[See source attribution and transcriber’s notes at end.]

Brief Sketch of a Country Neighborhood in Bradley County,
Eight Miles South of Cleveland, Tennessee
Including the First Settlers and Present Citizens:
Their Mode of Living in the Past and the Present

by T. E. Thatch, 1894
(Thomas Early Thatch, 1860-1925; attorney and farmer)

Preface

In presenting this little pamphlet or neighborhood sketch to my neighbors, I have endeavored to give a little sketch of all the first settlers and of all who live here at present. It may be that I have omitted some, unintentionally, as my means of gathering information has been conversing with my neighbors and by depending alone upon memory of what they said.

All that the neighbors have told me, is used without quotation marks, but acknowledging my thanks to you all, I am

Yours truly,
T.E. Thatch
January 1, 1894

Continue reading:

Preface ~ Chapter 1 ~ Chapter 2 ~ Chapter 3 ~ Chapter 4 ~ Chapter 5 ~ Chapter 6 ~ Chapter 7

Click here to browse index to names in the manuscript.

Transcribed 23 February 2001 by Barbara Fagen, CGRS, at the History Branch of the Cleveland Public Library in Bradley County, and contributed to the TNGenWeb Project.

The typescript Ms. Fagen used is a duplicate of a typed copy furnished by Clarence Thatch, Cleveland, Tennessee, from a printed copy held by an unidentified member of his family. That copy was made June 11, 1939, by Inez Igou Lusk (Mrs. Joseph Lusk).