Wartrace, Bedford County, Tennessee
Wartrace, the second town of the county,
is situated at the junction of the main line of the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad and the Shelbyville branch of that road,
eight miles east from the latter place and fifty-five southwest
from Nashville, and has a population of 800. The town dates its
establishment from the time of the completion of the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad in 1852. The land on which the town stands
was originally owned by Rice Coffee, and Henry B. Coffee was the
first citizen of the village.
Early Citizens
Robert Buchanan
John Stephens
N. C. Harris
W. H. Clark
W. B. Norville
G. W. Martin |
R. P. Ganaway
John R. Coffee
W. T. Grim
Willis Pruitt
S. A. Prince
S. C. Mills |
J. D. Payne
Robert Ervin
M. Payne
A. G. Garrett
A. M. Keller
J. W. Tillford |
The town was incorporated in October,
1853, under the name of Wartrace Depot, and Daniel Stephens was
the first mayor elected. With the exception of the years of the
late war the corporation has remained in full force and effect,
and the officers at the present are as follows: Mayor, Sidd
Houston; board of aldermen, R. P. Maupin, B. I. Hall, J. W.
Haynes, R. V. Davidson and T. B. Davis; recorder, W. G. Wood;
marshal, W. F. Hailey.
Daniel Stephens and William Norville
were the first merchants, they opening general stores in 1852.
During the next eight years W. P Green,
Thomas Hart, W. K. Raibourn & Co. and Murphey & Stephens were
the business men.
From 1860 to 1870 the business men were
Thomas Hart, L. P. Fields, Fields, Mackey & Co., D. Morris &
Co., M. N. McKinney & Co., O. P. Arnold, J. A. Cortner & Co.,
Arnold Bros., B. W. Blanton, B. F. Davis & Co. and A. Murphey &
Co.
Merchants
of Wartrace
Physicians of Wartrace
Societies of Wartrace
Churches of Wartrace
AHGP Tennessee
Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886.
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