MURRAY COUNTY HERITAGE

Table Of Contents

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

Indian Settlements and The Moravians The Vanns and the Vann House The Old Federal Road The Moravian Mission

CHAPTER II

Murray County's Early Years John Howard Payne Murray in the 1840's The 1850's

CHAPTER III SLAVERY, WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1900)

Slavery War Comes to Murray A Sketch of My War Reccord as a Confederate Soldier The Reconstruction Era The KKK Confederate Veterans

CHAPTER IV TOWNS, COMMUNITIES, AND MILITIA DISTRICTS (1880-1980)

Spring Place District Horrible Holocaust Brave Sheriff Dead Spring Place Post Office Spring Place Government and Politics Spring Place Residents & Businesses Schools in Spring Place Spring Place Cemeteries Other Communities in the District Bull Pen District The Eighth District Carters - Ball Ground District The Ball Ground Area Carters Doolittle District McDonald's District Pleasant Valley and Eton Schools in Eton Cisco-Alaculsey District Cisco Tennga District #1713 Tenth District Shuckpen District Town District - The Founding of Chatsworth Churches in Chatsworth Schools in Chatsworth Chatsworth High School, 1922-1934 Businesses in Chatsworth General Merchandise, Food, and Grocery Stores A Chatsworth Chronology The Chatsworth Post Office Other Communities in Chatsworth District

CHAPTER V GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

The L&N Railroad Moving The County Seat Building The Courthouse Murray County Agriculture And Mining Mineral Resources Murray County Newspapers - by J. Roy McGinty, Jr. WPA And CCC Education - County School System Murray County High School Murray County Junior High Adult and Post - Secondary Education County Services - Murray County Library Health And Welfare Services Industry & Transportation - Industry Transportation The People, Housing, and Statistics Special Features Clubs And Organizations

Murray County Heritage

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