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McNairy County, Tennessee
McNairy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,866. The county seat and largest city is Selmer. McNairy County is located along Tennessee's border with the state of Mississippi. Sheriff Buford Pusser, whose story was told in the '' Walking Tall'' series of movies, was the sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970.Buford Pusser, the Man, his Career, and Tragedies , Buford Pusser Museum website; retrieved October 23, 2013. McNairy County is the location of the Coon Creek Science Center, a notable |
John McNairy
John McNairy (March 30, 1762 – November 12, 1837) was a U.S. federal judge in Tennessee. He was the judge for the Southwest Territory, and for the United States District Court for the District of Tennessee, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, back when one judge covered all three districts. McNairy and Andrew Jackson went to school together and read law together, and travelled together to the Mero District of North Carolina in the late 1780s to set up the federal judiciary in what is now Tennessee. George Washington appointed McNairy to be judge, and McNairy appointed Jackson to a position roughly equivalent to U.S. Attorney. Education and career McNairy was born on March 30, 1762, in Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America. Other sources state that he was born near Horsepen Creek in the vicinity of the now extinct settlement of Martinsville, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastview, Tennessee
Eastview is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee. The population was 705 at the 2010 census, the town is located on the Southside outskirts of Selmer, Tennessee History Eastview is rooted in a three-room house and filling station established by the Littlejohn family in 1927. These buildings both faced east, giving the town its name. Eastview incorporated in the late 1960s.Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 68. Geography Eastview is located at (35.081209, -88.550886). The town is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 45 and Tennessee State Route 57, a few miles north of the Tennessee-Mississippi state line. The town's municipal boundaries stretch along US 45 to Selmer to the north and Guys to the south. Michie and Ramer lie along SR 57 to the east and west, respectively. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 618 peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 – May 7, 2025) was an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" characters on both sides of the law. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles in the Westerns '' Guns of the Magnificent Seven'' (1969) and '' Wild Rovers'' (1971), before his breakthrough role as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the film '' Walking Tall'' (1973). Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Baker found success playing both leading and supporting roles, including a mafia hitman in '' Charley Varrick'' (1973), a brute force detective in '' Mitchell'' (1975), a legendary baseball player in '' The Natural'' (1984), a police chief in the Chevy Chase comedy '' Fletch'' (1985), and a morally dubious private investigator in Martin Scorsese's ''Cape Fear'' (1991). He was in three James Bond films, as both a villain and an ally, portraying Brad Whitaker in '' The Living Daylights'' (1987) with Timothy Dalton, and CIA agent Jack Wade in ''GoldenEye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Tall (other)
Walking Tall may refer to: * ''Walking Tall'' (1973 film), a 1973 film *'' Walking Tall Part 2'', (a.k.a. ''The Legend of Buford Pusser''), a 1975 sequel to ''Walking Tall'' *'' Walking Tall: Final Chapter'', a 1977 sequel to ''Walking Tall Part 2''. * ''A Real American Hero'' (film), a 1978 made-for-television remake of ''Walking Tall'' (1973). * ''Walking Tall'' (TV series), a 1981 television series adaptation of the films of the same name * ''Walking Tall'' (2004 film), a remake of the 1973 film of the same name *'' Walking Tall: The Payback'', a 2007 sequel to the 2004 film ''Walking Tall'' *'' Walking Tall: Lone Justice'', a 2007 sequel to ''Walking Tall: The Payback'' See also * Walk Tall (other) * Standing Tall (other) {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonshine
Moonshine is alcohol proof, high-proof liquor, traditionally made or distributed alcohol law, illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of distilling the alcohol (drug), alcohol at night to avoid detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial distilleries have adopted the term for its outlaw cachet and have begun producing their own legal "moonshine", including many novelty flavored varieties, that are said to continue the tradition by using a similar method and/or locale of production. In 2013, moonshine accounted for about one-third of global alcohol consumption. Terminology Different languages and countries have their own terms for moonshine . Fractional crystallization The ethanol may be concentrated in fermented beverages by means of freezing. For example, the name ''Applejack (drink), applejack'' derives from the traditional method of producing the drink, ''wikt:jack#Verb, jacking'', the process of Freeze distillation#Freeze distillation, fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Historical Society
The Tennessee Historical Society is a historical society for the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was established in 1849. Its founding president from 1849 to 1856 was Nathaniel Cross, a Princeton University, Princeton-educated professor of Ancient Languages at the University of Nashville. See also * List of historical societies in the United States#Tennessee, List of historical societies in Tennessee References 1849 establishments in Tennessee Historical societies in Tennessee {{Tennessee-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson County, Tennessee
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with its county seat in Lexington, and with a population of 27,842 as of the 2020 census. The county was founded in 1821 and named after James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812.W.C. Crooks,Henderson County" ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: October 17, 2013. History Henderson County was established in 1821; it was named after Lt. Colonel James Henderson, Jr. (1775–1814), of the Tennessee State Militia, who was killed in late December 1814 below New Orleans during a clash with the British Army. Henderson is said to have served in earlier conflicts such as the Creek Indian war, which took place during the same overall time period as the War of 1812. After the Battle of New Orleans, Major General William Carroll’s Tennessee brigade, which was the largest single force under General Andrew Jackson’s command in Louisiana, established their outgoing camp upriver from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Unionist
In the United States, Southern Unionists were white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America and the Southern Border States opposed to secession. Many fought for the Union during the Civil War. These people are also referred to as Southern Loyalists, Union Loyalists,Philip B. Lyons, ''Statesmanship and Reconstruction: Moderate Versus Radical Republicans on Restoring the Union After the Civil War'' (Lexington Books, 2014), p. 262: "Hart was one of the first native white Union Loyalists to speak out in favor of black suffrage and equal rights." or Lincoln's Loyalists. Pro-Confederates in the South derided them as "Tories" (in reference to the pro-Crown Loyalists of the American Revolution). During Reconstruction, these terms were replaced by " scalawag" (or "scallywag"), which covered all Southern whites who supported the Republican Party. Tennessee (especially East Tennessee), Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, North Carolina, and Virginia (which included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fayetteville Observer
''The Fayetteville Observer'' is an American English-language daily newspaper published in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Founded in 1816, it is the oldest local newspaper published in North Carolina. The paper originally operated as the ''Carolina Observer'' before rebranding to the Fayetteville Observer in 1833. It was locally owned by the McMurray family from 1923 to 2016, when it was acquired by GateHouse Media, which became Gannett in an acquisition in 2019. History The ''Fayetteville Observer'' is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the ''Carolina Observer''. The ''Fayetteville Observer'' was not published between 1865 and 1883, so the Wilmington ''Star-News'' (founded in 1867) is North Carolina's oldest continually published newspaper. The name was changed to the ''Fayetteville Observer'' in 1833. The ''Observer''s offices were destroyed by William T. Sherman's invading army in 1865. It was refounded as ''The Fayetteville Observer'' in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of America, Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by U.S. state, states that had Secession in the United States, seceded from the Union. The Origins of the American Civil War, central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether Slavery in the United States, slavery should be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prohibited from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War, Decades of controversy over slavery came to a head when Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion, won the 1860 presidential election. Seven Southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purdy, Tennessee
Purdy, Tennessee is a rural unincorporated community 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of Selmer in McNairy County, Tennessee. Until 1890, Purdy was the county seat of McNairy County. Failed development in the 1850s kept the community rural thereafter, without industries, major business ventures or tourism. During the Civil War the town was a crossroads, but during the war damage was done to the town which led to its decline. Demographics In 1850, according to Census records, the population of Purdy was 260. The population was residing in 43 dwellings in the district.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/mcnairy/census/1850/1850-pudey.txt rootsweb.com, Census, Purdy, 1850 Geography Purdy is located at 35.22670 North, 88.53060 West, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of Selmer in McNairy County.http://wayhoo.com/index.php?a=wlist&sr=20&state=TN&map=Purdy WayHoo.com Geographic coordinates The elevation above sea level is 570 ft (173.7 m). History Purdy was platted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardin County, Tennessee
Hardin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 26,831. The county seat is Savannah, Tennessee, Savannah. Hardin County is located north of and along the borders of Mississippi and Alabama. The county was founded in November 1819 and named posthumously for Joseph Hardin, Sr., Col. Joseph Hardin, a American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War soldier and a legislative representative for the Province of North Carolina; the State of Franklin; and the Southwest Territory. Hardin County was the site of the Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) during the American Civil War, Civil War. History The Hardin Expedition Two parties of settlers (totaling 26) struck out from Knoxville, Tennessee in late spring of 1816 bound for the general area which would eventually become Savannah, Tennessee. The first party, traveling by boat, came by way of the Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
