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Farm first settled in 1830 by Joseph Williamson and family in the small community of Liberty just east of Granville. Historic home built in 1850 by Andrew Jackson Vantrease. Samuel Sampson Carver purchased property in 1890, operating a saw mill, blacksmith shop, and general store in addition to his agricultural uses.
Edmund George Zagorski (December 27, 1954 – November 1, 2018) [1] was an American convicted murderer from Michigan who was executed by the state of Tennessee for the 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter in Robertson County.
The Athens Post was founded in 1848 as a weekly. [4] It ceased publication in 1917. [5] The Athenian was founded in 1883, [6] with an 1886 circulation of about 1,000. [7] In its early history it billed itself as a Republican newspaper published weekly on Fridays. [8]
Bridge to Home started in late 2019, and was quickly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted AAHS to keep families sheltered for longer than otherwise would have been the case.
Location of Giles County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Giles County, Tennessee.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Giles County, Tennessee, United States.
McMinn County was created in 1819 from Indian lands and was named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758–1824). [1] McMinn was a militia commander during the Revolutionary War, a member of the territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, and eventually governor of the state of Tennessee.
First United Presbyterian Church is a historic African-American church at 321 N. Jackson Street in Athens, Tennessee.. The church was established in 1889 or 1890 as a mission church, led by minister Jacob L. Cook. [2] Cook, a native of Athens and the son of former slaves, had attended Fisk University as a member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, then went on to graduate from Knoxville College.
Counties of Tennessee Location State of Tennessee Number 95 Populations 5,128 (Pickett) - 910,042 (Shelby) Areas 114 sq mi (300 km 2) (Trousdale) -755 sq mi (1,960 km 2) (Shelby) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most ...