On the evening of the 21st August 1866, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Reverend C. C. MCDANIEL, Robert MITCHELL to Miss Ann CRAWFORD; all of this county. For kindly remembrance of the printer, the happy couple will please accept our thanks.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 25 Aug. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
A most unfortunate affair occurrence transpired a few hundred yards above the Ferry on last Wednesday evening. An old gentleman by the name of MORGAN, a renter on the place of Wiley FORT, about three miles north of here, in company with his sons, some three or four in number, went into the Hatchie to bathe; the elder one of whom, Elisah by name and a citizen of Pontotoc, Mississippi, aged 21 years, ventured too far out into the current and was drowned in full view of those he had loved and cherished from infancy. Several gentlemen were nearby and had they known that the cries which they heard were proceeding from one struggling for his life, could have rendered valuable assistance and could have rescued the unfortunate from a watery grave. Mr. MORGAN had just arrived at his father’s house in the full bloom of health and by sundown was prey to the fishes of the treacherous Hatchie. He leaves a family in Pontotoc to mourn his loss.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 07 July 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
John BURCHER, the German who was stabbed in an affray a few days ago at the Junction, has since died. A jury of inquest, after inspecting the body and hearing the testimony in the case, has rendered a verdict: that the deceased came to his death from a wound inflicted by a pocket knife in the hands of W. W. MCCARLEY and that the wound was given in self defense.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 11 Aug. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Today, two weeks ago, in the company with a friend, we made one appearance in the little village of New Castle, or rather what is left of it. Members of the M. E. Church were holding protracted meeting, and their ministers were preaching to a large and intelligent congregation. During our sojourn, we saw evidence of much good being done and have since learned that quite a number of accessions (additions) were made to the church. Squires SHIVERS, EUBANKS, PARSONS, TAYLOR, and other gentlemen of unusually large hearts and open hands will please accept our thanks for the many kindnesses extended to us on the occasion of our visit to their hospitable neighborhood. Before leaving the village, it was our good fortune to meet Miss Julia WILLIAMS, an accomplished instructor and graduate of the Winchester Institute of Learning who has taken charge of the Female School
and proposes to bring back for New Castle its old popularity as one of the best points of primary education in the county. Miss WILLIAMS’ school commenced last Monday. New Castle is situated in a high healthy region and is the center of a flourishing neighborhood. Parents and guardians of young ladies could not do better than to patronize the female school at New Castle.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 18 Aug. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The efforts of the gentlemen who compose the working members of the executive committee are pushing their work to completion at a rapid rate – making outward signs of an inward determination to hold a tournament here for the benefit of the monumental society beyond the shadow of a doubt. By this day-week the grounds will be enclosed, circular fence, eleven hundred feet long and seven feet high; the track completed; the stand built, and everything placed in “ship shape” order. Persons who propose riding for the prizes should lose no time in informing the secretary of the fact. No one will be allowed to practice on the ground who does not enter his name as a knight. Put this in your pipe and smoke it!!
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 18 Aug. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Died at the residence of her father, John CARUTHERS, on the 11th August 1866, Mrs. Tennie PIRTLE.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 18 Aug. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Registration of voters continued:
James PYBASS
John WARREN
James LOWERY
J. R. GREEN
James SELLERS
J. R. NEWLAND
Thomas EUBANKS
John CALDWELL
J. N. WHALEY
W. J. MCCLENDON
J. REYNOLDS
R. MAYFIELD
B. H. COOPER
James TOONE, Jr.
M. V. HARRINGTON
William GREEN
William F. BLACK
R. S. HARDY
J. S. OSBORNE
Sam HENSON
W. A. KERR
M. S. MARSH
J. J. COOPER
G. M. BROGDEN
L. B. ADAMS
G. P. MCCLENDON
William BURKETT
A. FORRESTOR
A. MAYFIELD
James CREWS
Isaac BAKER
Samuel CROWLEY
Purvis CALDWELL
H. MURLEY
Daniel CAMPBELL
T. A. GREEN
W. H. TODD
S. O. BABB
M. R. PARRISH
John B. WILKERSON
J. J. SMITH
The following persons have procured registration papers since our last report:
G. G. ADAMS
T. E. MCCLENDON
Jonathan JOYNER
G. S. GIBSON
John HOPKINS
J. B. YOUNG
G. A. WOODSON
W. R. POYNER
W. J. SMITH
N. A. D. BRYANT
W. H. HAM
John GLASS
W. H. BLACK
Thomas CULLEGAN
James R. RUFFIN
A. O. PREWITT
J. S. BELOTE
A. B. CRANE
T. P. PHILLIPS
J. M. FAWCETT
A. COX
W. W. FARLEY
J. BLAYLOCK
B. THOMAS
N. B. USSERY
J. S. LAMBERT
J. B. SHEARRON
E. P. USSERY
Robert MCCLAMROCK
W. R. JACOBS
T. J. JACKSON
J. W. CRAWFORD
John TAYLOR
J. M. JACOBS
J. S. SASSER
B. N. HENDRICK
Ingram WILSON
Nathan GEE
E. M. DUNCAN
William WILSON
H. W. DUNCAN
J. S. ROBERTSON
S. L. VAUGHT
A. J. WILLIAMS
David KERR
Josiah YOUNG
Heil GIBSON
R. D. JACKSON
J. B. KING
C. H. TUCKER
C. WILSON
Joseph WATSON
William SHEARRON
R. B. RUFFIN
W. W. VINCENT
S. B. RAY
J. L. ROSSEN
G. W. ADAMS
J. N. MCINTIRE
D. W. ROSSEN
James PREWITT, Sr.
J. J. MCCLENDON
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 18 Aug. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
We print a list of registered voters of this county, it having been furnished to us by John B. RUFFIN, Registration Officer. Mr. RUFFIN opened his office eight or ten days ago and the following names are all that was given by noon on last Thursday the 19th:
George WOOD
Jessie B. FRANKLIN
N. R. DORRIS
George BURT
Benjamin ANDERSON
G. W. HARRIS
D. H. HAM
D. T. THOMPSON
W. R. HOWELL
J. B. FOSSETT
Austin DEAN
Alvin WARREN
H. H. HURST
W. A. CARUTHERS
B. F. USSERY
C. H. ANDERSON
P. T. JONES
John W. HOLFORD
J. W. KIRK
W. C. ADAMS
John H. JOHNSON
M. P. CROSS
E. BROWN
L. B. ELKIN
J. ESTES
J. R. SILER
R. L. LIGHTFOOT
Thomas CAMP
James B. HARRIS
E. H. DORRIS
T. G. PATRICK
Abner MOORE
John A. CARUTHERS
A. H. ROSE
H. R. DORRIS
Charles MCCOMMON
J. M. MITCHELL
John MURDOUGH
Thomas BLAIR
W. R. KEARNEY
James W. TODD
D. J. NEWBERN
J. J. POLK
William JOHNSON
William NUCKOLLS
M. W. GUY
J. M. MURDOUGH
L. E. MOORE
R. B. SANDERS
E. W. CROSS
H. BISHOP
James WILLOUGHBY
James H. ROBB
A. S. DORRIS
Joshua DOYLE
John H. BILLS
William SMITH
John SANDERS
Moses CAMPBELL
James C. PREWITT
John KINNEY
P. M. CRAWFORD
A. H. THORNTON
A. W. FITTS
Matthew BROOKS
J. A. MCANULTY
Matthew DOYLE
A. J. MOORE
Wiley FORT
Thomas BOYLE
John MILLER
James M. MILLER
W. B. SWEETON
B. M. HATCH
D. C. LOWERY
Robert CLINTON
B. VAUGHAN
W. C. HUDSON
George WARREN
N. B. DORRIS
J. H. SELLERS
Harmon HARRISON
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 21 July 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
We are requested by Mr. John B. RUFFIN, with the Commissioners of Registration for Hardeman County, to say that he has received the books, blanks, etc. for the proper administration of the duties of his office which he has opened at the court room where he respectfully calls upon every citizen of the county who feels himself properly qualified for registration to come forward without delay and procure the necessary documents. (This was an early effort to register the white male population of the county to vote after the Civil War.)
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 07 July 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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