Editing Minor Hill, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Minor Hill is named for Joseph Minor, an early settler in the area. A later owner of the Minor tract donated part of it for the establishment of a school, church, and cemetery in the mid-19th century.  A post office was established in 1870, and the city incorporated that same year.<ref name=county>"[http://www.gilescounty-tn.us/communities.aspx Community History]," Giles County website.  Accessed: October 31, 2016.</ref>

[[File:Minor-Hill-horse-carriage-1900-tn1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Horse-and-buggy in Minor Hill, c.&nbsp;1900]]

On November 19, 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate scout [[Sam Davis]] was captured at Minor Hill.  He was taken to Pulaski, where he was executed eight days later.  A monument to Davis now stands in Minor Hill at the site where he was captured.<ref name=county />

Noted gospel song book publisher [[James David Vaughan]] published his first song book in Minor Hill in 1900.  Vaughan and three of his brothers performed as a gospel quartet throughout the region.<ref name=county />