Maury County TN Archives History - Books .....Some Advantages 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com September 18, 2005, 7:15 am Book Title: Century Review Some Advantages.-Among the 96 counties into which this State is divided, Maury ranks as first in agricultural products; while only those having the large cities of Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Knoxville exceed this in population. The surface of the county is undulating, breaking into hills along the larger streams, with an occasional high peak standing like a sentinel. There are plateaus of considerable acreage, with a heavy, fertile soil upon the higher levels as well as in the valleys. Duck River flows across the county from east to west, while a dozen large creeks branch off to all points of the compass, headed by springs and smaller streams, which furnish water to every section, of the county. A full description of this county's products and advantages will be found on subsequent pages under Phosphate Mining, Stock Raising. Poultry Profits, Thoroughbred Stock, Timber Industries, Superb Farms, Climate and Products, Railroads and Pikes, and Educational, Religious, Professional, Commercial, and Industrial articles. Pre-historic.-Tennessee is full of interest to the student of American history, both present and remote. . Long before the Indians roamed through this region the Mound Builders were here, but in this State left only scattering earthworks and tumuli for history. G. P. Thurston, Chas. Jones, and others have written exhaustively upon that subject; and while it is generally believed that this race was superior to the Indians and probably a division of the race from whom the Mexican Aztecs descended, when and by what agency they were extinguished will perhaps forever remain a mystery as deep as that of the lost island "Atlantis." The Indians.-When white men first colonized America, the Chickasaw tribe claimed Southwest Tennessee, the Cherokees held the eastern portion, while this "Middle Basin" was the hunting grounds for both, as well as occasional adventures by the Shawnees and perhaps other Northern Indians, each claiming this section as a preserve and defending it with their lives against trespass by other tribes. Tennessee is a Central Southern State n. lat. 35° to 36° 30' and w. long. 81° 37' to 90° 28'. The extreme length of the State is 430 miles, comprising 42,050 sq. m. The State of North Carolina-Mar., 1775- made a treaty with the Cherokees for the territory of East Tennessee, and the following year a settlement was made at Watauga. In 1777 these settlers petitioned to have a county government formed, sending John Carter, Chas. Robertson, John Haile, and John Sevier as delegates to the Legislature, which on July 20, 1777, created the District of Washington for legal purposes, and November following made Washington Co., which then practically covered what is now the entire State, and, so far as we can learn, was the first geographical boundary named in honor of the father of our country. As the Revolutionary soldiers were poorly paid for their services during the struggle, an Act was passed by North Carolina in 1782 for their relief, granting to each a homestead of 640 acres and 100 acres additional for a wife or a child. Officers, according to rank, were allowed much greater tracts, Gen. Nathanael Greene having been granted 25,000 acres. Additional Comments: From: CENTURY REVIEW 1805 - 1905 MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE A Condensation of the Most Important Events of the Past One Hundred Years, and Descriptive Sketches of the Cities and Villages File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/maury/history/1906/centuryr/someadva11nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb