Timeline of Perry County, Tennessee history
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This article is a timeline of Perry County, Tennessee history.
1800s
- January 7 1806 – Cherokee cede the land that would later become Perry County to the United States in the Treaty of Washington.[1]
1810s
- c.1810-1812 – The first gristmill in the area is established on Cane Creek.[2]: 58
- 1818 – The first known person of European descent in the area that would become Perry County is born.[3]
- 1819 – Perry County is established by the Tennessee General Assembly.[3]
1820s
- 1820 – The first court in the county is held in a house on Toms Creek.[3]
- 1821 – The county seat is established in Perryville.[4]
- 1825 – A county militia is formed as the 68th Regiment, 11th Brigade, Tennessee Militia.[5]
1830s
- 1830 – The village of Beardstown is established.[3]
- 1832-1834 – The Cedar Grove Iron Furnace is constructed.[3]
1840s
- July 10 1843 – The courthouse at Perryville burns.[6]
- November 1845 – Decatur County is formed from the portion of Perry County west of the Tennessee River, the county seat is moved to a village near the new geographic center of the county.[7]
- 1848 – The town of Linden is established as the county seat.[3]
1850s
- 1850 – Harper's Statistical Gazetteer reports 10 grist mills, a saw mill, a furnace, two tanneries, 21 churches, and 23 schools enrolling 685 students in the county.[8]
- 1854 – Lobelville is established.[7]
- Spring 1856 – Between 10 and 15 enslaved Black people are murdered by vigilantes following allegations of the plotting of a slave revolt.[9]
1860s
- June 1861 – Perry County votes in favor of secession.[10]
- February 1862 February – Cedar Grove Iron Furnace is destroyed by naval gunfire from a flotilla of Union gunboats.[11]
- April 27 1862 – The body of Governor Louis P. Harvey of Wisconsin is found on the banks of the Tennessee River.[12]
- May 12 1863 – Union cavalry forces land on the east bank of the Tennessee River and conduct a raid on Linden, burning the courthouse and capturing Confederate personnel and equipment.[13]
- September 27–30 1864 – Confederate and Union forces skirmish near Lobelville and Beardstown.[14]
- April 1865 – Martial law is lifted and civil courts resume following the Civil War.[3]
- 1868 – A new courthouse is constructed in Linden to replace the one destroyed during the war.[3]
- 1869 – Two Black men are removed from the local jail by a mob and lynched.[15]
1870s
- 1871 – The Craig Farm is established on Lick Creek.[16]
1880s
- 1880-1884 – The first regular newspaper is published in the county.[2]: 40–42
1890s
- 1890 – The first known bank in the county, Linden Bank and Trust, is established.[2]: 109–110
- 1897 – Thetus W. Sims, a Linden lawyer, is elected to the United States House of Representatives.[17]