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State Symbols |
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Place-Names |  Flags of
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| County |
Established |
Named
in honor of |
| Tipton |
1823 |
Jacob Tipton, who raised
a company for defense of the
Northwest Territory against the
Indians. He was killed while
leading an attack November
4,1791. |
| Trousdale |
1870 |
Governor William
Trousdale, who served with Andrew
Jackson at Pensacola and New
Orleans. He commanded the 14th
U.S. Infantry in the Mexican War
and was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general for gallantry.
He served as governor, 1849-51,
and was later U.S. minister to
Brazil. |
| Unicoi |
1875 |
Named for the Indian
tribal name, Unaka, which means
"white," also the name
given to the mountain range in
the county. |
| Union |
1850 |
Named in honor the
strong sentiment of the people in
the region for the preservation
of the federal union. |
| Van Buren |
1840 |
Martin
Van Buren, U.S. senator from New
York, 1821-28; governor of New
York, 1829; secretary of state to
President Jackson, 1829- 31;
vice-president of the United
States, 1833-37; eighth president
of the United States, 1837-41. |
| Warren |
1807 |
General Joseph Warren of
Massachusetts, Revolutionary War
patriot killed at the Battle
of Bunker Hill, 1775. |
| Washington |
1777 |
George
Washington, colonel in the
Colonial Army, commander-in-chief
of the Revolutionary Army, first
president of the United States of
America. |
| Wayne |
1819 |
Major General Anthony
Wayne
of Pennsylvania. His daring,
usually successful, exploits
during the Revolutionary War
earned for him the nickname
"Mad Anthony." |
| Weakley |
1823 |
Robert Weakley, member
of the North Carolina
Constitutional Convention; a
member of the Tennessee House of
Representatives, 1796; colonel of
militia; speaker of the state
Senate; member of Congress and
the 1834 state Constitutional
Convention. |
| White |
1806 |
John White, veteran of
the Revolutionary War, first
settler in what later became
White County. |
| Williamson |
1799 |
Dr. Hugh Williamson,
colonel and surgeon general of
the North Carolina Militia; a
member of the Assembly from
Edenton, 1782; later elected to
the Continental Congress for
three terms; and signer of the
Constitution of North Carolina.
The county seat is named for his
friend, Benjamin Franklin. |
| Wilson |
1799 |
David Wilson, who served
with distinction in the
Revolutionary War. Later he was a
member of the Territorial
Assembly and speaker of the House
of Representatives in 1794. |
Source: Tennessee Blue Book
1991 - 1994
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