White County is in Middle Tennessee, in the Cumberland Mountains, midway between Nashville and Knoxville, and covers an area of 377 square miles. Called “the Mountain District”, it’s scenery is said to rival the Swiss Alps. The Center Hill Lake … Continue reading →
Pleasant Austin, a prosperous agriculturist of the Second District, was born September 8, 1820, on the farm upon which he new resides. His parents were John and Catherine (Haston) Austin. The father was born January 6, 1779, in Virginia, of … Continue reading →
W. M. Anderson, an enterprising farmer of the Fifth District, was born in White County, November 4, 1824, the second son of Zachariah and Rebecca (England) Anderson. The father was born in 1790 in Kentucky. He was a Baptist minister … Continue reading →