Rural Free Delivery ("RFD") service began out of Scotts Hill on Aug. 15, 1904. The very first carriers were John H. Fanning and Elbert E. Butler who, after a few years, resigned and moved to Lexington to become prominent businessmen.
- The History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, Gordon H. Turner,
Sr.,
(Carter Printing Company,
Southaven, Mississippi, 1977).