50
YEARS BEFORE TENNESSEE'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Holston
River in eastern Tennessee, named for Stephen Holston
who built a cabin on its banks. The river is 115 miles
(185km) long. (Source
: Encyclopaedia Britannica).
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
A trading post
built on a Native American site on the Bristol
area in the Shenandoah Valley in Tennessee.
1772
First settlers
arrived in the Hawkins
County area, Tennessee.
The Watauga
Association drafted the first constitution, based on
Iroquois Federation laws ever written by white men in
America at Sycamore Shoals near Elizabethton in Tennessee.
1773
1774
1775
1776
JULY
4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
August
22, Tennessee, became part of North Carolina.
1777
Washington
County established in Tennessee, seat Jonesborough.
1778
1779
December 24,
Nashville founded in Davidson County, Tennessee
1780
Clarksville
settled, seat of Montgomery County in Tennessee.
Named for General George Rogers Clark. Coordinates 36°32'N-87°21'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Dunbar Cave.
Before marching
to the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, Revolutionary
War Patriots met for drill nearby Sycamore Shoals in
Carter County, Tennessee.
Greeneville,
settled by Scots-Irish Convenanters near the Nolichuckey
River in Greene County, Tennessee. Coordinates 36°10'N-82°50'W.
Named for Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.
Attractions & Recreation
: David Crockett birthplace, President
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.
1781
1782
1783
Davidson County
established in Tennessee, seat Nashville.
Greene County
established in Tennessee, seat Greeneville.
Greeneville,
appointed seat of Greene County in Tennessee.
1784
1785
1786
Hawkins County
established in Tennessee, seat Rogersville.
Sumner County
established in Tennessee, seat Gallatin.
August 17,
Davy(David) Crockett, born in Tennessee. Legendary frontiersman
and politician.
1787
1788
1789
1790
Tennessee population,
35,691 residents.
Davidson County population,
3,450 residents.
Greene County population,
7,741 residents.
Hawkins County population,
6,970 residents.
Montgomery County population,
1,387 residents.
Sevier County population,
3,619 residents.
Sullivan County population,
4,447 residents.
Sumner County population,
2,106 residents.
Washington County population,
5,872 residents.
William Blount,
appointed governor of Tennessee Territory (1790-1796).
May 26, South
of the Ohio River,Tennessee became a Territory of the
United States.
1791
1792
Jefferson County
established in Tennessee, seat Dandridge.
Knox County
established in Tennessee, seat Knoxville.
1793
1794
Sevier County
established in Tennessee, seat Sevierville.
Cities/Towns/Places : Gatlinburg,
Kodak, Pigeon Forge, Pitman Center, Sevierville, Seymour.
Attractions
& Recreation : Great Smoky Mountains
National Park.
Tusculum College,
established near Greenville in Greene County, Tennessee.
1795
Sevierville,
founded in Sevier County, Tennessee. Named for John
Sevier, first governor of Tennessee.
Attractions & Recreation : Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
July 11, Blount
County established in Tennessee, by an act of the Territorial
Assembly, seat Maryville.
1796
March
30, John Sevier
pioneer, soldier and statesman, appointed first governor
of Tennessee (1796-September 23, 1801). His forebears--the
Xaviers--were French Huguenots. Born on September 23,
1745 near present New Market in Rockingham County, Viirginia,
died on September 24, 1815, buried on the eastern bank
of the Tallapoosa River near Fort Decatur in Alabama..
June
1, Tennessee TN 16th state
admitted to the Union. Tennessee
Today :
capital Nashville. Area
42,146 sq.mi.(109.158km²), 36th largest state.
Counties 95 : Anderson, Bedford,
Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon,
Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester,
Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee,
Crockett, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dickson,
Dyer, Fayette, Fentress, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grainger,
Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardeman,
Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Hickman,
Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Konx,
Lake Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, McMinn,
McNairy, Macon, Madison, Marion; Marshall, Maury, Meigs,
Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry,
Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Roberston, Rutherford,
Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan,
Sumner, Tipton, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren,
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weakley, White, Williamson,
Wilson. Attractions
& Recreation : American Museum of Science
& Energy, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site,
Beech River Watershed Lakes, Big South Fork National
River & Recreation Area, Birthplace of Country Music
Alliance, Boone Lake, Center Hill Lake, Cheatham Lock
and Dam, Cherohala Skyway, Cherokee Lake, Cherokee National
Forest, Chickamauga Lake, Chickasaw National Wildlife
Refuge, Cordell Hull Dam and Reservoir, Cross Creeks
National Wildlife Refuge, Dale Hollow Lake, Dale Hollow
National Fish Hatchery, Douglas Lake,
Carter
County established in Tennessee, seat Elizabethton.
Grainger
County established in Tennessee, seat Rutledge.
Montgomery
County established in Tennessee, seat Clarksville.
Robertson
County established in Tennessee, seat Springfield.
1797
Cocke County
established in Tennessee, seat Newport.
Fort Adams
erected in Memphis, Tennessee by the United States.
February 15,
John Bell born near Nashville, Tennessee. Nominee for
president on the evening of the Civil War and Secretary
of War under President William Henry Harrison.
1798
Cragston mansion
a state historic site, construction begun by Revolutionary
general James Winchester, nearby Gallatin in Sumner
County, Tennessee.
1799
Smith County
established in Tennessee, seat Carthage.
Williamson County
established in Tennessee, seat Franklin.
Wilson County
established in Tennessee, seat Lebanon.
1800
Tennessee population,
105,602 residents.
1801
Claiborne County
established in Tennessee, seat Tazewell.
Roane County
established in Tennessee, seat Kingston.
July 5, David
G. Farragut, born in Knoxville, Tennessee. United States
admiral.
September 23,
Archibald Roane, elected governor of Tennessee (1801-September
23, 1803).
November 6,
Anderson County established in Tennessee, seat Clinton.
November 6, Jackson County created in Tennesssee as
eighteenth county. Named for President Andrew Jackson.
County seat Gainesboro.
1802
Gallatin founded,
seat of Sumner County in Tennessee. Coordinates 36°24'N-86°27'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Cragfont, Old Hickory Lake.
1803
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Dickson
County established in Tennessee, seat Charlotte.
Rutherford County established in Tennessee, seat Murfreesboro.
Stewart County established in Tennessee, seat Dover.
September 23, John Sevier, elected governor of Tennessee
(1803-September 20, 1809).
1804
1805
After a Treaty
was signed between Native Americans and the State of
Tennessee, ceding a part of the Sequatchie valley, first
settlers moved into the valley, in the Bledsoe County
area, Tennessee.
1806
Overton County
established in Tennessee, seat Livingston.
White County
established in Tennessee, seat Sparta.
August
26, West Hughes Humphreys, born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tennessee. Lawyer and Federal judge, as Confederate
judge he was impeached for supporting the secession
of the Southern states during the U.S. Civil War. Died
on October 16, 1882 near Nashville in Tennessee.
September 11,
Campbell County created in Tennessee, seat Jacksboro.
September 11,
Nashville city incorporated in Davidson County, Tennessee.
October 1,
Joseph Coleman, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1806-1809).
1807
Bledsoe County
established and incorporated by the Tennessee State
Legislature, from part of Roane County.
County seat Pikeville.
Columbia on
the Duck River, settled and appointed seat of Maury
County, Tennessee. Coordinates 35°37'N-87°02'W.
Franklin County
established in Tennessee, seat Winchester.
Ogle family
members settled in White Oak Flats (present Gatlinburg),
Sevier County, Tennessee. Attractions
& Recreation : Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ober Gatlinburg
Amusement Park, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies...
Hickman County
established in Tennessee, seat Centerville.
Maury County
established in Tennessee, seat Columbia.
Rhea County
established in Tennessee, seat Dayton.
Warren County
established in Tennessee, seat McMinnville.
December 3,
Bedford County founded in Tennessee, seat Shelbyville.
1808
1809
Giles County
established in Tennessee, seat Pulaski.
Humphreys County
established in Tennessee, seat Waverly.
Lincoln County
established in Tennessee, seat Fayetteville.
Benjamin J.
Bradford, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1809-1811).
September 20,
Willie Blount, elected governor of Tennessee (1809-September
27, 1815).
1810
Tennessee population,
261,727 residents.
1811
William Tait,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1811-1814).
1812
Nasville in
Davidson County, appointed capital of Tennessee.
1813
1814
Joseph Thorpe
Elliston, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1814-1817).
1815
Gallatin, incorporated
in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Trading
post Ross Landing (present Chattanooga) settled along
the Tennessee River by John Ross, and located in Hamilton
County, Tennessee.
September
27, Joseph McMinn, elected governor of Tennessee (1815-October
1, 1821).
1816
1817
Greeneville,
incorporated in Greene County, Tennessee.
Lawence County
established in Tennessee, seat Lawrenceburg.
Marion County
established in Tennessee, seat Jasper.
Morgan County
established in Tennessee, seat Wartburg.
Wayne County
established in Tennessee, seat Waynesboro.
Stephen Cantrell,
Jr. appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1817-1818).
August 15,
James Wilson Henderson, born in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Fourth governor of Texas (1853).
1818
Chickasaw Native
Americans, signed a formal agreement to relinquish West
Tennessee to the United States.
Felix Robertson,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1818-1819).
1819
Hamilton County
established in Tennessee, seat Chattanooga.
Hardin County
established in Tennessee, seat Savannah.
McMinn County
established in Tennessee, seat Athens.
Memphis founded
in Shelby County, Tennessee, by Andrew Jackson (future
U.S. president), John Overton and James Winchester.
Monroe County
established in Tennessee, seat Madisonville.
Perry County
established in Tennessee, seat Linden.
Shelby County
established in Tennessee, seat Memphis.
Thomas Crutcher,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1819-1820).
1820
Tennessee population,
422,823 residents.
James Knox
Polk, 11th U.S. president, began law practice in Columbia,
Maury County, Tennessee.
James Condon,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1820-1821).
1821
Athens
in the Tennessee Valley founded as a seat of justice
in McMinn County in Tennessee. Coordinates 35°26'N-84°36'W.
Carroll County
established in Tennessee, seat Huntingdon.
Henderson County
established in Tennessee, seat Lexington.
Henry County
established in Tennessee, seat Paris.
Madison County
established in Tennessee, seat Jackson.
John Patton
Erwin, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1821-1822).
July 13, Nathan
Bedford Forrest, born near Chapel Hill in Tennessee.
Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
October 1,
William Carroll, elected governor of Tennessee (1821-October
1, 1827).
1822
Columbia, incorporated
as city in Maury County, Tennessee.
Robert Brownlee
Currey, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1822-1824).
August 23,
the town of Athens created in Tennessee.
1823
Dyer County
established in Tennessee, seat Dyersburg.
Fentress County
established in Tennessee, seat Jamestown.
Gibson County
established in Tennessee, seat Trenton.
Hardeman County
established in Tennessee, seat Bolivar.
Haywood County
established in Tennessee, seat Brownsville.
McNairy County
established in Tennessee, seat Selmer.
Obion County
established in Tennessee, seat Union City.
Tipton County
established in Tennessee, seat Covington.
Weakley County
established in Tennessee, seat Dresden.
1824
Fayette County
established in Tennessee, seat Somerville County.
Randall McGavock,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1824-1825).
1825
Wilkins F.
Tannehill, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1825-1826).
1826
Memphis incorporated
as city in Shelby County, Tennessee.
1827
Marcus B. Winchester,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1827-1829).
Felix Robertson,
appointed second-term mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1827-1829).
October 1,
Sam Houston elected governor of Tennessee (1827-April
16, 1829).
1828
1829
Union Depot
settled (today City of Bartlett) along the stagecoach
route from Nashville. Located in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Isaac Rawlings,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1829-1831).
William Armstrong,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1829-1833).
April 16, North
Carolina native, William Hall appointed acting governor
of Tennessee (1829-October 1, 1829). Born on February
11, 1775 in Surrey County NC, died on October 7, 1856
at his estate Locustland near Catalian Springs in Sumner
County, Tennessee.
October 1,
William Carroll, elected second-term governor of Tennessee
(1829-October 12, 1835).
1830
Tennessee population,
681,904 residents.
Abbot's Mills
post office opened in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
-Pikeville incorporated
as a town in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
1831
Seth Wheatley,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1831-1832).
1832
Cleveland,
established in Bradley County, Tennessee. Named for
Revolutionary War Colonel, Benjamin Cleveland. Coordinates
35°10'N-84°53'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Cherokee
National Forest
Robert Lawrence,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1832-1833).
1833
Adamsville
post office opened in McNairy, Tennessee.
Isaac Rawlings,
appointed second-term mayor of Memphis in Shelby County,
Tennessee ((1833-1836).
John Meredith
Bass, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1833-1834).
1834
Acadia post
office opened in Fayette County, Tennessee.
John Patton
Erwin, appointed second-term mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1834-1835).
1835
Acedemia post
office opened in Knox County, Tennessee.
Benton County
established in Tennessee, seat Camden.
Cleveland,
appointed seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
Lauderdale
County established in Tennessee, seat Ripley.
William Nichol,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1835-1837).
October 12,
Newton Cannon, elected governor of Tennessee (1835-October
14, 1839).
1836
Acadia post
office closed in Fayette County, Tennessee.
Bradley County
established in Tennessee, seat Cleveland.
Cannon Count
established in Tennessee, seat Woodbury.
Coffee County
established in Tennessee, seat Manchester.
Johnson County
established in Tennessee, seat Mountain City.
Marshall County
established in Tennessee, seat Lewisburg.
Meigs County
established in Tennessee, seat Decatur.
Enoch Banks,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1836-1837).
1837
Albany post
office opened in Henry County, Tennessee.
De Kalb County
established in Tennessee, seat Smithville.
Ross Landing
renamed Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Coordinates
35°03'N-85°19'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Chattanooga National
Military Park, Chickamauga National Military Park, Harrisson
State Park, Lake Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain
John H. Morgan,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1837-1838).
Henry Hollingsworth,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1837-1839).
1838
Cleveland incorporated
as town in Bradley County, Tennessee.
Enoch Banks,
appointed second-term mayor of Memphis in Shelby County,
Tennessee (1838-1839).
1839
Chattanooga
incorporated as town, a river and rail town in Hamilton
County, Tennessee.
Polk County
established in Tennessee, seat Benton.
Thomas Dixon,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1839-1841).
Charles Clay
Trabue, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1839-1840).
October 14,
James K. Polk, elected governor of Tennessee (1839-October
15, 1841).
1840
Tennessee population,
829,210 residents.
Van Buren County
established in Tennessee, seat Spencer.
1841
William Spickernagle,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1841-1842).
Samuel Van
Dyke Stout, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1841-1842).
October 15,
James C. Jones, elected governor of Tennessee (1841-October
14, 1845).
1842
Macon County
established in Tennessee, seat Lafayette.
Putnam County
established in Tennessee, seat Cookeville.
Edwin Hickman,
appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee
(1842-1845).
Thomas B. Coleman,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1842-1843).
1843
Lewis County
established in Tennessee, seat Hohenwald.
Powhatan Woolridge
Maxey, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County,
Tennessee (1843-1845).
October 6,
Nashville in Davidson County, re-appointed capital of
Tennessee.
1844
Grundy County
established in Tennessee, seat Altamont.
Hancock County
established in Tennessee,seat Sneedville.
1845
Abbot's Mills
post office closed in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Decatur County
established in Tennessee, seat Decaturville.
A navy yard
opened in Memphis, Tennessee.
Jesse Johnson
Finley, appointed mayor of Memphis in Shelby County,
Tennessee (1845-1846).
John Hugh Smith,
appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee
(1845-1846).
June 8, Andrew
Jackson, died near Nashville in Tennessee. Seventh president
of the U.S. (1829-1837).
October 14,
Aaron V. Brown, elected governor of Tennessee (1845-October
17, 1847).
1846
Cedar Hall built in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee,
building on the National Register of Historic Places.
Edwin Hickman, appointed second-term mayor of Memphis
in Shelby County, Tennessee (1846-1847).
John A. Goodlett, appointed mayor of Nashville in Davidson
County, Tennessee (1846-1847).
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TN
1746-1846 ANDERSON
COUNTY Timeline 1
Topic
1801
November 6,
Anderson County established in Tennessee.
TN
1746-1846
BLOUNT
COUNTYTimeline
1 Topic
1795
July 11, Blount
County established in Tennessee, by an act of the Territorial
Assembly.
TN
1746-1846
HAWKINS
COUNTY Timeline 1
Topic
1772
First settlers
arrived in the Hawkins
County area, Tennessee.
TN
1746-1846 JACKSON
COUNTY Timeline 1
Topic
1801
November 6, Jackson County created in Tennesssee as
eighteenth county. Named for President Andrew Jackson.
County seat Gainesboro.
TN
1746-1846
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY Timeline 4
Topics
Montgomery
County organized in 1797, seat Clarksville. Area 539 sq.mi.
(1.396km²). Cities/Places
: Clarksville, Cunningham, Fredonia, Hickory
Point, Hilldale, Palmyra, Sango, Southside, St. Bethlehem,
Woodlawn.
2009
1780
Clarksville
settled, seat of Montgomery County in Tennessee.
Named for General George Rogers Clark. Coordinates 36°32'N-87°21'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Dunbar Cave.
1796
Montgomery
County organized in 1797, seat Clarksville. Area 539
sq.mi. (1.396km²).
Clarksville,
appointed seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee.
1806
August
26, West Hughes Humphreys, born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tennessee. Lawyer and Federal judge, as Confederate
judge he was impeached for supporting the secession
of the Southern states during the U.S. Civil War.
Died on October 16, 1882 near Nashville in Tennessee.
TN
1746-1846 SEVIER
COUNTY Timeline
3 Topics
1794
Sevier County
established in Tennessee, seat Sevierville.
Cities/Towns/Places : Gatlinburg,
Kodak, Pigeon Forge, Pitman Center, Sevierville, Seymour.Attractions
& Recreation : Great Smoky Mountains
National Park.
1795
- Sevierville,
founded in Sevier County, Tennessee. Named for John
Sevier, first governor of Tennessee.
Attractions & Recreation : Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
1807
Ogle family
members settled in White Oak Flats (present Gatlinburg),
Sevier County, Tennessee. Attractions
& Recreation : Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ober Gatlinburg
Amusement Park, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies...
TN
CELEBRITIES
& FAMOUS PEOPLE
1903
- September 15, Roy
Claxton Acuff, born in Maynardsville,
Tennessee. Died November 23, 1992. Country music singer,
fiddle player and songwriter.
1924
- June
20, Chet
Atkins(Chester Burton Atkins), born in Lutrell,
Tennessee. Country & western guitarist.
1939
- November
26,Tina
Turner(Anna Mae Bullock), born in Nutbush, Tennessee.
Actress, dancer, singer, songwriter, 8-times Grammy Award
winner.
1940
- July
3, Andrew
Lamar Alexander, born in Maryville, Tennessee.
U.S. Senator, Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education.
1946
- January 19, Dolly
Rebecca Parton, born in Sevierville,
Tennessee. Actress, author, composer, country singer,
philanthropist, songwriter.
1963
-
January 20, James
Denton, born in Nashville, Tennessee. Movie
and TV actor.
1968
- February 1, Lisa
Marie Presley, born in Memphis, Tennessee.
Singer, songwriter and daughter of Elvis and Priscilla
Presley
1981
- January 31, Justin
Randall Timberlake, born in Memphis,
Tennessee. Singer, songwriter, record producer, actor,
dancer
1992
- November 23, Destiny
Hope Miley Cyrus, born in Franklin
Tennessee. Singer, songwriter, film and TV actress
- January 19, 
