A History of Rattle and Snap

One day, William and the governor got involved in a gambling game. The governor was losing very badly, and in order to clear his debts, he threw one of those land grants into the pot. The game they were playing was called beans, similar to dice or craps of today. They would take large numbered beans, rattle them in their hands, and throw them to the ground with a snap of their fingers. With that one snap, William Polk won 5,648 acres of prime Maury County.

Now William had no use for the land. He had already built his home up in Spring Hill. That home was called Will’s Grove. It later became Hayne’s Haven and today we know it as the Saturn Corporation.

William decided to split the land among his four sons. The first son to move here was Lucius, and he built Hamilton Place. The second son to move here was Leonidas, and he built Ashwood Hall. The third son was Rufus and he built across the

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