About the Book
By: Marcus J. Wright, Pub. 1882, reprinted 2023, 130 pages, Index, ISBN #9781-63914-154-8. McNairy county was created in 1823 from Hardin County, Tennessee. It lies in the western portion of the state just above Tishomingo County, Mississippi on the state line. This book is similar to other county history books of the era with the one exception. This book is filled from cover to cover with mini biographies of these early settlers of the county. Surnames of these early settlers are: Adams (2), Anderson (2), Beard, Beavers, Beck, Bell, Braden, Browder, Brooks, Carter, Cason, Chambers, Chaney, Cloud, Cox, Cross, Crump (2), Denny, Devault, Dorion, Duke, Ferguson, Gooch, Gullett, Hamm, Harwell, Hill, Holt, Hooker, Houston, Huggins, Jackson, Jones, Jopling (2), Kendal, Kincaid, Lorance, Maxedon, McCann, McCuller, McKinney, McKissick, Meeks, Melugin, Newberry, Pace, Perkins (3), Prather, Rains, Randolph, Reed, Riggs, Saunders, Sells, Simonton, Smith, Stovall, Street, Sweat, Tatum, Walsh, Warren (3), Weaver, Wilkerson, Wisdom (4), Worthington, and Wright (4).
