The first Williamson County Jail was a log house built by Squire Howell and was purchased on January 8, 1840. Continue reading
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On October 7, 1839, the county court held its first meeting at the home of William and Bethany Benson, which served as a hotel as well as a courthouse. Continue reading
The Goodall Hotel stood as an imposing monument to the business efforts of George Henry Goodall (1860-1945) who started building the hotel in 1897 and completed it in 1899. Continue reading
George Henry Goodall was born in Marion on November 5, 1860 to William P. Goodall (1827-1897) and Martha C. Herrin (1831-1915). Continue reading
According to census records, Robert was born in Tennessee in 1821. Milo Erwin in his history of Williamson County recalls him, “Colonel Robert M. Hundley came into this county in 1838, Continue reading