Morning Sun is an archaic place name in
Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 929,744. It is the largest of the state's List of counties in Tennessee, 95 counties, both in terms of ...
in the United States. Morning Sun is about east of
Memphis
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History
There was a stage coach road between Morning Sun and
Brunswick, Tennessee. The Morning Sun post office opened in 1830 at the Seed Tick and Old Stage Coach crossroad.
Morning Sun Cemetery is a Presbyterian cemetery located at Morning Sun Cumberland Presbyterian Church, founded in 1852. Morning Sun was the site of the so-called
Battle of Morning Sun during the American Civil War,
described as "Confederate cavalry raid on a well-guarded Union wagon train."
An 1886 letter to the ''
Memphis Avalanche
The ''Memphis'' ''Avalanche'', also ''Memphis Daily Avalanche'', was a newspaper of Tennessee
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'' described the town as somewhat languishing: "Those who knew Morning Sun before the war and see it now would not recognize it as the same. There are but few of the old citizens here and the business part has moved higher up. We have two one-horse stores and two steam mills and gins with saw attached to one owned by J. B. Stewart and the Russels. As there was a good corn crop last year the whistles are heard every Saturday and both I believe are kept busy."
References
Populated places in Shelby County, Tennessee
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