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
© Murray County Museum 2005