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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McNairy County, Tennessee.= Official Website =McNairy County was formed in 1823 from parts of Hardin County, and was named for Judge John McNairy.Buford Pusser served as the sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970. The courthouse and jail in Selmer were his base of operations. He gained prominence for his fight against illegal dis...
The Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, also known as Battle of Davis Bridge or Battle of Matamora , was fought on October 5, 1862, in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee , as the final engagement of the Iuka–Corinth Campaign of the American Civil War . Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn 's army successfully evaded capture by the Union Army , following his defeat at the (Second) Battle of Co...