My whole family on the maternal side once lived in the Poorhouse. Grandaddy ran it - he bid two oxen, one wagon, two plow horses and a milk cow to get the job. My mother and her two sisters and two brothers helped with the chores along with grandaddy and granny. He ran it for two years on his bid and then was outbid by another fellow who had two milk cows to offer. But he got back in the next term cause the other guy's cows went dry. My third uncle was born in the Poorhouse. This was all back in the early 1900's and all are gone now but I can still look out my bedroom window, across the river and see where it stood. The property is now owned by John and Louise (Mandrell) Haywood. He a descendant of the historian that wrote of early Tennessee history. They have had erected a 40' high white cross on the hillside where the Poorhouse was located and it is lit up at night and can bee seen for miles. I probably wouldn't know any of this had I not found it in the County Court Minutes. It was never discussed by anyone in my family that I can remember but when I found it and asked my mother about it, she really unloaded on me what a wonderful time they all had living in the Poorhouse. Seems I recall from the Court Minutes that the Poorhouse Budget was something like $750.00 a year on average, which included salary and care of the poor. Medical treatments were paid for with farm produce like cabbage, potatoes, corn, ham, etc.. I remember a sulphur well there that my Dad used to take us to once a month for a cure-all 1/2 pint drink from a community fruit jar. (ugh) But he never mentioned anything about Mother's family having lived there. There was another well there also that contained mineral waters that were supposed to contain curative ingredients which was at one time shipped out all over the country and sold on passing trains. Rsp. Jim