Murray County MuseumMurray County Museum
Home Page | Planned Exhibits | Research Support | Want to Help? | Why a Museum in Cyberspace? | Updates
Carter's QuarterBarbed WireCherokee Removal FTCivil WarCoulter Dolls
County OfficialsDeath CertificatesEarly ChenilleEarly DoctorsEarly Newspapers
Fort MountainFree Negroes 1870GatewaysHistorical County LinesHistorical Markers
History of MurrayKorean WarLandmarks LostListsMemoirs of a Slave
Methodist ChurchMurray ArtistsMurray CemeteriesMurray CharactersMurray Census 1834
Murray FamiliesMurray Heritage BookMurray High SchoolMurray History 1911Murray Memories
Murray Post OfficesMurray QuiltsMurray SchoolsOld News StoriesPhotographs
Planned DisplaysPoemsPrized PossessionsRoad to Dalton 1950Rolling Stores
Roseville PotterySchool ValentinesStained GlassTime CapsulesVann House
Vann SlavesVeterans MemorialVietnam WarVintage ADsWar Dead
Wood VasesWorld War IWorld War IIWright Hotel 
 Murray County Museum  
Murray Memories
My Autobiography by William Cotter, 1917

This book contains some early history of Murray history not found elsewhere. Please be aware that some of Rev. Cotter's details are just plain wrong. I think that he arrived at some of his opinions by ignoring important facts in order to give credibility to his personal biases. For example, Cotter insists that the State of Georgia did absolutely nothing illegal, deceitful, wrong or cruel in removing the Cherokees from Georgia.

Because the book is not easy for the casual reader to find, the entire book is being posted in this museum, with this caution: Just because the author was a preacher, that doesn't mean that everything he wrote is true.

Special thanks to Drew Hester for finding a copy of this rare book and scanning it for use by the museum!


Get Adobe Reader

PDF FileMy Autobiography by William Cotter (1917) PDF File Size 54.5 MB

Return PageMurray Memories

  Murray County Museum 
© Copyrighted 2005 - 2020 Murray County Museum - All Rights Reserved