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Members of the Andrews Volunteer Fire Department in 1988 shown are Jake Buchanan, Wendell Hedden (Chief), Ray Frazier (Assistant Chief), Tony Painter (First Captain), Gary Chambers (Captain), Bill Stiles (front row from left), Richard Mathis, Jack McGuire, Ed Holloway (Sergeant), Paul Owens, Bob Hogsed, Al Kilpatrick (First Lieutenant), Jamie Pack (Lieutenant), Jerry Trull and Bill Bateman (Secretary/Treasurer).  

The Valley River near where Welch would build his plantation, buy it back from the government after it having been taken from him, and where he would provide land for the Cherokee who had outlasted removal efforts.

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