The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-10
LOOKING BACKWARD
Tenth tnstallmeni.
Compiled by Judge ~. 4. Davis.

pie of tho county were given vote
whether THE county seat should b., re-
moved Co the central part Of the coun
Is OF remain at Columbus aud there
Iossitcd uuun the site to be- fixed hv
the commissioner. The people voted /
for the removal and the commissioner
located "a county seat at Clinton. XIV |
first house erected Carlisle county /
has been cat on ou the north ana Ful- |
tom county on the suoth Clinton il |
still near the ccuter Of Hickman conn
Is. The county seat WAS very desirable.
for town and contests for the Ioca
tion of thc county seat can De- read in
Tho records of most every county.
In l~;ri an ACT 81 the legislature was
passed authorizing another vote 10 be-
taken upon the location az tho county
seat ct Hickman county This time
was to determine whether the county
seat should Dee removed to Moscow
This election WAS sci for the first Mon
day iu June. lS..s Moscow was ham
lcorncr 81 the county Il was further
Handicapped hy provision of the act
Iof the legislature that ina order for the
county seat 10 be- removed from elm
tom. Moscow should have a mn ioritv of
lJo votes east The county seat IA.
remained GO Clinton since ISM n tho
people had voted 90 move the county
seat to Moscow before il could De- NOV
ed Moscow was required o. raise two
thousand dollars for the erection ~
the court house and Jail.
Moscow in the early thirtics was 70
great place. Just as the Bayou de-
Chem flows by Moscow t. the river
near Hickman So the life and business
of the early settlers on the land that is
now Fulton county radiatcd from Mos
COW. The first mill in Hickman coun-
~ WAS erected there IN l>2G by David
Meu>sr. n was very primitive affair
and was Operated hy horse power. TIE
customer furnished the corn and also
the horse 90 turn the mill and good
luck prevailing could grind as much a.
one-half bushei per hour The mill was
replaced ia 1877 by larger one opcr-
ated by wafer power which was the
first water mill erected west of the
: Tennessee river. 4 wafer mill contin-
= ued 10 be- operated az Moscow until a.
bout 1850 A portion Of the old mill
dam may be- seen In this place at this
date
The first manufacturing industry Of
this county WIS the tauncry \ tan
yard was opened i'm lS27 hy Willis
White and Newt Stephenson six miles
south Of Clinton. Conrad HuSs contin-
ued tine operation Of this tan yard in
the same locality for number Of
years
Game was exceedingly abundant in
Guiding bear. deer. wolves. panthers
foxes. raccoonS. squirrels and turkeys
Ia 1>2T occurred the great plague 81
squirrels which migrated over the
county and destroyed the corn and did
very serious damage generally. They
came from the west. SWAIN across the
Mississippi river and remu ined in the
country for several months \ woman
was washing clothes ON the bank Of
the river near Mills Point ON tho dav
the little pests crossed and killed scv-
eniy with the clothes paddle
Sylvan Shade may claim Ia be- the
oldest educational institution i'm Ful-
; ton county. \ school was taught in
that locality i'm lS25 10y Billie Morris
who lived on the Luther Maddox land
He was followed by John Pryne. 9th
or teachers of old times were Willis
White. George FarriS. Finley BynumI
and Mr.. Singleterry
The first society of the Methodist
church was organized about 1S25 AT
Martin divers about two miles east
of Cayce and * now Ebeneczer. The
first church organized by the Mission
larry Baptists was at Poplar Grove i'm
ISIS. This church has continued 10 tb..
present time. 4 Baptist church was
Organized in 1926 near the house of
Robert owen not far from Cavce ana
il said To DE the first church of any
kind organized in Fulton county. The
Rock Springs Baptist Church was or
lganized I'm 1S2S 10y Fleming Cayce. |
The Preshyterians organized church |
about this time at the house of Samuel |
Hodges. II was been continued as Tn |
ion Church. If sufficient information
Of the early history can be obtained a |
ff..I.. q
churches will Dee written for publica-