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Scott County, Tennessee

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  • Charity M. Mahan (1939 - 2013)
    Charity Mae (Trammell) Mahan age 73 of Oneida, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at her home. Charity was born in Scott County, Tennessee on June 10, 1939, she was the daughter of the ...
  • Raymond Johnson "Ray" Trammell (1936 - 1969)
    Raymond "Ray"Johnson Trammell Rites Held - Raymond Johnson Trammell, 33, passed away in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, October 6, 1969. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Trammell of Winfield. He was a memb...
  • Junior Trammell (1934 - 1934)
    Son of Lee & Amy Cross Trammell
  • Alice Monesmith (1926 - 2017)
    Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 Name: Oscar A Monesmith Gender: Male Race: White Age: 41 Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage) Birth Date: 18 May 1906 Birth Place: Goodland, India...

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Scott County was formed in 1849 and is named for U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War.

During the Civil War, the county was a Southern Unionist bastion, voting against secession from the Union in Tennessee's June 1861 referendum by a higher percentage (521 to 19, or 96%) than in any other Tennessee county. This sentiment was encouraged by a June 4, 1861, speech in Huntsville by U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson. In 1861, the county assembly officially enacted a resolution seceding from the state of Tennessee, and thus the Confederacy, forming the "Free and Independent State of Scott," also known simply as the "State of Scott." The county remained a pro-Union enclave throughout the war. Ulysses S. Grant received over 90% of the vote in Scott County during both the 1868 United States presidential election and the 1872 United States presidential election.

The proclamation was finally repealed, over a hundred years later, by Scott County in 1986. Technically speaking Scott County was an independent state until 1986.

Adjacent Counties

Towns & Communities

  • Elgin
  • Helenwood
  • Huntsville (County Seat)
  • Isham
  • Montgomery
  • New River
  • Oneida
  • Robbins
  • Rugby (part)
  • Winfield
  • Winona

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Tennessee

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Big South Fork National River (part)

TN Gen Web

Genealogy Trails

Forebears.io

Scott County Historical Society

RAOGK

Scott County Museum



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