For most of its six-mile path between the Natchez Trace and CC Road, Laurel Hill Road is a path through the wilderness. The property it traverses is heavily wooded and part of nearly 20 square miles of land owned there by the State of Tennessee. But just downhill from Laurel Hill Cemetery, at the spot where the road takes a sharp turn and crosses Little Buffalo River, like the ruins of an ancient civilization reclaimed by nature, you can…
Then and now! Downtown Lawrenceburg has a few less residential buildings and a lot more concrete than it did a century ago. Can you spot anything that is still the same in this pair of images? In 1920, Florence photographer G.W. Landrum took his panoramic camera to the roof of the old courthouse and took a long view of the northeast side of Lawrenceburg. The ‘before’ image is a segment of that photo. Now, 100 years later,…
On this day in 1905, the cornerstone for Lawrence County’s 1905 Courthouse was placed in an “impressive” ceremony held before a “big crowd.” The building was Lawrence County’s third permanent courthouse and would stand at the center of the Public Square for nearly seven decades. The cornerstone for the building, which is preserved today in the modern Lawrence County Courthouse, was laid by some of Lawrence County’s Masons. The Masons have long been present at the ceremonial cornerstone-laying…
Important Research Notes: Tennessee required birth and death certificates in 1908, but enforcement did not occur until 1914. Still, rural areas have spotty records until about 1921-1922. The state Department of Health is responsible for administration of birth and death records. They were only administered for a short period of time at the local level. Click here to read more details and consult on-line indices at the Tennessee State Library & Archives. You may also order available closed certificates…
1851 – 1870
Article on John William Seaton, Sr. John William Seaton, SR . A man of integrity and honor and one well worthy of the high regard in which he is held throughout the community in which he lives is John William Seaton, of Linden, now clerk of the circuit court in Perry County and for eighteen years prominently identified with educational work in that county. He is a native of Gibson County, Tennessee, where he was born March 1, 1873. Ryan…
Source: Cemetery records from “At Rest” Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, compiled by: Old Cemeteries Society of Lawrence Co., TN, 1984 Transcribed and contributed by Reita Jones Burress A Aamodt / Aaron / Abbott / Abercrombie / Abernathy / Abney / Abrams / Acklin / Adair / Adams / Addington / Adkins / Adkisson / Atkisson / Akers / Akins / Alderson / Aldridge / Alexander / Alford / Allen / Alley / Allisons / Allred / Alls / Alsobrook…
The Lawrence County Genealogical Society’s Journal Table of Contents Links
The information above was copied from the Web site named Lawrence County Genealogical Society. The site was maintained by Kathy Niedergeses, but she has retired. We are unsure of the site’s future. Original Lawrence County TNGenWeb Coordinator Reita Jones Burress posted shared content with the LCGS site over the course of 27 years. Therefore, we decided to incorporate the content here. No copyright infringement is intended by providing this information for the benefit of researchers. Source URL: http://home.lorettotel.net/~lcarchives/colschool.htm Free Men…
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