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About 3 miles southeast, the lake was discovered in 1785 by Henry Rutherford, who surveyed the majority of west Tennessee. It was originally named Boyd's Lake for the Rev. Adam Boyd, chaplin of the North Carolina Regiment in the Revolution, who later held extensive grants in this area.
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McKenzie, Tennessee · United States
