{"id":1463,"date":"2020-09-25T12:38:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2020-09-25T13:06:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:06:54","slug":"the-old-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/the-old-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"The OLD COURTHOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tnstateflag.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1464\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weakley County Courthouse, Dresden, Tennessee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/mc-courthouse2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1466\" width=\"714\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/mc-courthouse2.jpg 465w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/mc-courthouse2-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Judge John A. ROGERS, Sr. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge John A. Rodgers Sr. Sitting inside the Weakley County Courthouse, Dresden, Tennessee. This is good view of how the Courthouse looked inside. Sadly, it burned in 1948 and the present Courthouse was built and dedicated in 1949. Judge Rogers was a Circuit Court Judge for Weakley and surrounding counties and a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. <em>Submitted by Mary Irvine Kennedy, Great Granddaughter of John Rodgers.<\/em> We thank her for sharing these photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little History <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first county court was held in the home of John TERRELL and later in the home of Benjamin BONDURANT, at Dresden, up to April, 1828. The Next session, July 1828, was held in the then New Courthouse. The last term of the court under the name of pleas and quarter sessions, was held in April 1836, and the first term of the county court proper, composed of the Justice of the Peace, elected by the people under the Constitution of 1834, was held in May of 1836, with the Honorable Caleb BRASFIELD, Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/weakleyco_courthouse1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1470\" width=\"486\" height=\"470\"\/><figcaption><strong>Old Courthouse<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/weakleyco_courthouse2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" width=\"531\" height=\"476\"\/><figcaption><strong>Old Courthouse<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-tennessee\/\">BACK to DRESDEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Web Design &amp; Graphics by MaryCarol<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weakley County Courthouse, Dresden, Tennessee Judge John A. Rodgers Sr. Sitting inside the Weakley County Courthouse, Dresden, Tennessee. This is good view of how the Courthouse looked inside. Sadly, it burned in 1948 and the present Courthouse was built and dedicated in 1949. Judge Rogers was a Circuit Court Judge for Weakley and surrounding counties <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/the-old-courthouse\/\" class=\"read-more inline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-gutenberg.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"full","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"MaryCarol","author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/author\/marycarol\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/category\/uncategorized\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 25, 2020","modified":"Updated on September 25, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 25, 2020 12:38 pm","modified":"Updated on September 25, 2020 1:06 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}