By Shannon McFarlin News Director
Paris, Tenn.–A treasure trove of historic records was recently donated to the Henry County Archives from the County Clerk’s Office.
Clerk Donna Craig donated over a dozen books found in a vault of her office in the courthouse–some dating as far back as the 1820s.
The books include old ledger books, cash journals, wills, marriage books, audit reports and other records.
County Archivist Stephanie Tayloe was tickled to receive them. “These books represent a lot of our county’s history,” she said, “and we’re happy to have them here”.
Craig said her office was running out of room and they found the books when they were cleaning out an old vault. The county archives committee approved the transfer of the books from her office to the archives.
“A lot of the books were falling apart and I knew we needed to get them somewhere where they could be taken care of,” Donna said.
The books are now being housed in area at the archives where they can be properly looked after and restored as much as possible. Archivists also are detailing the contents of the books.
Photo by Shannon McFarlin.