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From: "Lori Hooper Blair" <>
Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE-L] Chestnut Glade and Others
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:23:10 -0600


Hi PJ,
I would love any info that you have on this JW Webb and his wife! I may
have a connection!!
Thanks,
Lori
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From: pj Thompson <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 11:26 PM
Subject: [TNWEAKLE-L] Chestnut Glade and Others

>In the 1800s many small one room school were scattered around the
>northern part of Weakley Co such as, Sandy Branch, Sawyers, White, Rose,
>Sunny Side and McClains, it was well after 1900 before Chestnut Glade
>was given its name, in fact the working were put into place in 1918 when
>4 1/8 acres of land was purchased for the school grounds from J.W.
>WEBB(4th great grandfather of Ann ELLIOTT a member of our Weakley Co.
>Family) and wife, M.A. The Tennessee Legislative bill which established
>the Chestnut Glade Special School District was House Bill #492 and was
>finalized on March 20, 1919. The first school term was already in
>session. Neal WARD, Irvine BRUNDIGE and Will FINCH traveled to
>Nashville to lobby for support of the bill. The first board members
>consisted of 5 men to serve 5 years with one to be replaced each year at
>an election. The first board was stagged in order to have one member
>replaced each year. The first 5 men serving were Ben A. GOLDEN, l year;
>Charles L. TAYLOR, 2 years; T. Ulie RAWLS, 3 years; W. Ed MORGAN, 4
>years; and E. I. BRUNDIGE, 5 years. This school district covered all of
>the 17th district of part of the 13th district. Five communities had
>been brought together to form one large consolidated school. In almost
>total isolation an institution of higher learning was said to be the
>largest rural consolidated school in the United States.
>The name "Chestnut Glade" was chosen because of the hugh Chestnut trees
>that stood on the land on which the school was built. Close to the
>school there was a store, a garage, a mill and for a while there was a
>barber shop.
>The original school burned in 1939 (this was my mother's last year of
>school) and a new school was replaced that same year. This building
>still stands but in very poor shape. This school closed in 1960 to the
>sorrow of many of us that still attended school there.
>
>To Be Continued with more history of the area and district
>divisions.............pj
>
>--
>Paula (pj) Howard Thompson
>Listowner of Weakley County, Tennessee
>Native of Weakley County, Tennessee
>Home Page http://www.apex.net/users/pj/mama.htm (Under Construction)
>
>Please take a look at this url about half way down
>look for "The Way They Lived......pj
>Thompson Shares" Hope you enjoy!!
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/index.htm
>
>My Surnames of Weakley County, Tennessee
>McCLAIN JONES McCLURE MORRISON STARK/STARKS TIBBS JOHNSON KEMP
>HART HOWARD HUNGERFORD
>ALDERDICE WILLIAMS
>
>"May we all dig ours Roots to form the Branches of our Tree"
>
>

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