Pioneer Folks and Places, An Historic Gazetteer of Williamson County
By Barbara Barr Hubbs
This very informative book was published in commemoration of the county’s centennial on February 28, 1939. The copyright was renewed in 1966 and it was republished again in 1979 and is available in reprint through the Williamson County Historical Society’s book store.
Research was performed by Barbara Barr Hubbs in conjunction with Nannie Gray Parks and the book serves as one of the fundamental history books for researchers delving into the early history of the county. The book follows a chain of title of the county from pre Revolutionary War times to its creation in 1839.
A list of county officers from 1839 to 1939 when the book was written is included, in addition to biographies of the early general assembly members and congressmen.
The largest amount of space in the book is given to accounting for each and every little village and town, many non-existent today, that came to life in the county and recounts the events leading to their formation and the families involved in their creation. This book proves invaluable for filling in blanks on some of the early pioneers, of which hundreds are mentioned and indexed.
This book is a must have for anyone interested in the early formation of the county, its towns and villages and early formative occupants and is invaluable to genealogical researchers who had ancestors involved in the formation of the county.