During the past week our little city was honored with the presence of no less a personage than Col. Henry M. ASHBEY, late of the Confederate army. The Colonel appeared to be in excellent health and was on his way to Bolivar county, Miss., where he expects to reside. East Tennessee thus looses one of here most gallant citizens.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 Nov. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Died at the residence of W. C. GRAY, in Bolivar, on Monday, the 4th inst., of consumption, Mrs. M. E. FAGG, widow of the late Rev. William FAGG, of LaGrange, Tenn. Funeral services were held at St. James Church. The corpse was taken to Memphis, and after appropriate services at St. Lazarus Church, was deposited in Elmwood Cemetery, near that city.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 Nov. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Judge BOND adjourned this honorable court last evening. For two weeks he was ably and untiring devoted his entire attention to the cause of justice, and we are proud to say, in a manner that has given entire satisfaction to the people of the most peaceable and intelligent county in the State. As stated by us before, the docket was crowded with important cases, the great majority of which were disposed of.
The following persons were sentenced to the penitentiary:
George HODGE, negro, larceny, five years
Alexander BROWN, negro, larceny, two cases, 1 year each
John LINICUM, negro, larceny, one year
Andrew MARTIN, negro, 14 years old, larceny, one year. In this case punishment was commuted to ten days i county jail
Sam FLEMING, negro, larceny, five years
Robert FRIERSON, larceny, three years
John BURKE, white, larceny, on year
Ten revolutionary cases of long standing were stricken from the docket, while two parties were fined $12.50 each for selling liquors on Sunday, 5 indictments were found for assault and battery, 3 for larceny, and 1 for disturbing public worship. While the court was in session a number of able lawyers from a distance, besides the entire bar of Bolivar, were in attendance, all, or nearly all, of whom were kept pretty busy. Judge BOND goes to Lauderdale county, where he holds court next Monday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 Nov, Page 2. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Marriage Licenses issued from the County Clerk’s office, from the 1st of October, 1867 to the 1st of November, 1867 (whites only):
Henry F. DELK to Eliza A. ALLISON
A. D. MCKINNIE to Cynthia A. MCDANIEL
S. P. MCGLOTHLIN to Louisa L. CRAIN
John W. ELLIOTT to C. D. TODD
Eli SPURLING to Angelina AYRES
John F. WEIR to Nancy E. CRAIN
W. C. PIRTLE to Ellen ROBINSON
L. F. THOMPSON to Louisa P. CORNELIUS
William A. TAYLOR to Diantha MOORE
A. J. TOONE to Delia FEWELL
John A. GIBSON to Amanda E. YOUNG
George W. ROGERS to Rebecca EATON
Sandy SCOTT, Jr. to Hannah SCOTT
S. H. GIBSON to Hannah E. WALTON
Miles E. ANDERSON to Elizabeth H. STATLER
Isaac R. CURTIS to Mary C. WORLEY
Thomas C. MCGUIRE to Mary E. BASS
James J. BASS to S. E. CHRISTINA
Charles A. AMBURG to Nancy MAYO
J. P. CLARK to C. H. MCGEE
J. S. FERGUSON to Nancy E. MCKINNIE
Jasper SHELTON to M. J. ARMFIELD
S. S. PANKEY to Rachel HOOD
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 Nov, Page 2. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
We learn that the friends of the proposed new county, which is to be composed of portions of McNairy, Hardeman and Fayette are untiring in their exertions, and that a map of the survey, recently made, has been drawn, and that parties have left for Nashville for the purpose of getting a bill passed by the Legislature allowing a vote to be taken on the question. As to the success of the movement “honors are easy.” Of course the Legislature will aid the project, as the new county will be hugely loyal. It will be an easy matter for the originators of the project to control the negro vote within the proposed bounds.
As far as Hardeman is concerned; while in McNairy, there will be no trouble in polling a majority vote for the new county, as there is a large number of persons living along the line of the Memphis and Charleston railroad who wish to pass from under the rule of Fielding Hurst. As to Fayette, the chances are a little gloomy; if LaGrange is to be the county site, all right; but if Grand Junction is to have the court house, a “dead mackerel will be seen as well as smelt.” According to the map, and we learn that it is a very neat one in appearance, the whole thing is “mighty nice” one way by powerful funny the other. For instance: The east boundary of the new county is to be in the neighborhood of Big Hill, on the M. & C. R. R., while the western line will join Shelby county – sixty miles away!
This is the nice part of the programme. North and south, the county, should it be formed, will be from four to seven miles wide! This is the funny part of a big thing on ice. Taking it for granted that Grand Junction, the center of the strip, is made the county site, persons attending court will have to travel thirty miles to attend court, provided they live in the east or west end of the county, while those living near the south or north line of the county will not have to go more than two and a half or three miles. To us, this seems to be the most ill-shapen plat for a county within this or any other State, and the inequality of its proportions should kill the proposition if there were no other reasons.
The way the arrangement is to be put through is somewhat dusky. In conversation one of the strongest advocates of the new county said that he thought the whites of Hardeman would, as a majority, vote against the measure, but that the lately enfranchised – negros – could be used! Here, then, is the programme. Irresponsible, ignorant negroes are to vote white men, tax payers out of the county they were born in! Should the county be formed, its northern boundary will be just thirteen miles south of Bolivar and twelve miles south of Somerville, and as a consequence will reduce Hardeman to less than 625 square miles, which cannot be done without violation of law.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 Nov, Page 2. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
In 1860, as shown by the census reports, there were sixty-four persons (white) in the State of Tennessee over 100 years of age.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 Nov. 1867, Page 4. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
A destructive fire occurred in LaGrange on last Friday night one week ago, by which property to the amount of $6,000 was consumed. The fire, as we learn originated in the premises occupied by a Mr. SIMMONS. The buildings destroyed, three in number, were owned by Mr. Frank COSSITT. Loss partially covered by insurance.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 Nov. 1867, Page 4. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Married at the residence of the bride’s mother on the 24th of October, 1867 by the Rev. W. W. SAMMONS, Mr. Miles E. ANDERSON to Miss Bettie H. STATLER, all of Hardeman county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 Nov. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
This popular school, lately presided over by Mrs. W. H. THOMPSON and Miss SAFFORD, has passed under the control of Mrs. William E. GLOVER and Mrs. William MONTGOMERY, by reason of the fact that Mrs. THOMPSON goes to join her family at Columbus, while Miss SAFFORD, as we learn, leaves for Georgia, where she is engaged to fill a very important position in one of the best educational institutes in the South.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 Nov. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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