FRONTISPIECE -
District Map of the County.
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PREFACE
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PART I. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS
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CHAPTER I. - Introductory
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CHAPTER II. - The Departure - On the Boat
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CHAPTER III. - The Trip by Land
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CHAPTER IV. - Genealogy of the Settlers / Death of John Brazelton / Separation of the Settlers - Others Come In / First Mill - First Shop / Other Settlers
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CHAPTER V. - Amusements - First Man Killed / First Panther Killed
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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
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CHAPTER VII. - The First Court / April Court / July Court / October Court
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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.
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CHAPTER IX. - Review / Scholastic Population in 1839.
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PART II. - THE CIVIL WAR.
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CHAPTER X. - Introductory Remarks.
/ The Beginning - Voting - Barbecue - Draft - Federal Gunboats - The Federal Army.
/ The Federal Army Moves to Savannah.
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CHAPTER XI. - The Battle of Shiloh.
/ First Day's Fight.
/ Map of the Battleground.
/ Second Day's Fight.
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CHAPTER XII. - After the Battle.
/ The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.
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CHAPTER XIII. - Close of the War.
/ National Cemetery.
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PART III. - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
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CHAPTER XIV. - The County in
General. / Timber.
/ Wild Animals.
/ Birds.
/ Fish.
/ Domestic Animals.
/ Ancient Earth-works.
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CHAPTER XV. - Concluding Review.
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