.

Thomas T. Smiley, 1853; to 1856. John Shane, 1856 to 1860.

Charles E. Diggins, from March 3, 1860, to April 6, 1863, when he was removed from office.

Charles W. Smith, appointed April 6, 1863.

John H. Hall, elected March 5, 1864; died in office in 1865.

Charles E. Diggins, appointed to vacancy. Aug. 8, 1865 ; elected, and served to 1870.

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Hugh W. Frizzell, September, 1870, to August, 1872. Samuel Donelson, August, 1872; re-elected, 1874, to September, 1878. .

Albert S. Williams, September, 1878, to serve until Sep- tember, 1882.

LAW COURT OF NASHVILLE.

This court was established by act of the Legislature in 1870, with jurisdiction of law causes for Davidson and Sumner Counties. The first term began in Nashville on the first Monday of September, 1870.

JUDGE.

Hon. Josephus C. Guild, elected by the people for a term of eight years, and occupied the bench till September, 1878, when the court was abolished by the Legislature.

The clerks of the Circuit Court, Messrs. Albert Akers and Nat. F. Dortch, officiated as clerks of the Law Court.

We subjoin the following list of United States Senators and Representatives from Davidson County, with the num- ber of the Congress in which they served :

SENATORS.

V .- Andrew Jackson took his seat Nov. 22, 1797; re- signed 1798.

V., IX., X .- Daniel Smith, Dec. 3, 1798, to March 3, 1799; Dec. 2, 1805, to March 3, 1809.

XI .- Jenkin Whiteside, May 29, 1809; resigned 1811. XII., XIII .- George Washington Campbell, Nov. 4, 1811; resigned Feb. 9, 1814.

XIII .- Jesse Wharton, April 9, 1814, to March 2, 1815.

XIV., XV .- George Washington Campbell, Dec. 4, 1815; resigned 1818.

XVIII .- Andrew Jackson, Dec. 1, 1823; resigned, 1825.

XXI .- John H. Eaton, Nov. 16, 1818 (XV. Cong.), to resignation, March, 1829. A resident of Williamson County previous to 1825.

XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV .- Felix Grundy, Dec. 7, 1829; resigned July 4, 1838.

XXV .- Ephraim H. Foster, Dec. 3, 1838, to March 3, 1839.

XXVI .- Felix Grundy, Dec. 2, 1839, to his death, Dec. 19, 1840.

XXVII .- Vacant.

XXVIII .- Ephraim HI. Foster, Dec. 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.

XXX., XXXI., XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV .- John Bell, Dec. 6, 1847, to March 3, 1859.

XXXVIII .- Vacant, 1863 to 1865.

XXXIX., XL., XLI .- Joseph S. Fowler, July 25, 1866, to March 3, 1871.

XLII., XLIII., XLIV .- Henry Cooper, March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877.

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History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 23

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1013

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1013