Jefferson County Basics
Jefferson County, as created by Territorial Governor William Blount on June 11, 1792. It was formed from portions of Greene and Hawkins Counties (Hawkins County was also known as Caswell County and and Spenser County)and was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. Dandridge is the county seat.
1795: Two bloomeries in Jefferson County the Mossy Creek forge ten miles north and Dumpling forge five miles west of Dandridge were built about the same year (1795*)and were both were abandoned nearly fifty years ago. (around 1810) (Source: A History of American Manufactures, from 1608 to 1860:, Volume 1, John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young, Edward Young & Company, 1864, p. 613) *(Report of Investigations - Tennessee Division of Geology, vol 17-22, Tennessee Division of Geology, 1962, p. 60)
1815: The Manumission Society of Tennessee was formed by Friends: Charles Osborn, John Canady, John Swain, Elihu Swain (Charles Osborn's father-in-law, John Underhill, Jesse Wills, David Maulsby and Thomas Morgan in Lost Creek Link
1831: Post Offices and Postmasters
Chuckey Bend: Charles T Porter
Chunn's Store: Joseph S Chunn
Dandridge: Joseph Hamilton jr
Dohertyville: George Doherty
Moss Creek: Christopher Hanes
New Market: William Brazelton
Oak Grove: John ะก Turnley
Snoddyville: Thomas Snoddy
Adjacent Counties
Cocke
Sevier
Links
Jefferson County Resources at TSLA
Jefferson County in Tennessee Encyclopedia
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County
