Britt's Landing, Tennessee

The landing was established in 1839 on the east bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the county. It had developed into a commercial center by 1844, and a post office was established in 1850. It lasted as an important shipment point until the 1880s, exporting cotton and peanuts and importing finished goods for Beardstown and Lobelville.^[2][3] Fewer than 10 families resided in the village when it was reported that it would be inundated by Kentucky Lake after the completion of the dam in the late 1930s.^[4]

On April 27, 1862, the body of Governor Louis P. Harvey of Wisconsin washed ashore at Britt's Landing.^[5] Gov. Harvey fell from a riverboat eight days prior while returning to Wisconsin from an inspection of field hospitals near the site of the Battle of Shiloh.^[6]