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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.
He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1897 from Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee and read law in 1899. He entered private practice in Dresden, Tennessee from 1900 to 1905, during which time he was also a newspaper editor, teacher and a Master in Chancery for the Tennessee Chancery Court in Weakley County. [2] [3]
Annie Somers was born at "The Oaks", her father's plantation near Dresden, Tennessee, 1841. [2] [3] Her father, James Somers, served in the War of 1812.In 1820, he married Ann McFarland of Wilson County, Tennessee, and removing to Weakley County, Tennessee, he amassed a large fortune, the major part of which he lost during the civil war.
He married Sarah Glass on September 30, 1828. Together with his wife and her parents he moved to Weakley County in 1832, where they initially reported owning eight horses, about five or six slaves, and $2,000 ($61,040 in 2023) in cash. They first settled six miles northeast of Dresden, Tennessee. There they remained until 1838. [1]
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 ...
Weakley County, Tennessee; Template:Weakley County, Tennessee; P. The Pacer; T. Tennessee's 24th Senate district This page was last edited on 9 July 2022, at 12: ...
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Weakley County, Tennessee" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
(Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Tennessee) G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: Tennessee". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 881. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers) Jack Mooney, ed., A History of Tennessee Newspapers (1996)
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