The old settlers met in Marion on Saturday, July 10, 1880 at 2 o’clock p.m. and organized a second time by appointing Dr. Bundy chairman and Dr. Lodge secretary. On motion of Rev. A.T. Benson and seconded by R.T. Pulley, it was resolved “That all persons a resident of Williamson County prior to 1860 and fifty years of age or older, be invited to meet each other at the Fair Grounds near Marion on Thursday, August 12, 1880 and have an old fashioned barbeque and talk over old times.”
The committee of arrangements appointed is composed of the following gentlemen: R.M. Hundley, chairman; R.T. Pulley; M.C. Campbell; Lark Arrington; Jack Perkins; A.T. Benson and S.S. Vick. On motion of Mr. Maneese, a committee of five persons was appointed to solicit donations of money and provisions in each precinct:
| Marion – P.H. Lang, R.T. Pulley, A.T. Benson, J.A. Ensminger, W.E. Wiley |
| Southern – C.G. Maneese, J.C. Miller, H. Boles, Jasper Bradley, Sam Dowdy |
| Union – Jack Ward, Dr. Graham, I.W. Williams, Wes White, J. Pritchett, Buck Meredith |
| Saline – J.V. Trammell, Watt Mofield, W.T. Davis, Robert Parks, Carroll Henshaw |
| Rock Creek – Hez Beasley, Dan Richey, Sam Turner, W. Parks, Judge Spain |
| Crab Orchard – F.M. Norman, Wyatt Starrett, John Erwin, Dr. Huddleston, Samuel Pulley |
| Northern – J.H. Stewart, H.C. Mitchell, Steve Hearn, Amos Smith, George Ray |
| Lake Creek – W.G. Durham, A.J. Duncan, John Baiar, John Everett, David Willard |
| Herrin’s Prairie – D.R. Harrison, Wilshire Bandy, John Brown, K.J. Parsons, J.K. Dillard |
| Western – A.P. Reeves, John W. Morris, Jones Elliot, C. Kennedy, W.A. Sprague |
| Eight Mile – Lem Boren, Sam T. Russell, Giles Nelson, Dr. Hayton, Riley Farmer |
| Grassy – William Collins, John Tygett, Dr. Miles Baker, Lark Gallimore, Mart Gentry |
| Bainbridge – Frank Brown, Ben Walker, Worth Tippy, W.T. Chamness, A. Hudgens |
| Carterville – J.M. Crain, Thomas Matthew, W.H. Phillips, James M. Washburn, George McNeil |
Sam’s Notes: The Dr. Bundy referenced is Samuel Bundy, father of William H. Bundy.
(Extracted from Marion Monitor dated July 15, 1880; reprinted in Footprints in Williamson County, Volume 16, #2, Summer 2013)