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October 18 – Sullivan County is created from Washington County, making it the second-oldest county in what is now Tennessee. 1780 October 7 – Overmountain Men from Washington and Sullivan Counties win the pivotal Battle of Kings Mountain near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, after a march over the mountains.
Salem was laid out on the Salem and Eagleville Pike. [2] A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840. [3]However, in the 1800s to the mid-1900s or so, there was a place called spoken of at the Salem community in or near Birchwood, Tennessee.
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
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 ...
1822 - County courthouse burns down. [4] 1826 - Tennessee state capital moves from Murfreesboro to Nashville. [1] 1827 - Temperance Society formed. [1] 1828 - Andrew Jackson visits town. [1] 1830 - Population: 786. [1] 1832 - May 7: Tornado. [5] 1838 - Tennessee Telegraph newspaper begins publication. [6] 1841 - Union University founded. [2 ...
In Mississippi a county broke away from the Confederacy and freed the slaves, becoming the Free State of Jones. [110] In Texas, local officials harassed and murdered Unionists and Germans during the Civil War. In Cooke County, Texas, 150 suspected Unionists were arrested; 25 were lynched without trial and 40 more were hanged after a summary ...
1828 – The Atlas becomes the first steamboat to reach Knoxville, having successfully navigated the lower Tennessee River; 1834 – East Tennessee Historical and Antiquarian Society founded. 1844 – Tennessee Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb established. [7] 1845 – Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church congregation established.
1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee. [7] 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind [14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established. [12] 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established. [5] 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built. [5] 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room [8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded ...