Lawrence County TNGenWeb

Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 George W. Hammonds is a son of Willis and Ursley (Newton) Hammonds, born in North Carolina and Tennessee in 1800 and 1805, respectively. He was an early pioneer of Tennessee and 250 acres of land. His wife died in Giles County July 14, 1869. George W. was educated in the common schools of his native county and at Lexington, Ala. He became salesman in a country…

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 J. W. Fleeman is a Giles County, Tennessean, born in 1836, son of William and Nancy (Leath) Fleeman, who were Tennesseans by birth and among the early settlers of Giles County. Our subject was reared in his native county and received quite a limited early education. This, however, he greatly improved in later years. When about twenty-one he began farming for himself, and had followed that…

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Demosthenes Buchanan is a native of Giles County, Tenn., born February 23, 1840, son of Samuel G. and Sarah E. (Bodenhammer) Buchanan, both of whom were born in Tennessee. The father was one of the family of John Buchanan, who was one of the early settlers of Lawrence County, and a member of the State Legislature a number of terms. The father was prosperous farmer and…

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Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 James M. Alford was born in Tennessee in 1822. Son of Isaac W. and Mary P. (Edminston) Alford. The father was a North Carolinian by birth, and was an early immigrant of Tennessee. He was a farmer and merchant, and held the office of trustee for ten years. He was a follower of the Democratic party and died in Lawrence County in 1859. His wife died…

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