Introduction
In my recent article, I had stated that I had six “working documents.” My oldest “working document” – which I had started on 3/28/2021, is updated, finalized, and published today!
I bid a friendly howdy, to my fine friends in Jefferson County, who live near Dandridge! I WIN the “which town is oldest” war! Y'all are still my friends – even if you are WRONG!
The “gang” is getting together, in person, later today – finally! 2/15/2020, Saturday, was the last time the “gang” got together. The new cold virus (i.e., “global pandemic” or Corona Myopia Psychosis) had been hindering us – among other reasons.
I thought that I would publish this article, finally, today – to add fuel to the conversational fodder! If the “gang” doesn't read this article, before we get together, then I will mention it! I love each member of the “gang!” We always have fun together. We have had “joking arguments,” for decades, about the second oldest town in Tennessee. I WIN! The following is the PROOF!
Tennessee Statehood
Tennessee became a state, on June 1, 1796 (via https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/tennessee). That's why the media was bragging on Tennessee, on 6/1/2021. Tennessee had been a state for 225 years on that date.
June first, annually, is the beginning of summer, by the way – not June 20, annually. I have argued that point in many articles, but I digress.
Also, as an aside, 6/1/2021 was Mrs. Appalachian Irishman's last work day. Her summer vacation started 6/2/2021. It ends 8/10/2021. She returns to “hitting a lick,” on 8/11/2021 – on the last “dog day” of summer, about which I wrote in my last article.
Tennessee Counties (95) in Chronological Order
My sources for the chronological list, below, are:
https://sos.tn.gov/products/division-publications/2019-2020-tennessee-blue-book
https://sos.tn.gov/sites/default/files/Pgs.%20628-638%20Origins%20of%20County%20names.pdf
1777 – 1799: 18 COUNTIES
1777 Washington County
1779 Sullivan County
1783 Davidson County
Greene County
1786 Hawkins County (actually 1/6/1787 via
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/hawkins-county/)
“Hawkins County was first established as a separate North Carolina county on January 6, 1787, when the state legislature divided Sullivan County, North Carolina. The original county was quite large, extending from the North Fork of the Holston River southwesterly to ... near present-day Chattanooga. Other counties, or parts of counties, later created from Hawkins include Hancock, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Roane, Meigs, and Hamilton.”
Before named “Hawkins County” (1/6/1787), the name was Spencer County, in the State of Franklin (which existed from 1784 to 1788).
Sumner County
1792 Jefferson County
Knox County
1794 Sevier County
1795 Blount County
1796 Carter County
Grainger County
Montgomery County
Robertson County
1797 Cocke County
1799 Smith County
Williamson County
Wilson County
1801 – 1849: 61 COUNTIES
1801 Anderson County
Claiborne County
Jackson County
Roane County
1803 Dickson County
Rutherford County
Stewart County
1806 Campbell County
Overton County
White County
1807 Bedford County
Bledsoe County
Franklin County
Hickman County
Maury County
Rhea County
Warren County
1809 Giles County
Humphreys County
Lincoln County
1817 Lawrence County
Marion County
Morgan County
Wayne County
1819 Hamilton County
Hardin County
McMinn County
Monroe County
Perry County
Shelby County
1821 Carroll County
Henderson County
Henry County
Madison County
1823 Dyer County
Fentress County
Gibson County
Hardeman County
Haywood County
McNairy County
Obion County
Tipton County
Weakley County
1824 Fayette County
1835 Benton County
Lauderdale County
1836 Bradley County
Cannon County
Coffee County
Johnson County
Marshall County
Meigs County
1837 DeKalb County
1839 Polk County
1840 Van Buren County
1842 Macon County
1843 Lewis County
1844 Grundy County
Hancock County
1845 Decatur County
1849 Scott County
1850 – 1879: 16 COUNTIES (= total of 95 as of 1879)
1850 Union County
1854 Putnam County
1855 Cumberland County
1856 Cheatham County
1857 Sequatchie County
1870 Clay County
Hamblen County
Lake County
Loudon County
Trousdale County
1871 Crockett County
Houston County
Moore County
1875 Unicoi County
1879 Chester County
Pickett County
Jonesborough is the Oldest Town in TN
Jonesborough is the oldest town in Tennessee – settled in 1769. “William and Lydia Bean, the first permanent white settlers, build a cabin on the Watauga River in Northeast Tennessee. New settlers begin to come into the area from Virginia and North Carolina” (via
https://www.jonesboroughtn.org/about/history/).
Jonesborough was established in 1779. “Jonesborough, est. 1779” (via
https://www.insider.com/oldest-city-us-states-2018-3#tennessee-jonesborough-est-1779-42).
“1779 Jonesborough is Established” (via https://www.jonesboroughtn.org/about/history/).
Rogersville is the Second Oldest Town in TN
Rogersville is the second oldest “settled” town in Tennessee – settled in 1775. So, you say, “prove it?” Here is the proof!
“Rogersville is a town in, and the county seat of, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett, and is the second-oldest town in the state” (via https://townofrogersville.com/visitors-2/#page-content).
Rogersville was established on 11/7/1789. “In 1789 Amis presented a petition from the community to the North Carolina General Assembly to establish a town at the Hawkins Court House site and to name the town Rogersville. Approval of the petition, which was granted on November 7, 1789, empowered county commissioners to lay out a town in half-acre lots, with convenient streets and lots reserved for public buildings (via https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/hawkins-county/).
Dandridge is the Third Oldest Town in TN
Dandridge is the third oldest “settled” and “founded” town in Tennessee – settled and founded in 1783. To my Jefferson County friends, the following is the proof that I WIN the decades old discussion!
“Welcome to Dandridge, Tennessee 'Tennessee’s Second Oldest Town.'” “Dandridge was founded around 1783 when the settlers came across the Appalachian Mountains moving west” (via http://www.dandridgetn.gov/). Note: that Dandridge website is not secure. Your virus software needs to be up to date, unless you want to risk a virus. The website states “second oldest town” in error. See what I have stated, above, about Rogersville.
Also, “the first permanent settlement at Dandridge dates to 1783; the village became the county seat in 1793” (via https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/jefferson-county/).
Conclusion
Dandridge was both settled and founded in 1783. Rogersville was settled in 1775 – eight years before Dandridge. Rogersville was established in 1789 – six years after Dandridge was founded.
To my Jefferson County “gang” members, Rogersville was settled before Dandridge! I WIN! Okay, so Dandridge “wins,” by being established six years after Rogersville was. That is a point of triviality. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I live in the settlement of “Corrytonvegas” (as I call it). “John Sawyers, a Revolutionary War veteran, settled in the vicinity of what is now Corryton in 1785” (via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corryton,_Tennessee). (I don't like to use Wikipedia. I have seen the highway signs in the area that state 1785 settlement of “Corrytonvegas.”) “Corrytonvegas” is still a small town – ask anyone who lives here! We just ain't been “established” or “founded” yet!
Now, if my Jefferson Country “gang” members can cite valid articles that verify that Dandridge was “settled” before 1775, then I will retract my victory. Otherwise, my VICTORY STANDS – in a joking manner, of course.
Either way, Rogersville and Dandridge have both been around longer than Tennessee has been a state! Both towns have bragging rights on that!
We will see y'all (the “gang”) this afternoon! Love y'all! Mean it!
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