C O N T E N T S .

FRONTISPIECE - District Map of the County.
PREFACE
PART I. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER I. - Introductory
CHAPTER II. - The Departure - On the Boat
CHAPTER III. - The Trip by Land
CHAPTER IV. - Genealogy of the Settlers / Death of John Brazelton / Separation of the Settlers - Others Come In / First Mill - First Shop / Other Settlers
CHAPTER V. - Amusements - First Man Killed / First Panther Killed
CHAPTER VI. - First Settlers of the West Side of the River / First House Built at Saltillo / Other Settlers / Other Settlements / Map of Hardin County in 1820
CHAPTER VII. - The First Court / April Court / July Court / October Court
CHAPTER VIII. - Court Proceedings, continued - First Cotton Gin - First Surveyor - First School-house - First Church-house - Death of James Hardin - First Hotel - First Steamboats - Settlement at Savannah - First Person Hung - The Two Parties - Settlement at Cerro Gordo - First Methodist Preacher / Hanging of Mrs. Hughes - First Methodist Church - First Physician.
CHAPTER IX. - Review / Scholastic Population in 1839.
PART II. - THE CIVIL WAR.
CHAPTER X. - Introductory Remarks. / The Beginning - Voting - Barbecue - Draft - Federal Gunboats - The Federal Army. / The Federal Army Moves to Savannah.
CHAPTER XI. - The Battle of Shiloh. / First Day's Fight. / Map of the Battleground. / Second Day's Fight.
CHAPTER XII. - After the Battle. / The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.
CHAPTER XIII. - Close of the War. / National Cemetery.
PART III. - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER XIV. - The County in General. / Timber. / Wild Animals. / Birds. / Fish. / Domestic Animals. / Ancient Earth-works.
CHAPTER XV. - Concluding Review.