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Chronilogical TimeLine for Anderson County Tennessee
COUNTY NAMED IN HONOR OF JUDGE July 31, 1923 Nashville, Tenn — Anderson County
Tennessee was named in honor of Judge Joseph
Anderson, one of the three judges of the Southwest Territory and successor to
William Blount as United States senator when the latter was expelled from the
Senate, according to a history of Tennessee Compiled by the state department of
history. The county, created by act of the General Assembly on November 6, 1801,
was formed from parts of Knox and Grainger counties. It lies partly in the
valley of East Tennessee and partly on the East Cumberland Plateau, containing
about 450 square miles. Settlements began in the county about the year 1800,
principally by David Hall, William Tunnell, Isaac Coward, William Hogshead, John
Chiles, Joseph Collins Roberts, John Garner, Aaron Slover, John Gibbs, Robert
Ross and John Wilson. The Court of Pleas and Common Sessions was organized on
December 15, 1851, at the house of Joseph Denham, Sr. The justices of this court
were,: Hugh Montgomery, William Underwood, Frederick Miller, James Grant, John
Kirby, William Standifer, and Solomon Massingale, William Hogshead, who began
practice about 1802, was the first lawyer of the county. The county seat was
first named Burrville, in honor of Aaron Burr, by act of the legislature in 1809
the name was changed to Clinton in honor of DeWitt Clinton. The site of Clinton
was first owned by John Lieb and the lands surroundirtg it were settled by a
colony of Germans, among whom were John Clodfelter, George Bumgartener and John
Leinart. Besides the Germans there were John Mcwhirter, John Sutherland, Stephen
Bradley, Richard Luallen, James Kirkpatrick and those mentioned above. The
greater part of the wealth of Anderson County is in its coal and timber lands.
Many large mines are in operation, The 1920 census shows that the county has a
population of 1,409. It is located about 22 miles northwest of Knoxville.
Scholastic .population of the county is 6,512, with seven high schools and 55
elementary.
1801 -- Anderson County Tennessee was Established November 6, 1801 1830 -- "Winter's Gap" was founded Now Oliver Springs 1890 -- Clinton Tennessee was founded 1902 -- Fraterville Mine Explosion 1911 -- Cross Mountain Mine Explosion 1933 -- Planning started for the community of Norris 1933 -- Construction of Norris Dam October, 1933 1936 -- Completion of Norris Dam March, 1936 1942 -- Manhatton Project beginning of Oak Ridge 1949 -- Norris was incorporated 1949 -- The beginning of The American Museum Of Atomic Energy 1959 -- Oak Ridge was incorporated 1969 -- The Community "Wilson" was changed to "Claxton" 1978 -- The oqrginal Norris City Hall was destroyed by fire 1978 -- The Museum of Science and Energy was the new name of The Muesum of Atomic Energy 2002 -- Accidental fire destroyed Norris City Hall again 2010 -- The completion of "Spallation Neutron Source" - Oak Ridge
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