The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MEETING
INTERESTING PAPER ON SETTLE
MENT OF ZION AND FOUNDA-
TON OF ZION CHURCH.
A NUMBER OF CON-
TRIBuTIoNS RECEIVED.

TRIBuTIONS RECEIVED.
The regular meeting of the Maury
County Historical Society was held
Tuesday night, Rev. w. A. P4ovine pre-
siding in the absence of W. S. Flem-
ing, with a goodly number of mem
bers and visitors. Rev. T. A. Whar-
ton opened the exercises with prayer.
Messrs. Thos. H. PEBBLES and Wiley
j. Embry were elected active men,
bers
! A request was read from Congress
man Brooks, of Texas, for informa-
ton as to the place of burial of these
! confederate soldiers from Texas, who
were killed near Thompson Station
in May, 1868: j. A. Brooks, Drew
Polk, Eleazer Davis, Dan Nicholson
and Neeley Roberts. Any one know
ing of this will confer favor by in
forming the Secretary.
Capt. R. D. Smith and Judge E. E.
Erwin were appointed a committee
to arrange for storage of the archives
in the Court House until the perman-
ent quarters of the Society are COM
pleted.
The following donations were re-
| ceived: from Mr.. John ]. Wilson, Sr.,
a manuscript Glass Music Book, beau
tifully written by a Prof. Little in
1775 for Mr. Robert Wilson of Will
liamsburg District, South Carolina,
where the Zion settlers formerly
Ived
From Nj. Raymond Adkisson, a
parchment Land Grant bearing the
Great Seal OF the U. s, signed by
President James ]. Madison, and the
Secretary of State, James Monroe,
April Is, 1912.
From Capt Robert d. Smith, The
Columbia Herald of June %, 1861,
with communication from his father
about submarine torpedoes.
tors to the Stockholders of the Duck
River Slack-Water Navigation Com
pany, Aug. 81, 1852.
From Mr.. Cal. Fielden, several pho
tographs of the new Court House at
various stages.
From Mr.. Robert W. Smith, Blue
Ridge, Ga, The Official Reports of the
Committee of Congress on The Ku-
klux Conspiracy" volumes, 1872.
From Mr.. N. B. Sheppard, Bound
files of the Columbia Herald from July
90, 1869 to July 10, 1878.
From Mr.. George D. Colquitt, Voy-
age around the World in the U. S. !
frigate Columbia, under command of
G. c. Read, 1855.
From the author, Sketch of the
Founders of the Columbia Athenaeum
by DR.. VIM. A. Smith.
From DR.. VIM. A. Smith, Grand |
Master Proceedings of the Grand |
Council of Royal and Select Masters
of Tennessee, 1905.
From Rev. W. A. Provine, Roster |
of the North Carolina officers in the
Revolutionary War. with dates of |
Commissions. Raleigh, 1884.
The duplicate files of the Herald |
were ordered to be given to the State
Historical Society at Nashville.
Capt. Smith reported that his ar
ticle on Gen. Patrick r. Cleburne
would probably be expanded into an
illustrated biosral by in book form.
The y,2,y endorsed the action of
the Sc t2ry in getting. the courts of
Willia1 se4 Mausy and Marshall
county q 9rge the survey of the
Franklin lsa-gang.c by the govern
ment.
Rev. T. 4 Wtartcz read the paper,
which wa, History Of Zion Church
and Friers2n Settlement in Maury
County" ~ltten by Ccl. A. w. Put
nam in 1856 which had been procur-
ed by Messrs w. S. Fleming and John
w. Frierson. Mr.. y. W. Stephenson,
of Zion, made IN interes: 'ng talk on
the paper, and in tho gens raj discus
sion which fol!owe5, Tie President
was directed to appoint . ommittee
to try to procure copy of the records
Of this church from it's organization.