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- FIRST SETTLERS OF WEAKLEY COUNTY (TN)
"Ridgeway Settlement" on Cane Creek was the next area to open up in the county. This settlement was located in the vicinity of Palmersville. Levi Mizell, Joseph Wilson and John Webb settled here before the county was organized . They were soon followed by the Ridgeways, Buckleys, Killebrews, Dr. Jubilee Rogers,
Benjamin Bondurant,
Richard Porter, Jeptha and Alfred Gardner and Robert Powell. A short time later they were followed by Nelson Nailing, Vincent Rust, Claiborne Stone, Thomas Parham, John H. Reavis and others.
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