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Selected text from

History of Davidson County, Tennessee

with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

by Prof. W. W. Clayton

J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia
1880

CHAPTER I.
PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENTS.
pages 9 - 13

CHAPTER II.
HENDERSON'S TREATY.
pages 14 - 16

CHAPTER III.
THE INDIANS.
pages 16 - 19

CHAPTER IV.
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT.
pages 19 - 24

CHAPTER V.
PERILS AND HARDSHIPS OF THE PIONEERS.
pages 25 - 26

CHAPTER VI.
PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS
pages 27 - 29

CHAPTER VII.
MOVEMENTS AGAINST THE INDIANS.
pages 29 - 32

CHAPTER VIII.
GOVERNMENT OF THE NOTABLES.
pages 32 - 39

CHAPTER XVII.
RECOLLECTIONS OF COL. WILLOUGHBY WILLIAMS.
pages 72 - 76

HISTORY OF NASHVILLE.
RECOLLECTIONS OF NASHVILLE BY COL. WILLOUGHBY WILLIAMS.
pages 199 - 202

CIVIL DISTRICTS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.
pages 367 - 376