A History of Stewart County, Tennessee

Description

The Stewart County Archives is pleased to announce a new printing of "The History of Stewart County, Tennessee," published in 1965 by Iris Hopkins McClain, the first comprehensive county history ever published.
Mrs. McClain's book has been hard-to-find for many years. The Archives obtained permission to reprint the book from Mrs. McClain's granddaughter.
Chapters include:
- The Establishment of Stewart County
- Early Settlement
- Dover
- Cumberland City and Other Communities
- Early Economic Development
- Early Transportation
- Early Soldiers
- Slavery
- The Early Years
- Years Before Secession
- The War Years
- The Civil War Soldiers
- The Postwar Years
- The New Century
- Through the Years
- The Recent Years
Mrs. McClain also included a Biographical Directory of Stewart County past residents, the 1812 county tax list, extracts from the earliest County Court Minute Books and Deed Books, and an abstract of the 1850 Census for the county.
The book is 297 pages, soft-bound, and includes an index.