History of Davidson County, Tennessee
Subtitle: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
Publisher: J.W. Lewis & Co.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: HISTORICAL.; title: HISTORY OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.; title: I. — Progress of Discovery and Settlements 9; title: II. — Henderson's Treaty 14; title: III. — The Indians 18; title: IV. — Permanent Settlement 19; title: V. — Perils and Hardships of the Pioneers 24; title: VI. — Pioneer Life and Customs 27; title: VII. — Movements against the Indians 29; title: VIII. — Government of the Notables 32; title: IX. — Period of the Revolution 39; title: X. — Organisation of the County 44; title: XI. — Physical Features 46; title: XXI. — Indian Wars 62; title: XIII. — Treaty of Hopewell 66; title: XIV. — The Cold water Expedition, June, 1787 59; title: XV. — Renewed Hostilities, 1792 65; title: XVI. — Trouble of 1794 68; title: XVII. — Recollections of Col. Willoughby Williams 72; title: XVIII. — The War of 1812-14 77; title: XIX. — Seminole Wars 83; title: XX. — Courts 87; title: XXI. — Bench and Bar 96; title: XXII. — Bench and Bar (continued) 112; title: XXIII. — Gen. James Robertson 126; title: XXIV. — CoL John Donelson 134; title: XXV. — Gen. Andrew Jackson 137; title: XXVI. — Public Life and Character of Jackson 150; title: XXVII. — James K. Polk 159; title: XXVIII. — Gen. Sam Houston 162; title: XXIX. — Mexican War, 1846-47 164; title: XXX. — The Great Civil War 168; title: XXXI. — Companies in the First Tennessee and other Regiments and Batteries 170; title: XXXII. — Military Operations in 1861-65 177; title: XXXIII. — Military Rosters 180; title: CITY OF NASHVILLE.; title: Topography 193; title: Original Occupation 194; title: First American Settlers 195; title: Erection of the Town of Nashville 195; title: Mercantile Firms 197; title: Recollections of Nashville 199; title: Men of Nashville at an Early Day 202; title: Progress of the City 203; title: Railroads 213; title: Commerce and Manufactures 217; title: Banks 228; title: Press of Nashville 229; title: War Publications 241; title: Educational Institutions 246; title: Public Schools of Nashville 249; title: University of Nashville 253; title: State Normal College 257; title: Vanderbilt University 259; title: Fisk University 260; title: Nashville Normal and Theological Institute 263; title: Central Tennessee College 263; title: Tennessee School for the Blind 266; title: Nashville Female Academy 266; title: Medical Profession 271; title: Brief Memoirs of Medical Men 280; title: Dental Association 286; title: Medical Colleges 287; title: Nashville Board of Health 294; title: Tennessee Historical Society 300; title: Tennessee Hospital for the Insane 304; title: United States Custom-House 307; title: Ecclesiastical History 312; title: Young Men's Christian Association 343; title: Cemeteries of Nashville 344; title: Nashville Centennial 348; title: Masons and Odd-Fellows 364; title: Civil Districts of Davidson County 367; title: BIOGRAPHICAL; title: Anderson, William E. 111; title: Bowen, Jeremiah facing 368; title: Ament, Samuel P. facing 332; title: Burns, M. 381; title: Adams, A. G. 415; title: Baxter, Hon. Nathaniel 394; title: Adams, Nathan 417; title: Briggs, William T. 401; title: Benton, Thomas H. 100; title: Burch, Col. John C. 407; title: Bell, Hon. John 112; title: Bowling, William K., M.D. 410; title: Brown, Hon. Aaron V. 118; title: Berry, W. W. 412; title: Brown, William L. 120; title: Bransford, Col. Thomas L. 429; title: Base, John M. 120; title: Bransford, Maj. John S. 430; title: Brown, William T. 120; title: Bennett, H. S. 440; title: Brown, Morgan W. 120; title: Brown, John Lucian 444; title: Brown, Hon. Neill S. 125; title: Burr, Andrew E. 455; title: Bell, James T. facing 244; title: Byrne, P. 467; title: CONTENTS.; title: BIOGRAPHICAL.; title: Braden, John 470; title: Brown, Aria 472; title: Banks, Dr. David F. 480; title: Bondurant, Maj. Jacob M. 482; title: Butterworth, John between 484, 485; title: Bowers, John C. " 484, 485; title: Catron, Hon. John 108; title: Crabb, Hon. Henry 109; title: Claiborne, Hon. Thomas 111; title: Craighead, David 111; title: Campbell, George W. 111; title: Campbell, David 120; title: Cooper, Hon. W. F. 122; title: Clark, W. M. facing 245; title: Campbell, Michael " 267; title: Cole, Edmund W. 319; title: Carter, Dr. W. J. 432; title: Cravath, Erastus M. 439; title: Chase, Frederick A. 441; title: Compton Family, The 443; title: Compton, Felix facing 443; title: Cheatham, Archer 453; title: Cobb, Dr. S. J. 469; title: Cobler, Capt. Calvin G. 469; title: Combs, M. S. 476; title: Chilton, James A. 478; title: Dickinson, John 107; title: Darby, Patrick H. 109; title: Dismukes, William M. facing 314; title: Donelson, Daniel S 396; title: Dake, Jabez P., A.M., M.D. 435; title: Donelson, Hon. A. J. 479; title: Dodson, Timothy 482; title: Ewing, Hon. Andrew 120; title: Ewing, Hon. Edwin H., LL.D 121; title: Enloe, T. E., M.D facing 297; title: Eastman, E. G 385; title: East, Hon. Edward H. 395; title: Edmiston, Maj. William 475; title: Earthman, Felix G. between 484, 485; title: Fletchef, Thomas H. 109 Foster, Hon. Ephraim H. 113; title: Fogg, Hon. Francis Brinley 115; title: Fite, L. B 432; title: Fisk, Gen. Clinton B. 438; title: Fanning, Tolbert 452; title: Frazier, Thomas N 459; title: Grundy, Hon. Felix 100; title: Gibbs, Gen. George W. 108; title: Gowdey, Thomas facing 364; title: Greer, Col. James L. between 372, 373; title: Green, Alexander L. P., D.D. 385; title: Guild, Judge J. C. 392; title: Gaut, John C. 448; title: Gillem, Gen. Alvan C. 460; title: Grinstead, Dr. A. P. 471; title: Gannaway, John E 477; title: Horton, Joseph W. facing 224; title: Haywood, Hon. John 102; title: Houston, Gen. Samuel 110; title: Hayes, Andrew C. 111; title: Hollingsworth, Henry 119; title: Howington, J. W. between 484, 485; title: Hooten, W. R. facing 479; title: Hows, John between 428, 429; title: Herrin, Thomas facing 371; title: Hudson, W. B. between 480, 481; title: Hutton, William C. " 484, 485; title: Harris, J. George 377; title: Heiss, Maj. Henry 409; title: Harding, John 412; title: Harding, Gen. W. G. 419; title: Harding, John 429; title: Hill, John M. 450; title: Hayes, Oliver B. 451; title: Hadley, John L. 461; title: Hooper, H. V. 466; title: Harwood, James A. 467; title: Hurley, A. H., Sr. 468; title: Hamilton, William A. 472; title: Hughes, Capt. David 474; title: Johnson, James between 372, 373; title: Jackson, W. H. 416; title: Johnson, Col. A. W. 427; title: Jones, T. H. 473; title: Jackson, A. 477; title: Jordan, Dr. J. H. between 484, 485; title: King, Thomas S. 383; title: Lea, John M. 302; title: Lovell, William H. between 484, 485; title: Lindsley, Philip 388; title: Lindsley, Van S. 403; title: Lindsley, John B. 404; title: Linton, Silas 483; title: Meigs, Return J. 120; title: McIntosh, Frank M. between 484, 485; title: Maxey, P. W. 325; title: McFerrin, Rev. John B. 386; title: Menees, Dr. Thomas 397; title: Maddin, Dr. Thomas L. 399; title: Morgan, Dr. W. H. 409; title: McGavock, David 425; title: McGavock, Francis 426; title: McGavock, David H. 431; title: Morgan, Helen C. 442; title: McMurray, William J. 457; title: Mayo, Jacob M. between 484, 485; title: Nichol, W. facing 199; title: Nelson, Anson 303; title: Nance, Hon. C. W. facing 346; title: Nelson, George A. between 374, 375; title: Nelson, George T. 481; title: Overton, Hon. John 98; title: O'Neil, Henry W. 477; title: Peyton, Bailey 119; title: Patterson, Dr. Everand Meade facing 181; title: Phillips, Daniel W. 263; title: P'Pool, E. F., M.D. 318; title: Philips, William D. 413; title: Phillips, Capt. W. 418; title: Paul, Isaac 456; title: Plunket, Dr. James Dace 464; title: Pennington, J. W. between 484, 485; title: Rucks, Hon. James 110; title: Russell, R facing 308; title: Rains, F. R. 462; title: Stuart, Thomas 99; title: Shaw, Henry B. 120; title: Smiley, Gen. Thomas T. 125; title: Seay, Samuel facing 208; title: Shankland, A. B. " 317; title: Smith, J. M. between 482, 483; title: Stockell, William 405; title: Sheffield, Henry, M.D. 436; title: Sharp, J. M. 437; title: Spence, Adam K. 440; title: Scruggs, Theophilus 453; title: Thompson, John facing 69; title: Trimble, Hon. James 106; title: Trimble, Hon. John 124; title: Tucker, X. G. facing 265; title: Truett, E. 322; title: Tumble, Peter " 444; title: Vaughan, Johnson " 371; title: Vaughan, Hiram 463; title: Woodall, F. M. facing 446; title: Whyte. Robert 99; title: Whiteside, Jenkin 99; title: Washington, Hon. Thomas 110; title: Weakley, Robert facing 206; title: Williams, Will " 248; title: Williamson, George R. " 338; title: Waggoner, B. F. " 347; title: Waggoner, B. F. between 482, 483; title: Williams, Turner facing 370; title: Weaver, D. 384; title: Watkins, Samuel 395; title: Williams, Col. Willoughby 414; title: Whitworth, James 428; title: Wheless, Gen. John F. 433; title: White, George L. 442; title: Washington, W. H. 453; title: Wilson, John Robertson 466; title: Wood, B. G. 467; title: Woodruff, William H. 482; title: Yerger, George S. 107; title: Yerger, J. S. 107; title: Young, Robert A. facing 324; title: Yarbrough, James between 374, 375; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: PORTRAITS.; title: Adams, A. G. between 218, 219; title: Adams, Nathan facing 417; title: Ament, Samuel P. " 332; title: Baxter, Nathaniel " 91; title: Brown, Hon. Neill S. " 124; title: Borns, M. " 216; title: Burch, John C. " 240; title: Bell, James T. " 244; title: Bennett, H. S. " 262; title: Braden, James " 264; title: Bowling, W. K., M.D. " 288; title: Briggs, W. T., M.D. " 292; title: Brown, John Lucian " 362; title: Bowen, Jeremiah, and Wife " 368; title: Berry, W. W. between 218, 219; title: Bransford, Thomas L. facing 430; title: Barr, A. B. " 455; title: Byrne, P. between 466, 467; title: Brown, Aris facing 472; title: Banks, Dr. David F. 480; title: Bondarant, J. M. between 482, 483; title: Batterworth, John, and Wife " 484, 485; title: Bowers, John C., and Wife " 484, 485; title: Campbell, W. B. facing 166; title: Cheatham, Archer " 204; title: Cole, B. W. " 217; title: Clark, William M. " 245; title: Cravath, E. M. " 262; title: Chase, F. A. " 262; title: Campbell, Michael " 267; title: Cobb, S. J. " 285; title: Cockrill, Mark R. " 424; title: Carter, W. J. " 432; title: Compton, Capt. Henry between 442, 443; title: Compton, William " 442, 443; title: Compton, Henry W. " 442, 443; title: Compton, Felix facing 443; title: Cabler, C. G. " 469; title: Combs, M. S. " 476; title: Chelton, James A.; title: Donelson, A. J. facing 134; title: Donelson, D. S. " 136; title: Daks, Dr. J. P. 287; title: Dismukes, William M. facing 314; title: Dodson, Timothy " 482; title: East, Hon. E. H. " 95; title: Eve, Paul F. " 2S0; title: Enloe, T. E., M.D. " 297; title: Eastman, K.G. " 310; title: Edmiston, William " 475; title: Earthman, Felix G. between 484, 4S5; title: Foster, Hon. Ephraim H. " 113; title: Fogg, Hon. Francis Brinley " 115; title: Fanning, T " 340; title: Fisk, Clinton B. " 260; title: Fite, L. B. " 431; title: Frazier, Thomas N., and Wife " 459; title: Grundy, Hon. Felix 100; title: Guild, Judge Josephus C. " 125; title: Gillem, A. C. " 178; title: Green, A. L. P. " 329; title: Gowdey, Thomas " 364; title: Greer, Col. James L. between 372, 373; title: Gant, John C. facing 448; title: Grinstead, Dr. A. P. " 471; title: Ganoaway, Ed " 477; title: Horton, Joseph W. " 224; title: Harris, J. George " 239; title: Heiss, Henry " 241; title: Howington, J. W., and Wife between 484, 485; title: Hooten, W. R facing 479; title: Hows, John between 428, 429; title: Harwood, James A., and Wife facing 372; title: Herrin, Thomas " 371; title: Hudson, W. B., and Wife between 480, 481; title: Hutton, W. C., and Wife " 484, 485; title: Harding, John facing 412; title: Harding, W. G. " 419; title: Harding, John " 429; title: Hill, John M " 450; title: Hayes, O. B. " 451; title: Hadley, John L. " 461; title: Hooper, H. V. " 466; title: Hurley, Sr., A. H. " 468; title: Hamilton, W. A. between 472, 473; title: Hughes, David facing 474; title: Jackson, Gen. Andrew 138; title: Johnson, James between 372, 373; title: Jackson, W. H. facing 416; title: Johnson, A. W. " 427; title: Jones, T. H. " 473; title: Jackson, A. " 478; title: Jordan, Dr. J. H., and Wife between 484, 485; title: Linton, Silas, and Wife facing 483; title: Linton, W. J., and Wife " 483; title: Lindsley, Philip " 255; title: Lindsley, J. Berrien, M.D. " 289; title: Lindsley, Van S., M.D. " 294; title: Lea, lion. John M. " 302; title: Lovell, W. H., and Wife between 484, 485; title: Mayo, Jacob M., and Wife. " 484, 485; title: McGavock, D. facing 197; title: McGavock, P. " 200; title: McGavock, D. H. between 202, 203; title: McFerrin, John B. facing 242; title: Morgan, Helen C. " 262; title: Morgan, Dr. William H. " 286; title: Menees, Thomas, M.D. " 291; title: Maddin, Thomas L. " 293; title: McIntosh, Frank M. between 484, 485; title: Maxey, P. W. facing 325; title: McMurray, W. J. 457; title: Nichol, William " 199; title: Nelson, Anson " 303; title: Nance, Hon. Clement W. " 346; title: Nelson, George A. between 374, 375; title: Nelson, George T. 481; title: O'Neil, Hy. W. 477; title: Overton, Hon. John facing 98; title: Polk, James K. " 160; title: Patterson, Dr. Everand Meade " 181; title: Phillips, William between 218, 219; title: Phillips, Daniel W. facing 263; title: Plunket, J. D. " 279; title: P'Pool, E. F., M.D. " 318; title: Pennington, J. W. between 484, 485; title: Philips, William D. facing 413; title: Paul, Isaac 456; title: Robertson, Gen. James facing 126; title: Russell, R " 308; title: Rains, F. R. " 462; title: Seay, Samuel " 208; title: Stockell, William " 212; title: Smith, J. M. between 482, 483; title: Spence, A. K. facing 262; title: Sheffield, Henry, M.D. " 436; title: Shankland, A. B. " 317; title: Sharp, J. M. " 437; title: Thompson, John " 69; title: Tucker, N. G. " 265; title: Truett, E " 322; title: Tamble, Peter, and Wife " 444; title: Vaughan, Johnson " 371; title: Vaughn, Hiram " 463; title: Williams, Col. Willoughby " 72; title: Woodall, F. M. " 446; title: Weakley, Robert " 206; title: Williams, Will 248; title: White, George L. facing 261; title: Williamson, George R. " 338; title: Wood, B. G. between 466, 467; title: Woodruff, William H. 482; title: Woodward, B. F., and Wife facing 347; title: Waggoner, B. F., and Wife between 482, 483; title: Williams, Turner facing 370; title: Weaver, D. between 228, 229; title: Watkins, Samuel facing 220; title: Whitworth, James " 428; title: Wheless, Gen. John F. " 433; title: Washington, W. H. " 453; title: Young, Robert A. " 324; title: Yarbrough, James between 374, 375; title: VIEWS.; title: Bransford, Maj. John S., Residence facing 426; title: Capitol of Tennessee frontispiece Cheatham, Mrs. Archer, Residence between 202, 203; title: College, Central Tennessee " 264, 265; title: Church of the Holy Trinity facing 337; title: Centennial Exposition Building 361; title: Compton, Henry W., Residence between 442, 443; title: Compton, Henry, Residence " 442, 443; title: Davidson County, Geographical Map of facing 9; title: Davidson County, Pioneer Map of " 32; title: Green, Capt. Frank, Residence " 330; title: Hermitage 158; title: Hows, John, Residence between 428, 429; title: Harwood, James A., Residence facing 372; title: Harding, W. G., Views at Belle Meade between 422, 423; title: Hudson, W. B., Residence " 480, 481; title: Hudson, Mrs. N. B., Residence " 480, 481; title: Institute, Nashville " 262, 263; title: Jackson, Fac-Simile Letter 156; title: Jackson, Gen. Andrew, Equestrian Statue of 359; title: McGavock's Map facing 196; title: McGavock, D. II., Residence between 202, 203; title: Manufactory, — Prewitt, Spurr A Co. facing 222; title: " Southern Pump Company between 222, 223; title: Nashville, Map of Battle-field facing 180; title: " in 1804 " 198; title: " Female Academy " 268; title: O'Neil, Henry W., Residence between 476, 477; title: Overton, Mrs. M. H., Residence " 480, 481; title: Phillips, Capt. William, Residence " 218, 219; title: Philips, William D., Residence facing 414; title: Rains, F. R., Residence " 460; title: St. Cecilia Academy between 270, 271; title: Smith, J. M., Residence " 482, 483; title: Tennessee, Topographical Map of 47; title: " School for the Blind facing 266; title: " Hospital for the Insane " 304; title: Tamble, Peter, Residence " 444; title: University, Vanderbilt between 258, 259; title: "Fisk Jubilee Hall" 260, 261; title: Vaughn, Hiram, Residence facing 464; title: Weaver, D., Residence between 228, 229; title: Watkins, Samuel, Residence facing 394; title: Waggoner, B. F., Residence between 482, 483