Murray County Museum

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
     
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    CHAPTER II
  • Murray County's Early Years
  • John Howard Payne
  • Murray in the 1840's
  • The 1850's
     
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    CHAPTER III
    SLAVERY, WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1900)
  • Slavery
  • War Comes to Murray
  • A Sketch of My War Record as a Confederate Soldier
  • The Reconstruction Era
  • The KKK
  • Confederate Veterans
     
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    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
     
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    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
     
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