Giles County Giles County was formed in 1809 from Indian lands (Acts of Tennessee 1809 [First Session], Chapter 55) The county seat is Pulaski. There were fires at the Giles Countycourthouse in 1813, 1857 and 1907. Selected Published County Histories African Americans...
Pulaski Pure Milk Company By Claudia Johnson In the mid-1950s the recognizable red and white Pulaski Pure Milk carton replaced thick glass bottles. The carton boasted of a variety of product offerings and the company’s membership in the Dairy Guild. The McPeters...
Chautauqua Brought Opportunities to Giles County Circuit or “tent” Chautauqua had its beginning in the lyceum movement, which started in Massachusetts as early as 1826, and in the Chautauqua assemblies held at Lake Chautauqua, New York, beginning in 1874....
Sam Davis’ servant interviewed at age 83 by Claudia Johnson, reprinted from my book, a page from the past… In 1926 an 83-year-old negro man, Coleman Davis Smith, visited a business in Senatobia, Miss., and spoke to H.C. Featherstun about “the (Civil) war and...
Tennessee Homecoming ’86 Campbellsville HistoryFrom the book, Giles County Tennessee Homecoming ’86By Claudia Kay Johnson and Richard Hannah DunavantCampbellsville was named for Hamilton Crockett Campbell, an early settler who, along with John Dickey and Jacob...
