From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co.

WILSONVILLE.

A village of 300 people in the western part of Obion County, 10 miles from Troy, the county seat, and 180 west of Nashville. Obion Station, on the Paducah and Memphis R. R., is its railroad point. Cotton and tobacco are the principal agricultural products of the vicinity, and form the chief exports. The place has Christian and Methodist churches, a public school and several business stands. Settled in 1867. Mail twice a week. T.  H. C. Peery, postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ASHLEY, W. B. – lumber mnfr.
CAMPBELL & ROCHELL – saloon.
CURRY, C. J. – physician.
GWALTNEY, Rev. J. G. – Baptist.
HORNBEAK, E. A. – hotel.
HORNBEAK, J. L. – physician.
HORNBEAK, J. W. – physician.
JACKSON, BARNETT & CO. – grocers.
MOULTRIE, J. S. – grocer.
PEERY & HORNBEAK – general store.
SEWELL, Rev. J. C. – Christian, dry goods.
WILSON & BARNES – iron mnfrs.