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... County seat should continue as the capital until at least 1802 . When the constitutional limit expired , legislators continued to meet in Knoxville for an indefinite period . In 1807 they met in Kingston for one day , in order to ...
... County seat should continue as the capital until at least 1802 . When the constitutional limit expired , legislators continued to meet in Knoxville for an indefinite period . In 1807 they met in Kingston for one day , in order to ...
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... County . At mid - century , other towns in all sections of the state grew rapidly , and several had populations in ... county seat of Maury County , was the third largest town , with 2,977 people in 1850 . Murfreesboro , county ...
... County . At mid - century , other towns in all sections of the state grew rapidly , and several had populations in ... county seat of Maury County , was the third largest town , with 2,977 people in 1850 . Murfreesboro , county ...
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... county histories have been Inez Burns's history of Blount County , Mary U. Rothrock and others on Knox County , Carl Sims's work on Ruther- ford County , Dixon Merritt and others on Wilson County , Helen and Joseph M. Krechniak on ...
... county histories have been Inez Burns's history of Blount County , Mary U. Rothrock and others on Knox County , Carl Sims's work on Ruther- ford County , Dixon Merritt and others on Wilson County , Helen and Joseph M. Krechniak on ...
Contents
Indian Inhabitants | 17 |
The Europeans Struggle for Control | 30 |
Beginnings of Settlement and Revolution | 48 |
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Tennessee: A Short History Stanley John Folmsbee,Robert Ewing Corlew,Enoch L. Mitchell Snippet view - 1969 |
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