Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-29
JONESBORO.
The First Capital Of Tennessee
The sturdy Men who Laid il of
over a Century ago, and their
Descendants of To-day. - Re
fined Society Of the Place.

Editorial Correspondence Knoxville Dispatch.
Jonesboro was laid off in 1863, is
the Oldest town in the state, and was
its first capital. The first session of
the superior court was held here, and
it was about this time that President
Andrew Jackson began his career as a
%jurist. 1t was originally settled by a
sturdy class of men, of excellent
stock industrious, frugal, provident
and sensible, whose honorable blood
for generations has descended to their
posterity-to their children and chill
dren's children, producing such a race
of men as the Dossers, the SEWERS,
the Deadricks, the Hoss' the Mathes',
the Earnests, the Reeves, the Nell
sons, the Jacksons, and many others
whose names we can't call to mind at
present. No town or city in the state
a produced a better class of men
and a truer and nobler class of
women. They have always been pro-
verbal for their sterling integrity,
their high order of intelligence, their
social and chivalrous bearing and
their energy and enterprise. Much of
the best stock Of Tennessee descended
from them some of our ablest and
most distinguished men, who have
risen to distinction and become fame
Gus.
The young men now growing up in
Jonesboro and seOn to take their
places in active life, are, for the
most part, a superior class Of young
men. Blood will tell. They partake
of the high elements of character
peculiar to their ancestors. They
are heightened, proud in their bearing
and exhibit traits and phases of char
acter worthy Of them and Of their
kindred. Some are entering upon
mercantile pursuits, some becoming
lawyers and physicians, and some
following ether svoeaiions. We pre-
dict that they will lead honorable
lives and reflect no discredit upon
themselves or upon their ancestry.
Jonesboro has long been noted for
its refined and elegant society. Before
the war it was especially noted in this
respect. There was a substantial so.
cial element rarely TO be found in any
community, in which intelligence, ele-
CANT manners and GOOD breeding were
predominant. There was nothing
irothy about it-no shoddy preten.
slons-no supercilious airs. 1t was
real, because it proceeded from the
only true source Of elegant manners
the heart. This high social tone is
still maintained and fostered and
guarded and watched over with the
strictest care and vigilance. IL il AN
inheritance which every good citizen
is interested in p%erpetuatinR. and
which is regarded as too precious 10
part with. Jonesboro will never lose
her caste in this resTe ct. As the
years come and go, she will still main
tam her high social standard.
The grand old men, whose sands are
running out, and who, for nearly three
quarters OF a century, have been iden-
tlhed with her fortunes, will leave the
Sma,Yor Of a good name behind them.
Their long lives have exomplided their
moral and intellectual worth. Such
men Is the Jacksons and the SEWERS
ana the Dossers and the Hoses. and
Others, may die as all men die but
I another and higher sense. thew Will
live IN the hearts and Affections al
3 people With whom they have 10 LONE
I lived. More anon. ~