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Weakley County was created in October 1823 from some of the land that the Chickasaw people ceded to the United States in the Treaty of 1818. The county was named after Colonel Robert Weakley, a member of the House of Representatives, a speaker of the State Senate, and the man commissioned to treat (negotiate) with the Chickasaw. [4]
The Franklin County Courthouse is a historic building in Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. It is the courthouse of Franklin County, Tennessee. The building was the third courthouse built for Franklin County. The first one was built in 1814 and the second one in 1839. The third and current courthouse was built in 1936–1937. [2]
Irregular pattern along Main, Deford, Guinn, Church, College, Williams and Cook Sts.; also 410 and 506 Main St.; also roughly bounded by College St., Main St., Tennessee St., and Williams St. 35°13′38″N 88°14′59″W / 35.2272°N 88.2497°W / 35.2272; -88.2497 ( Savannah Historic
On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee, [2] and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the necessity of Supreme Court Justices riding the circuits. It was this legislation which ...
Oak Street and US Highway 64: Winchester: former home of Arthur Marks, son of Governor Albert S. Marks. Significantly damaged in a fire in 1990. [6] Delisted between June 5, 1990 and December 20, 1990, but reinstated. 3: Knies Blacksmith Shop: April 11, 1973 (#73001765) January 29, 2013: 118 N. Jefferson St. Winchester: 4: Col. James Lewis House
Winchester was created as the seat of justice for Franklin County by act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 22, 1809, and was laid out the following year. [1] The town is named for James Winchester, a soldier in the American Revolution, first Speaker of the Tennessee Legislature, and a brigadier general in the War of 1812, though he never lived in Winchester. [9]
Location of Weakley County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Weakley County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Sharon is a town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 988 at the 2000 census and 944 at the 2010 census. The population was 988 at the 2000 census and 944 at the 2010 census.