First and Early Settlers

The first settlement of the county was made about 1805 and 1806, as follows:

Clement Cannon set tied near the present site of Shelbyville, in the Seventh District;

Philip Burrow, William Wilbourn and Freeman Burrow settled on Thompson Creek, in the Twenty-fifth District:

John Blackwell settled near Three Forks of Duck River; Capt. Mat Martin and brother, Barkley, and William McMahan settled on Garrison Fork of Duck River, in the First District.

The above settlements were all made at about the same time, and if any were made prior to them, no information of the same can now be found.

Early settlers

Early Names in the County

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Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886.