Eagletons

Listed in THE FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA, Vol. VI.

General David Eagleton of Eaglesham on the Clyde River near Glascow, Scotland, had a son, David, from whom American clan descended. He came to English America sometime before the outbreak of the American Revolution and settled briefly near Philadelphia. Thence, he moved to Craig's Fort, Blount County, Tennessee. There he married a Miss Kelley, and to them were born a daughter and five sons. Of the latter, William [1796-1866] reputed to have been a very effective speaker and noble Christian leader and minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro for thirty seven years, merits special attention. On January11,1976 a portrait in oil of the minister was presented to the church and placed beside an old marble plaque containing the following inscription:

In Memoriam
Rev. William Eagleton
Born Blount County, Tennessee
March 25, 1796
died at Murfreesboro
March 28,1866
He came to us in December, 1829
And for 37 years brought to us
The bread of life
How good and true, how guileless
And faithful, how sympathizing
And affectionate
This shepard was
We his flock only know

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