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From: "Wm. Waugh Tuner III \(M-2\)" <>
Subject: Re: [GABERRIE] Re: Nashville, Ga.
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:19:21 -0500
References: <MB08bZG6IFTirpI7vaZ0000382d@MB08.myfamilysouth.com>


2006 0204.6 2:15 PM EST

That last one is the story I heard, with variations and variations over
time.

The other looks best in the books; I have no idea of validity, and in that
there are at least 18 Nashvilles in the United States of America, surely
there are at least 10 stories...was Nash that great a general? I obviously
dont know.

Waugh

M-3
Wm. Waugh Turner III

ICQ 894-765.


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Subject: [GABERRIE] Re: Nashville, Ga.


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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Da.2ADI/942.2
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> Message Board Post:
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> There are two stories relating to Nashville's naming. One has it named
> after General Francis Nash from the Revolutionary War. The other (and my
> favorite) is that it was named after Simon Nash who was the bailiff at the
> first term of court held in Berrien County. To make a long story short,
> he offered up drinks for everyone, and said "why not name it Nashville?"
> This story is what was printed (in a longer version of course) in the 1956
> Berrien County Centennial edition of The Nashville Herald. It is also
> referred to as this in The Griffin Papers, historical recollections from
> the early 20th century.
>
> Hope this helps. I can give you more details if you'd like.
>
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