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...
James Carrell, War of 1812 Soldier The history of the Carrell Family is traced from Fairfax, Va., in the early 1700s through Granville County, N.C., during the Revolutionary period on to Williamson County, Tenn., during the War of 1812 and finally to Giles County,...
Lindsey Nelson, Sportscaster Nationally known sportscaster Lindsey Nelson was born in Campbellsville, Tennessee, on May 25, 1919. He graduated from Central High School in Columbia, Tennessee, in 1938. He went on to attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In...
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...
Unexpected Visitor Was Giles Oil Driller in 1947 by Johnny Phelps, GILES PATHS, The Giles Free PressThursday, June 25, 1987-staff photo by Johnny PhelpsTommy Horne points to the remains of Giles County’s first oil well dug in 1947 at a cost of $200,000.Two weeks...
