Early Settlers
Very early settlers began to enter the
territory of Williamson before 1800.
David McEwen, of Statesville, North
Carolina with several families, moved to Nashville in 1796, but
owing to the disturbances by the Indians, did not proceed on
their journey till 1798.
Mr. McEwen passed through Hollow Tree
Gap and on to Roper's Knob, where he settled. Mr. McEwen was the
father of a large and influential family that has been prominent
in Williamson County since its inception.
William Demumhane, son of Captain
Demumhane, the pioneer settler of Nashville, was born at the
mouth of Mill Creek, on the Cumberland, settled near College
Grove.
Mr. Sledge, who came to the county about
the time of De Munbreun, brought only his wife and a few
household utensils on a pack-horse, and settled near
Peytonsville.
In 1798 Andrew Goff, William McEwen,
George Neeley and a number of others settled on Spence's Creek.
Thomas H. Perkins and Mr. McConnico
settled at the fork of the West and Big Harpeth Rivers about
1810.
About the same time came Matthew Johnson
and William Edmondson, Thomas Spence, Daniel McMahan and Thomas
Williamson each settled on the creek bearing the name of the
former in 1800.
Ewen Cameron is said to have built a
house in Franklin in 1797.
Abram Maury, upon whose land the city of
Franklin was built, and Thomas McKay, at whose house the first
court was held, were both residents before 1800.
Byrd Hamlet, who settled near
Nolensville, has the credit of having raised the first hogshead
of tobacco in Middle Tennessee.
The following persons had made
settlements previous to 1800, the most of whom were connected
with the county officially:
James Buford
James Scurlock
Nicholas Perkins
Edmond Wall
Chapman White |
Solomon Brent
Stephen Childress
William Hulme
William Smith
Sion Hunt |
Robert Caruthers
R. P. Currin
Richard Hightower
James Neeley
John Harness |
Members of the State Legislature
Senate
Robert Weakley,
1801-05
Chapman White, 1805-07
N. T. Perkins, 1807-09
Thomas H. Benton, 1809-11
Newton Cannon, 1811-15
Amos Johnson, 1815-17
John Bell, 1817-19
Joel Parrish, 1819-21
Stealing Brown, 1821-25
Newton Cannon, 1827-29
Robert Jetton, 1829-35
Barclay Martin, 1835-41 |
W. H. Sneed, 1841
- 45
W. C. J. Burrus, 1851 - 53
P. O. N. Perkins, 1853-57
W. L. McComico, 1857-59
J. W. Richardson, 1859-60
A. W. Mess, 1865-66
W. Y. Elliott, 1867-68
D. M. McFall, 1868-70
T. F. P. Allison, 1871-73
A. T. Boyd, 1875-77
W. D. Fullerton, 1877-79
T. F. Perkins, 1879-81 |
| Abram
Maney and J. W. Richardson, 1845-51 |
House of Representatives
_____ _____
1801-05;
Chapman White, 1803 - 05
Abram Maney, 1805-07
Moses Frierson, 1807-11
Amos Johnson, 1811-15
William Martin, 1815-21
Abram Maney, Jr., 1821-25
Samuel Perkins, 1825-27
Newton Cannon, 1829-31
R. C. Foster, 1831-35
M. P. Gentry, 1835-39
R. C. Foster, 1839-43 |
A. P. Maney,
1843-44
David Campbell, 1851-53
Frank Hardeman, 1853-55
C. WT. Beale, 1855-57
W. L. McComico, 1857-58
W. E. Ewing, 1859-60
J. W. Richardson, 1864-65
D. W. McFall, 1885-67
Atha Thomas, 1868-69
Samuel Perkins, 1875-76
F. M. Lavender, 1877-79
T. E. Hayes, 1879-83 |
S.
Venable and R. W. H. Bestick, 1845-46
J. Robison and F. Hardeman, 1847-48
E. Thompson and P. G. S. Perkins, 1849 - 50 |
Williamson
County |
AHGP Tennessee
Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886
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