The Early Settlers Zinc Monument - Selmer, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 10.229 W 088° 35.601
16S E 354900 N 3893111
Neat zinc monument to the migration of people and settling in this county
Waymark Code: WM16202
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2022
Views: 4
County of monument: Location of monument: Court St., courthouse lawn, Selmer
Monument erected by Som of Their Descendants
Monument erected: 1903
Monument text:
(East Side - Front):
THIS MONUMENT
is
Erected in
Affectionate Memory
of
THE EARLY SETTLERS
OF
McNAIRY COUNTY
and The Town of Purdy
By Some of
Their Descendants,
A. D. 1903.
McNairy County was established October 8, 1823 - and Purdy became the County Seat in 1825.
The County Seat was removed to Selmer in 1890.
HOMONES ANTIQUA
VIRTUTE ET FIDE.
(West Side - rear): [Names of Early Settlers ~ both upper text, and on the lower base, both are readable in the photo gallery]
(North side - Proper left): [Names of Early Settlers ~ both upper text, and on the lower base, both are readable in the photo gallery]
(South side - Proper Right): [Names of Early Settlers ~ both upper text, and on the lower base, both are readable in the photo gallery]