Mc Call's Spring; Formerly Cove or Lillard Spring.
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The McAfee brothers, James McCoun, Jr., and Samuel Adams, first white men to explore this area, 1773. Cove Spring and Cove Spring Branch in Franklin County boundary line, 1794. Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA, and troops camped here on their way to join General Bragg Oct. 9, 1862. Only known time Spring's supply was exhausted.
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