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 Tennessee
State Symbols |
 Tennessee
Place-Names |  Flags of
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| County |
Established |
Named
in honor of |
| Anderson |
1801 |
Senator Joseph Anderson
(1797-1815), formerly judge of
the Territory South of the River
Ohio, 1791-96; later comptroller
of the treasury under President
Madison. |
| Bedford |
1807 |
Thomas Bedford, Jr.,
native of Virginia, member of the
Virginia Assembly and officer in
the Revolutionary War. He moved
to Tennessee around 1795 where he
had obtained large tracts of
lands around Nashville. He later
moved from Davidson to Rutherford
County where he settled at
Jefferson Springs and contributed
to settlement and development of
Rutherford County. He died in
1804. |
| Benton |
1835 |
David Benton, member of
the Third Regiment of Tennessee
Militia in the Creek Indian Wars,
early settler and farmer,
instrumental in the establishment
of the county. |
| Bledsoe |
1807 |
Anthony Bledsoe, captain
of the Colonial Army from
Virginia, major in the
Revolutionary Army, and a colonel
of Tennessee Militia. One of the
first settlers of Sumner County,
he was killed near his home by
Indians in 1788. |
| Blount |
1795 |
 William
Blount,
member of the North Carolina
Legislature; twice member of
Continental Congress; governor of
the Territory South of the River
Ohio, 1790-1796; founder of city
of Knoxville; U.S. senator from
Tennessee, 1796-97; speaker of
the state Senate, 1798. |
| Bradley |
1836 |
Colonel Edward Bradley
of Shelby County, colonel of
Hale's Regiment, later colonel of
the 15th Regiment of Tennessee
Volunteers (Bradley's) in the War
of 1812. |
| Campbell |
1806 |
(Reportedly) Colonel
Arthur Campbell, member of the
Virginia House of Burgesses,
commanded the 70th Regiment
Virginia Militia in the
Revolution, commissioner for
negotiation of Indian treaties in
1781. |
| Cannon |
1836 |
Newton Cannon, governor
of Tennessee, 1835-39; member of
Congress, 1814-17 and 1821-27;
served in Creek War and War of
1812. |
| Carroll |
1821 |
William Carroll, an
officer in the War of 1812;
governor of Tennessee, 1821-27
and 1829-35; served as governor
longer than any other person in
state history. |
| Carter |
1796 |
Landon Carter, treasurer
of Wahington and Hamilton
Districts, speaker of the first
state of Franklin Senate, later
its secretary of state, and
lieutenant colonel of the
Washington District Militia. |
| Cheatham |
1856 |
Edwin S. Cheatham,
speaker of the Senate, Tennessee
Legislature, 1855-61. |
| Chester |
1879 |
(Successor to Wisdom
County.) Colonel Robert I.
Chester, quartermaster of the
Washington County (Tennessee)
Regiment, War of 1812; early
postmaster at Jackson; U.S.
marshall of the Western District. |
| Claiborne |
1801 |
William C.C. Claiborne,
governor of Mississippi
Territory; judge of the Superior
Court of Tennessee, 1796-97; and
representative in Congress. Later
became governor of Louisiana and
was senator-elect from that state
when he died. |
| Clay |
1870 |
Henry Clay,
representative in Congress from
Kentucky for many years, sometime
speaker of the House, U.S.
senator and secretary of state to
President John Quincy Adams,
three times a candidate for the
office of president. |
| Cocke |
1797 |
Senator William Cocke
(1796, 1797, 1799-1805), officer
of the Revolutionary Army, a
leader of the state of Franklin,
and member of the Legislature of
the Territory South of the River
Ohio. |
| Coffee |
1836 |
Major General John
Coffee, soldier, surveyor, and
close friend of Andrew Jackson.
Tennessee troops under his
command took a decisive part in
the New Orleans Campaign,
December 23, 1814, to January 8,
1815. |
| Crockett |
1871 |
David Crockett, Tennessee frontiersman
who represented Tennessee in
Congress from 1827-31 and
1833-35. Killed at the Alamo in
1836 during the war for Texas
independence. |
| Cumberland |
1855 |
The Cumberland Mountains that were named for the
Duke of Cumberland by Dr. Thomas
Walker of Virginia about 1748. |
Source: Tennessee Blue Book
1991 - 1994
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