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...
First Oil Well to be Opened on Beeler Farm 17 Carloads of Machinery Expected to Arrive Next Week for Campbellsville Drilling Company Plans to Sink First Well to Depth of 5,000 to 8,000 Feet Within a few days, Giles County will witness the start of efforts to extract...
Giles County Museum and Research Room The Giles County Historical Society Museum has permanent and changing exhibits with more than 4,000 artifacts, photographs and documents relating to Giles County, Tennessee, in three rooms. Two rooms are only accessed using...
Giles County Map Showing Civil Districts (1836) This is a hand-drawn map of Giles County showing civil districts, rivers, creeks, towns and roads, many of which are named. Included are the descriptive surveyors notes – metes and bounds – delineating civil district...
