McNairy Radicals (1867)
The radicals of McNairy county held a meeting in the town of Purdy on the 27th January, and appointed delegates to the coming convention which is to assemble at Nashville on the 22nd. Fielding HURST was called to the chair. The delegates chosen were instructed to vote for BROWNLOW as the radical candidate for Governor, for HURST for congressman from this district, and in case he declined to make the race to vote for W. J. SMITH.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 16 Feb. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.