in the State of Tennessee
HISTORY
by James W. Hofstead and Lewis F. Parsly
The Tennessee Society of Colonial Wars was formed in 1923 with some twenty-four charter members. The original Society became dormant, and its charter was rescinded in 1951, but the following year under a reactivation plan a new charter was issued. In 1961 a report stated that the Society was being too particular as to selection of members as top social standing was being required. By 1963 another record notes that “We are now working very hard on restoring the Chapter to its standing it should hold in the State of Tennessee.” The Tennessee Society fell dormant and held its last meeting about 1972 when Dr. B. H. Webster was elected Deputy Governor from Tennessee, and he so remained without further election, apparently, until 1990. Dr. Webster died in 1991.
On 3 November 1990 a reorganizational meeting was held, and a new board of officers was elected. Governor General Helm attended and installed the new officers. A second meeting was held in February 1991, and hopefully we will establish a pattern of meeting regularly and rotating our officers. We are making an effort to recruit new members. Approximately ten new members were signed on during 199o-1991. McCarthy DeMere, Surgeon of the Tennessee Society, represented this Society at the annual meeting in Kansas City in 1991.
A meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in Tennessee was held at Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville, on 2 November 1991 with all incumbents reelected with the exception that George Alexander Heard and James W. Hofstead exchanged offices with Mr. Heard becoming governor and Mr. Hofstead becoming deputy governor general.
GOVERNORS
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1923 – 1924 | Timothy Asbury Wright |
| 1924 – 1925 | Henry Hudson |
| 1925 – 1926 | Henry Lippee Durell |
| 1927 – | James Anderson Huff |
| 1929 – 1930 | James Polk Tarwater |
| 1930 – 1934 | Cap Kendrick Hill |
| 1934 – 1936 | Tom Tarwater |
| 1936 – 1944 | Frederick John Manley |
| 1952 – 1957 | Charles Niles Grosvenor, Jr. |
| 1957 – 1961 | Frank Marshall Gilliland, Jr. |
| 1961 – 1963 | Hammond Fowler |
| 1963 – 1965 | Oren Austin Oliver |
| 1965 – 1966 | Earle Ligon Whittington |
| 1966 – 1970 | Burnice H. Webster |
| 1970 – 1971 | W. Mallory Morris |
| 1971 – 1978 | O. N. Wilson, Jr. |
| 1978 – 1980 | Horace Ankeney Donham |
| 1980 – 1990 | James Amos Hamilton, Jr. |
| 1990 – 1991 | James W. Hofstead |
| 1991 – 1992 | George Alexander Heard |
| 1992 – 1994 | David J. Mahanes |
| 1994 – 2000 | Larry Duncan McClanahan |
| 2000 – 2002 | Douglas Moseley Kerr |
| 2002 – 2010 | Colby Shannon Morgan, Jr. |
| 2010 – 2014 | William Lafiew Eubank III |
| 2014 – 2018 | David Lee Eagan |
| 2018 – 2022 | Colby Shannon Morgan |
| 2022 – 2024 | Edward Henry Phillips III |
| 2024 – | Randall Hall Chandler |