This is the 2nd known Journal
of Clayborne S. Hooper
05/30/1845 - 12/29/1919

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As prepared by Tony E. England
Editors note: We realized several years ago that our readers are very interested in the history of our area and the residents that came before us. Recently I was approached by Tony England who told me about a journal he had come upon, kept by a local resident on a daily basis from 1905 - 1916. He read some of it to me and offered to put it together for us to share with our readers.

 Mr. England is admittedly not a great typist, and is painstakingly handwriting the pages of this journal and getting them to us to share with you. We are honored to be able to share a glimpse at every day life in our area 100 years ago, and we hope you enjoy it.
 A note from Tony England:

 “I am going to start writing from an old journal that was kept by Clayborne S. Hooper who lived around Sams Creek at Kingston Springs. The journal was kept day to day from January 1905 to June 1916. Clayborne, was also called Clabe, Cabe, and C.S. He was born May 30, 1845 and died December 29, 1919. Born and raised on Sams Creek near the railroad, he married Mary A. Riggan. Some of their children were, Elisha called Lish; Julius, Benton and Ewing.

This is a great historical and genealogical journal. All entries relate to Kingston Springs, Pegram Station, Sams Creek, Dog Creek and a little White Bluff.

I am going to try and write it ‘as is’ in the journal, complete with misspelled words as well as some misspelled names. This will a long writing from the journal and probably last over a year. Don’t miss a single issue of the South Cheatham Advocate Newspaper or you will miss an important part of the journal.

Thanks to Dale Graham, for letting me do this. Most of all thanks to all of the readers interested in this historical piece.

Tony E. England