OLD TIMES IN WEST TENNESSEE. REMINISCENCES - SEMI-HISTORIC - OF PIONEER LIFE AND THE EARLY EMIGRANT SETTLERS IN THE BIG HATCHIE COUNTRY. By a Descendent of One of the First Settler
1873 · Memphis, Tn.
by [Williams, Joseph S.
Memphis, Tn.: W.G. Cheeney, 1873. 6,4,[7]-295pp. Original black publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth a bit dust soiled, spine ends slightly frayed, edges and corners lightly worn. Small bookplate on rear pastedown, ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. Moderately tanned, with an occasional fox mark. About very good. Includes much material concerning the early settlement of the territory, the Chickasaw and other native Indian tribes, and various pioneers and settlers. "Devotes several pages to the early history of the Murrell gang" - Adams. HOWES W472, "aa." ADAMS SIX-GUNS, 2405 (Inventory #: WRCAM51847)