G.W. Outlaw, a very prominent citizen of Houston County, is a native of Montgomery County, Tenn. His parents were George and Frances (Belotte) Outlaw, both natives of North Carolina. They were raised in their native State and came to Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1804. The father was in the war of 1812. He died in 1843, his birth having occurred in 1780. The mother was reared an orphan and died in 1869. Of the family of twelve children of this parentage George W. is the only one now living. He was born March 20, 1823, and was reared on a pioneer farm, receiving a very limited early education. He remained with his parents till he married and then took his mother to live with him where he began farming in Montgomery County, and where he resided till March, 1880, when he moved to Danville, where he built a large brick house and runs a hotel. He is a member of the firm of S. W. Kelly & Co., also in merchandising. He owns about 2,000 acres of land and carries on farming extensively. He became the husband of Elizabeth Outlaw in 1849, and by her the father of three children, one of whom is now living, viz.: Elmira T., the wife of J. S. West, of Houston County. Mrs. Outlaw died in 1854. Our subject then chose and wedded Mrs. Anne (Tomlinson) Kelley in 1858. Several children have been the fruits of this marriage, namely: Mattie D., Eddie, Johnnie L. And Rosa D. Mr. Outlaw and all his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Politically he was an old line Whig, formerly, but is now a Democrat and a very prominent citizen of the county.

Transcribed by Susan Knight Gore

Source: Goodspeed, Weston A, and John Wooldridge. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham and Houston Counties. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1886.