Tennessee historical magazine [serial] . RSHALL, C. P. J. MOONEY, Mrs. B. D. BELL. Recording SecretaryA. P. FOSTER. Assistant Recording SecretaryHALLUIM W. GOODLOE. Corresponding SecretaryW. A. PROVINE. Treasurer,J. TYREE FAIN. FORM OF LEGACY I give and bequeath to The Tennessee Historical Society the sum of dollars. —l— CONTENTS PAGE St. Johns Church, Maury County, Tennessee 147 By Geo. W. Polk. William Tatham, Wataugan 154 By SamI C. Williams. The Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment—Confederate States of America 180 By James Durham West, , deceased. The Economic and Social Beginnings of Tennes
Tennessee historical magazine [serial] . RSHALL, C. P. J. MOONEY, Mrs. B. D. BELL. Recording SecretaryA. P. FOSTER. Assistant Recording SecretaryHALLUIM W. GOODLOE. Corresponding SecretaryW. A. PROVINE. Treasurer,J. TYREE FAIN. FORM OF LEGACY I give and bequeath to The Tennessee Historical Society the sum of dollars. —l— CONTENTS PAGE St. Johns Church, Maury County, Tennessee 147 By Geo. W. Polk. William Tatham, Wataugan 154 By SamI C. Williams. The Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment—Confederate States of America 180 By James Durham West, , deceased. The Economic and Social Beginnings of Tennessee 194 By Albert C. Holt, Survivor of a John Brown Raid 231 By Mrs. Mattie Turnley Armstrong. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION Dr. William A. Provine, Editor,Presbyterian Building, Nashville, Tenn. John H. DeWitt, Business Manager,Stahlman Building, Nashville, Tenn. J. Tyree Fain, Treasurer,200 3rd Ave., N., Nashville, Tenn. Neither the Society nor the Editor assumes responsibility for thestatements or the opinions of ST. JOHNS CHURCH TENNESSEEHISTORICAL MAGAZINE Vol. 7 OCTOBER, 1921 No. 3 ST. JOHNS CHURCH Maury County, W. Polk* In the early settlement of the West by those brave, hardyand adventurous pioneers from the east of the Alleghanys,Colonel William Polk of North Carolina, an officer of theRevolution, located many land warrants and bought numerousbodies of land in the Middle and Western Districts of Tennes-see. Among the tracts thus acquired was a body of 5,648acres known as the Rattle and Snap tract, in Maury Countylying across the Columbia and Mt. Pleasant turnpike six miles,more or less, west of the former place. Col. Polk divided this land between four of his sons:Lucius J., Leonidas, Rufus K. and George W. The tracts thusallotted were named respectively. . Hamilton Place,Ashwood; . . West-Brook and Rattle and Snap. Ashwood. . was subsequently purchased by Andrew J., the young-est brother. Leonidas Polk was appointed cadet in the United
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