The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-02
OLD TINES IN GILES.
BY F. T. M'LAURINE.

BYF. t. M'LAURINE.
Adam Bell and family moved in.
settling miles west of us on the
waters of Indian creek; he was q
halter by trade; sold wool hats at
$l.25 to $500; wool body hats
mapped with fur So; all fur from 81
to $S. l sold Mr.. Bell rabbit, coon
and fox skins for the first money I
ever made when small boy.
There were otter andbeaver in many
streams then; otter and beaver fur
was much higher than small skins
Samuel Gillian worked at the hat
making with him and married his
oldest sdaughter, Ann. L was
small and at the wedding. Mary
married Mr.. Holt. Mr.. Bell made
money, lived well, was a good citi-
zen and lived to be very old. John
Birdwell lived adjoining on Indian
creek; he owned an excellent tract
of land; Thomas, William and
Elizabeth were his children; he
sold out to my uncle, Robt. Nc
Laurine, who then lived near Mori-
ah Camp Ground, west of Pulaski,
and Uncle Robert moved upon the
Birdsong place and died there many
years since. My uncle, VIM. Nc
Laurine, who lived at Nashville sew
eral years, moved in and settled
near by on Indian creek, he lived
here many Eyears and died; he left
sons and daughters who still live
in this section and are well known
all over the country. Uncle Rob
ert's daughter, Elizabeth, married
Reece W. Porter, esq'r; Mary mar
ried VIM. Napier; Robert never
married and died long since; Ed
ward w. married and is still living
in that section. Capt. John Nc
Cormack lived near by on the
creek and Thomas Wells in the
same neighborhood. John Nave
lived on the creek just one-half
mile north of Uncle Robert; his
family were good citizens; and just
north of Mr.. Nave was the old
Baptist church. Several mechanic
shops and tan yard at the place.
Here in my boyhood days was
where old brother Cook preached.
Hill and Burket frequently preached
here. Brother Cook was highly re-
spected all around as a good chris
tian man and minister. Just above
on the creek Joseph Phelps lived;
he made the best spinning wheels
in all the land; sold them at So.
His son Pressly w. read medicine,
the lectures and became
very successful physician at Elk
ton. DR.. Thevenot, a Frenchman,
settled at the Baptist church, In
dian creek, and practiced medicine,
was called a good physician; he
married Miss Brown, II miles
down the creek. Brown gave his
daughter a milch COW that would
Jump out and go back and jump in
Brown shot the COW and killed it.
Doctor Thevenot became enraged
about it. Soon after Brown had q r
bull that jumped out and went up ;
to Doctor Thevenot's, so he swore
it was COW killer at Browns and he {
would make it bull killer up ct the |
church, and he shot and killed i
Browns bull, hence the name of '
Bull Killer. Allen Pitts lived near !
by; he had a distillery; he sent his
little son Henry and q negro man
nearly every day by my fathers I
% Mr.. Hightower's mill for meal s
which he would make into whisky. Y
Henry was wild and full Of his |
'un, and when the Florida war came S
N he joined the army and was so c
ull of his pranks that some one S
.sked him where he was from and s
lie swore he was all the way from t
Bull Killer. So he was ever after /
allied Bull Killer, yet Henry was t
loble hearted and good friend; '
e is still living somewhere in Tex
S. Now this place is Bunker Hill C
n Giles. Here in early times we C
ad our company musters and our Y
oting precincts and our public n
peaking. Esq. James McCallum n
we'd several miles nearer Elkton q
nd taught school and would be
ur orator on the 4th of July to t,
cad the declaration of American v
Independence. After some yeara !.
e moved to Pulaski, was 81. Z
laster of the Oh -lerk ana I
I'm and his son, William r
eading attorneys. He still fingers
pom the shores of time ready for q
be Masters call. Y