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First called Eureka, the community was later named Eurekaton because another town in Tennessee was already named Eureka. The area was settled in the 1830’s and 40’s by families from Virginia: Howse, Jeter, Jones, Mason, Miller, Newsum, Short, Stoots, Stuart, and Wilkes. From North Carolina came the Etheridge, Givson, and Nicholson families. The Craig’s and Griffin’s migrated from East Tennessee, and Hilliard’s came from both South Carolina and Alabama. Post Office Located in Fletcher T. Seymour’s store. Mr. Stott who worked in the store also went to Dancyville once a week…

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Dancyville is almost directly south of Brownsville not far from the Fayette County Line. Sometime during the 1820’s the families of Emry, Johnson, Jones, Koonce, McFarland, Kerr and Neal settled in this area. By 1831, Isaac Dancy located here, hence the name, Dancyville. The community considers the establishment date as 1837 when Fennell T. Carpenter and John Sutherland became the first merchants. Until that time the only business was Isaac Dancy’s blacksmith shop. Dancyville is first mentioned in the Haywood County Court Minutes, March 1838, in connection with the road…

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The Cliff Creek community was settled in the early 1800’s according to one source and after the Civil War according to another. The general location covers an area 6 to 9 miles east of Brownsville between Mercer Road (State Highway 19) and Cliff Creek Road. The first settlers in the area were mostly from North Carolina families and bore the following surnames: Clement, Coburn, Forrest, Mann, Shaw, Stokely and Whitelaw. In the late 1800’s families by the names of Austin, Bond, Boteler,…

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CLARKS, Eason’s Store, Harris Bluff, Cherryville: North of South Forked Deer River near the Crockett County Line, Clark’s is also known as Eason’s Store Community, and was first called Harris Bluff and then Cherryville. In the early 1800’s David Cherry and family settled here on a 1,000 acre grant and built a cotton gin, grist mill and sawmill. Cherryville was the first incorporated town in West Tennessee on October 18, 1821. Today the center of the community is at the…

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Probably settled by Bob Taylor, and later Mr. Stocton bought the land which became known as Stocton’s Bottom. In 1870 Gibson Kendrick moved here and built a sawmill. By 1875 the first school was established called Antioch at one time, then Bethel. Shortly after 1900 Bethel Church was built.

Belle Eagle is located seven miles north of Brownsville on Highway 54. The Green, Herd, Lee, Lewis, Macon, Mullen, Parks, Taylor, Thornton, Walker, and Williams families were among the early settlers. Some of the land was developed as early as 1820 as shown by land deeds and much of the area remains in large farms. Businesses through the years included Grist Mill owned by Edgar Parks Blacksmith Shop operated by Joel Harrell, later by Tom Pruitt Barber Shop operated by…

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Brownsville, County Seat Brownsville, designated as County Seat circa 1823, was laid out on 50 acres the county purchased in December 1824 from Thomas M. Johnson for one dollar with Mr. Johnson retaining one lot. Public buildings were paid for by the sale of these lots. The first courthouse, a 28 by 33 log structure, stood on the west side of court square where Roy Drug Store now stands. In 1826, a frame building was constructed just south of the…

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Present day Asbury is on the Dancyville-Stanton Road very near I-40 in the area between I-40, Hatchie River, Highway 70 and Stanton and may be better known to area residents as Harris’s Store. The area was first settled by a wagon train of related families from North Carolina: Thomas Sheppard and the families of Ashe, Grove, Hay and Rogers. The area surrounding Asbury is heavy with timber land and not many people settled in the area early on. Thomas Sheppard…

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Allen is about half way between Brownsville and Bells on Highway 79 and also on the railroad. In the past, as many as six passenger trains a day passed through and four stopped at Allen Station. Sometimes the trips were short … a few miles up to Bells or over to the county seat at Brownsville. Freight trains were loaded with apples, strawberries, milk and hides. And at one time Allen had two stores, a cotton gin, grist mill, saw…

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