| District
1 in Hickman County, TN included Council's Bend, Mayberry's Bend, Shipp's
Bend, Bear Creek, Little Piney, Indian Creek, Mill Hollow, Defeated Creek,
Haley's Creek, Gray's Bend, Eason's Bend and a portion of Swan Creek.
District 1 also includes the county seat of Centerville which is near the
center of the district.
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Early Settlers in Districts 1, Hickman County, TN |
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Name |
Additional Info |
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| Alexander, Ephraim |
Lived on Swan
Creek in 1830. |
| Arnold, William |
An early settler
on Haley's Creek. |
| Aydelott, Samuel |
Taught school on
Swan Creek in 1835 and 1836. |
| Bean, Samuel |
A very large man
who was the first jailer at Centerville. |
| Bird, William |
Was one of the
first settlers at Centerville. He is also mentioned in the
section on the 7th District. He came here from Bird's Creek in
1823. He was a typical pioneer. At the time of his
marriage he could not read and write, these arts being taught him by
his wife. |
| Broome, Troy S. |
Was born in North
Carolina on February 22, 1806. He was the son of Jonathan
Broome. In 1835 he married Mary E. Gannt, and after her death,
he, in 1843, married Mary E. Sebastian, daughter of Dr. Samuel
Sebastian. He was the father of John P. and Samuel T.
Broome, and of a daughter, Sallie. |
| Bullock, John
(Maj.) |
Major Bullock ran
a hotel in Centerville from 1842 to 1845. He was also at one
time a merchant here. He is the father of Lee Bullock. |
| Cantrell, Elijah
(Sr.) |
Settled on
Persimmon Branch which is included in Gray's Bend about 1810.
He was the father of Elijah Jr., Brown and Pinkney. Pinkney
Cantrell emigrated to Texas in 1865. Elijah Jr. died on this
branch at the age of seventy-six. |
| Cash, Emily (Mrs.) |
School teacher in
this district. She was the mother of Dr. T. W. Cash. Her
daughter, Mary, (who was also a school teacher in the 1st district)
married Howell Shouse, who was an extensive live-stock dealer and
raiser. He was at one time a deputy sheriff. Another
daughter, Emma, married Frank Hornbeak and another, Jennie, married
Jacob Shouse and then Hon. N. R. Sugg, who at one time represented
Dickson County in the Legislature. Mrs. Cash was a descendant
of the celebrated Outlaw family, a family which derives its name
from the fact that it is descended from Eadgar the Atheling, king of
England, deposed in 1071 by his conqueror, William I.
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| Church, Hayden |
Taught school on
Swan Creek. He was a typical old-time schoolmaster, who
spoiled no child by sparing the rod. |
| Clagett, Horatio |
Was in partnership
with his brother William as merchants in Centerville for over 50
years. For more information on Horatio visit
Horatio Clagett's
biography. |
| Clagett, William
George |
Was in partnership
with his brother Horatio as merchants in Centerville for over 50
years. William died in 1898, his wife dying during the same
year. For more information on William visit
William
Clagett's biography. |
| Cooper, Robert |
Teacher - taught
in Gray's Bend in 1821. The following year he taught on Indian
Creek. |
| Council, William
J. |
Settled in 1812.
He was the first who obtained a legal claim to Council's Bend, which
is named after him. |
| Dale, E. W. |
Merchant at
Centerville in 1830. |
| Easley, James D. |
Taught school in
Centerville, on Swan Creek, in Gray's Bend and on Indian Creek.
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| Easley, John G. |
Succeeded Peter
Headstream as hotel keeper in Centerville. He was succeeded by
Maj. John Bullock. |
| Easley, Thomas |
Was a neighbor to
Alexander Gray in Gray's Bend. Thomas was the father of James
D., Warham, Thomas Jr., Robin, Stephen, Edward and William Easley.
His daughter was Sally Easley. James D. Easley was County
Court Clerk for twenty-four years. Thomas Easley came from
South Carolina. |
| Eason, Joseph
Jones |
Of English
parentage, he came from North Carolina to the 1st district in 1819,
and settled on lands adjoining Gabriel Fowlkes at Swan Creek, where
he spent the remainder of his life. To learn more visit
Joseph Jones Eason's
biography. |
| Foster, George |
Laid his land
warrant on Morgan's Creek in 1815. He later became owner of
the Wilson mill and of a fine body of land between Morgan Creek and
Dry Creek, known later as the Foster lands. William Foster,
his son, settled upon it, and, with the assistance of his slaves,
opened a fine farm. William Foster married Sally, the daughter
of Anderson Nunnelly. Though a somewhat eccentric man,
"Billie" Foster, as he was extensively and favorably known, amassed
a fortune of considerable proportions -- this by industry and
economy. |
| Fowlkes, Gabriel |
Owned land in
Council's Bend at the time of his death in 1898. He was
constable of the 7th district at the breaking out of the Civil War
and became a soldier in the Confederate Army. He was for
several years a justice of the peace of the 1st District and was
chairman of the County Court at the time of his death.
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| Fowlkes, Gabriel |
Came to the 5th
district in 1806 and to the 1st district in 1831. He located
below the mouth of Swan Creek near Joseph Jones Eason. Gabriel
was born on April 21, 1777 in Virginia. He married Jincy Hyde,
who was born on July 11, 1792, in North Carolina. She was the
daughter of Hartwell Hyde. Thompson Fowlkes, father of
Gabriel, was a Revolutionary soldier. He was the father
of Henry, Blount, Thompson, Washington, John, Richard, Mark, and
James Fowlkes. His daughters were: Mary (married Edmund
Jones), Nancy, Elizabeth, Lucy, Sallie and Martha. He was
Hickman County's second sheriff, and served eight years, resigning
to accept a seat in the State Legislature. From his
family sprang some of the county's most successful financiers.
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| Fowlkes, John |
School teacher in
this district. |
| Fowlkes, Thompson |
Came to Swan Creek
from Bedford County in 1835. He was the father of Johenry and
Wilkins Whitfield Whitman Fowlkes. |
| Gray, Alexander |
For whom Gray's
Bend was named, lived in the bend as early as 1810. He was the
father of James, John, Sherrod, Alexander, Jr., and G. W. Gray.
Gray came from North Carolina. Operated a cotton gin in
the bend in 1830. |
| Griner, Robert Sr. |
Settled at the
upper end of Shipp's Bend about 1807. Sons of Robert Griner
Sr., were William, John, Albert, Robert Jr., and the twin brothers,
Hulett and Noble. Albert and Noble committed suicide by
hanging. Noble, near the old camp ground at the John Thompson
place in 1855; and Albert, below the mouth of Indian Creek in 1850.
His daughter, Bethenia, married William Shipp and another daughter,
Eliza, married Josiah Shipp, sons of Josiah Shipp, the first settler
on Shipp's Bend. |
| Harbison, Thomas |
Came from North
Carolina in 1832 and lived near Thomas McClanahan. |
| Headstream, Peter |
Built the first
hotel in Centerville, which was of hewn logs. |
| Hickman, Ashley |
In 1828, Ashley
Hickman and his son-in-law, James Wofford, lived at the head spring
of Indian Creek, three miles south of Centerville. They came
from North Carolina in 1815 with Allan Walker, and preferred the
healthy location at the spring to the cane-covered bottoms of Duck
River, upon which they could have as easily placed their land
warrants. |
| Hornbeak, Eli B. |
A citizen of
Vernon, erected on the south side of the Public Square in the new
town of Centerville a double log house, afterwards occupied by him
as dwelling and storehouse. Lots were divided and sold
for the beginning of Centerville in 1821. Entered into
the mercantile business in copartnership with Robert Sheegog, who
also came from Vernon. Sheegog soon returned to his former
home, selling his interest in the business to James Weatherspoon.
Eli B. Hornbeak married Sallie Combs of East Tennessee. His
son, Pleasant, was the father of Eli, John, Samuel, Frank and
Pleasant Hornbeak. Eli's daughter, Elizabeth, was the 2nd wife
of William George Clagett. |
| Huddleston, John
W. |
Lived in the lower
end of Shipp's Bend in 1825. He was the father of Benjamin,
Howell and Jack. (Jack was sheriff of Hickman County in 1842) |
| Hulett, John |
Lived at Shipp's
Bend in 1830. He was a school teacher and probably the first
merchant of Vernon. He was charged with the killing of John
Gainer, which caused the sacrifice of most of his property. It
was never proven that Hulett was guilty. |
| Jones, Edmund |
Bought the land at
Swan Creek from James Spradling about 1832. Edmund was the son
of Alston Jones, Sr. Edmund married Mary, the daughter of
Gabriel Fowlkes. |
| Kinkead, Dr. |
Teacher - Taught
on Swan Creek in 1835. He was a good teacher, who had been
educated for the Presbyterian ministry. An uncontrollable
desire for intoxicants had hurled him from his high estate, and he
became a country school teacher -- the first in the county, however,
who commanded a salary of $40 per month. |
| Lane, Garrett |
Was one of those
who superintended the removal of the courthouse at Vernon and it's
relocation to Centerville. |
| Lawson, James |
Was a miller in
Mill Hollow in 1840. |
| Lawson, Shadrach |
An early settler
on Haley's Creek. Lawson was the father of John, Thomas and S.
S. (Dock) Lawson and was, in the full meaning of the term, an honest
man. |
| Lovelace, George |
Below Ashley
Hickman, on Indian Creek, was George Lovelace, who soon after
erected a mill. He was the father of Lee Lovelace, who was a
gunsmith, this being a very important trade in the early days.
Peter Lovelace, another son, had but one eye, but was a fine
marksman, and could see a bullet hole sixty yards. He often
waged his money upon his skill as a marksman. |
| McClanahan, James |
Settled what was
known as the Young Mayberry lands in 1830. This area was in
the extreme lower portion of the 1st District. He afterwards
removed to Kentucky. |
| McClanahan, Thomas |
In 1840 Thomas McClanahan bought
the lands of Mills Eason, which were adjoining to those of Jesse
Eason. McClanahan married a sister of Jack and Howell
Huddleston. The children of this union were: L. B., Mortimer,
Lycurgus, Dee, "Dock", William; Josie, who married Kinzer; Xantippe,
who married Burton Anderson; and Nellie. The sons of Thomas
McClanahan, under the firm name of McClanahan Brothers, operated a
cotton gin, tanyard, stillhouse, and sawmill south of the Columbia
and Centerville Road, near the Stanfill old mill, about 1868. |
| McClanahan,
William |
Came from North Carolina to
Davidson and from there to Council's Bend about 1835. He was
the father of Absalom McClanahan, who was the father of Robert and
Newton McClanahan. Newton was born in Davidson County on
August 6, 1833. One of Newton's daughters married John T.
Fowlkes. The McClanahans had much to do with building several
of the bridges in Hickman County. |
| McCutcheon,
William |
In 1830 he purchased land in Mill
Hollow, once known as Moore's Hollow from a Mr. Moore who had lived
there since 1825 and had built a mill there. McCutcheon built
a carding factory after he purchased the land. In 1836
McCutcheon raised troops for the Seminole War. |
| McGill, John |
Early settler on Swan Creek. |
| Moore, Col. John
H. (Jack) |
Was the son of Dr. Samuel B.
Moore, who was at one time was a prominent candidate for
Congress. Colonel Moore was at West Point at the
breaking out of the Civil War but he immediately enlisted in the
Seventh Tennessee Regiment, commanded by the gallant Robert Hatton,
and served with distinction in the Virginia campaigns. Lavisa,
Colonel Moore's only sister, married W. M. Johnson, who was for many
years clerk and master of the Chancery Court at Centerville, where
he shot and killed Martin Bentley, a desperate character of the
town. |
| Morgan, Peter |
His house was the first house
completed in Centerville. It was a round log cabin, and with
him boarded the men engaged in building the houses of the town.
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| Nixon, Henry |
Was Centerville's first lawyer.
He was the father of Orville A., John, Henry, and a daughter, who
became the wife of Samuel Williams. He was twice married, each
time to a sister of Stephen C. Pavatt, of Humphreys County, who was
several times a member of Congress. Nixon, in addition to his
legal business, engaged largely in land speculations, extending into
adjoining counties. He operated a cotton gin here from 1830 to
1833. He did much toward the development of the town of
Centerville from 1821 to May, 1833, the date of his death.
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| Nunnellee, Ned |
Came from Virginia about 1806 to
the 5th District and came to Gray's Bend about 1810. He died
at Gray's Bend. He was the father of Washington, Mark, and
Timothy Nunnellee. His daughter, Jane, was the first wife of
Jesse R. Eason. Ned Nunnellee was buried on the John V. Gray
place. |
| Nunnelly, Anderson |
Lived in Gray's Bend in 1818.
(The name is pronounced the same as the above "Nunnellee" but is
spelled differently) |
| Pace, Reeves |
Was deputy sheriff under Sheriff
John Baker (1866-68) During the Civil War he was a lieutenant
of cavalry. |
| Phillips, John |
Merchant at Centerville in 1830 |
| Ratliff, Jesse |
An early settler on Haley's Creek. |
| Raymond, Dr.
Reveaux |
School teacher in this district |
| Satterfield,
William |
Lived on Defeated Creek in 1832,
and erected a mill near where Reeves Pace later lived.
Satterfield sold to Robert Griner Jr. and then removed to Missouri
with his son-in-law, Elisha Dotson, in 1840. |
| Shipp, Dr. John E. |
School teacher in this district |
| Shipp, Josiah |
First Settler on
Shipp's Bend in 1806. For more information visit
Josiah Shipp's Biography |
| Spradling, James |
Lived at Swan's
Creek, half a mile up a hollow on the "trail" to Gordon's Ferry.
He emigrated to Illinois in 1832 after selling his land to Edmund
Jones. |
| Stanfill, Jackson |
Located on Swan
Creek in 1818 about one mile south of the river. Here he
opened a fine farm, and by farming and stock raising, became a
prominent and wealthy citizen of the county. He married Lamira
Canady, of Maury County. His sons were: Irving, Jackson Jr.,
George and Van; his daughters were: Martha and Betsy. The
latter married Sherrod Gray. Stanfill built a mill here about
1845. |
| Suggs, Timothy |
An early settler
on Haley's Creek. |
| Twilly, William |
Taught school on
Swan Creek in 1835 and 1836. |
| Walker, Allan |
Laid his land
warrant on Defeated Creek in 1815. Walker found the grave of
Edwin Hickman, who the county is named for, and marked it by leaving
a hackberry tree at one end of the grave and a poplar at the other.
Established Walker's Ferry, one mile above Centerville. He
reared a large family , which became prominent in the development of
the county. His sons were: Joel, William, Allan, James,
Pleasant and Elijah. Dr. Joel Walker went to Williamson
County, where he became prominent in business and political circles.
Pleasant Walker represented Hickman County several terms in the
Legislature and was sheriff of the county four years. Elijah
Walker became one of the best judges that ever presided in a
Tennessee courthouse. |
| Ward, John
Cofieald (Dr.) |
Physician in
Centerville. For more information visit
John Cofieald
Ward's biography. |
| Warren, Stuart |
Early settler in
Gray's Bend. Was a neighbor to Alexander Gray and Thomas
Easley. |
| Whitfield, George |
Occupied land in
Council's Bend. He was a brother of Gen. Jeff. Whitfield, Gen.
John W. Whitfield and Monroe Whitfield. Whitfield sold to
Abraham Dansby, he to Maxwell, and he to Samuel Williams.
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| Whitson, Samuel
(Rev.) |
Rev. Samuel
Whitson lived in Shipp's Bend about 1830. He was at one time a
Trustee of the county. He was the father of Rev. William E.
Whitson, who was murdered by jayhawkers on Indian Creek, in Wayne
County, in 1863. Samuel Whitson's daughter, Jane, was
the mother of Thetis W. Sims, who was a Representative in Congress
from the 8th District of Tennessee. The Whitsons of Hickman
County are related to the celebrated Vance family, of the Carolinas.
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| Williams,
Archibald |
Merchant in
Centerville during the decade from 1850 to 1860. |
| Williams, Joshua |
Merchant in
Centerville during the decade from 1850 to 1860. |
| Williams, Samuel |
Merchant in
Centerville during the decade from 1850 to 1860. |
| Wilson, Albert |
School teacher in
this district. |
| Wilson, Aaron |
Early settler of
Persimmon Branch which is included in Gray's Bend. Built an
overshot mill in 1824 near the mouth of Morgan's Creek. His
wife was a Creole. |
| Wilson, John |
Early settler of
Persimmon Branch which is included in Gray's Bend. |
| Wright, Robert |
Robert Wright
located in Shipp's Bend about 1810. He was the father of Levin
D., John, Robert, and Thomas, the former being the only one who
married. The wife of Levin D. Wright was the daughter of
Frederick Mayberry. Two sons of Levin D. Wright were still
living in the county around 1899 and 1900. Another son of
Levin was Dr. Levin D. Wright, of Dickson. A
daughter of Robert Wright Sr., married Maj. William P. Whitson.
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Lawyers of District 1 during the
1800's
(Some of the lawyers below are
from other counties and other parts of the state but practiced in
the courts of Hickman. A * has been placed by the ones who are
natives of Hickman County) |
| Elijah Walker * |
John W. Hornbeak * |
James D. Easley * |
| John H. Moore * |
William Moore * |
Josiah Hubbard |
| Thomas P. Bateman |
J. J. Williams |
Alexander H.
Vaughan |
| Will M. Edwards |
James I. Sloan |
Richard Lyle |
| A. O. P. Nicholsen |
L. D. Myers |
David Campbell |
| George Gannt |
James H. Thomas |
Jacob Leech |
| W. C. Whitthorne |
N. N. Cox |
Jo. C. Guild |
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Members of the Bar around 1899 and 1900 |
| J. Alonzo Bates |
John H. Clagett |
_______ Beasley |
| W. L. Pinkerton |
W. P. Clark |
W. V. Flowers |
| W. A. Knight |
John H. Cunningham |
Henry Nixon
(grandson of Centerville's first lawyer) |
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Physicians of the 1800's
in Centerville |
| Samuel Sebastian
(first physician to locate at Centerville) |
Samuel B. Moore |
Bird Moore |
| Reveaux Raymond |
Rodney Raymond |
W. B. Douglass |
| John Sebastian |
John C. Ward |
John W. Hornbeak |
| E. G. Thompson |
_____ Ragsdale |
James L. Thompson |
| S. McE. Wilson |
J. A. Edwards |
J. E. Shipp |
| J. T. Ward |
K. I. Sutton |
J. N. Doyel |
| A. H. Grigsby, Dentist |
J. H. Plummer, Dentist |
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Early Magistrates of District 1 |
| William Craig |
John McGill |
Alexander Gray |
| John Gray |
Washington Gray |
Troy S. Broome |
| William G. Claggett |
James D. Easley |
J. A. Bates |
| Henry Gray |
John B. Gardner |
E. A. Dean |
| G. Fowlkes |
John P. Broome |
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Constables of District 1 |
| James Brown |
R. C. Murrell |
John F. Lawson |
| Van Buren Shouse |
H. H. Walker |
John F. Dean |
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Deputy Sheriffs from District 1 |
| Reeves Pace |
Van Buren Shouse |
Howell Walker |
| Howell Shouse |
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