Saunders Girl Finds Bones (1875)
Chilhowee correspondence Maryville Republican: On Wednesday, the 5th inst., as a son of Mr. A.J. SAUNDERS was plowing in a field on the old Grant farm, in this section, all at once the team broke through the ground into a hole, which upon examination was found to contain a human skeleton extremely large sized bones but not unusual length. It was sitting in a sitting posture, the head and jaws were well preserved and in perfect shape. The teeth were sound, sixteen above and sixteen below. Some of the teeth were loose enough to be pulled out with the fingers.
Source: Jackson Sun, May 21, 1875