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It was here, at Scott County’s first courthouse, built in 1851, that future U.S. President Andrew Johnson delivered a speech against secession on June 4, 1861. It was also here that Scott County Court voted later that summer to secede from Tennessee and form the Free & Independent State of Scott.
The State of Scott was a Southern Unionist movement in Scott County, Tennessee, in which the county declared itself a "Free and Independent State" following Tennessee 's decision to secede from the United States and align the state with the Confederacy on the eve of the American Civil War in 1861. Like much of East Tennessee, Scott became an ...
Jan 17, 2017 · Jordan Hughett, curator of the Museum of Scott County, said it was an attempt to follow through on what East Tennessee had petitioned Gov. Harris to do. “East Tennessee almost seceded during the Civil War, just like West Virginia did,” Hughett said. “East Tennessee almost became its own state.
Jul 30, 2023 · In response to the pleas of Maynard and Johnson, Scott Countians voted 521-19 (97%) to reject secession. It was the largest margin of any county in Tennessee. In Morgan County, 93% of voters were against secession. In Fentress County, 84% of voters were against it. Scott County Sheriff Bailey Buttram signed the county’s secession vote tally ...
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,039, down from 22,228 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Huntsville and the largest town is Oneida. [2] Scott County is known for having seceded from Tennessee in protest of the state's decision to join the Confederacy during the ...
Apr 12, 2021 · After a long pause, four more states leave the Union in April and May 1861: Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina, with Tennessee being the last to secede on 8 June 1861. These eleven states form the Confederate States of America. Isham Harris, Governor of Tennessee.
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Jul 10, 2024 · With very few slaves and very little sympathy toward the rich plantation owners in the rest of the state, Scott County was just not on board. And that’s when things got fun. On June 12, 1861, four days after Tennessee officially seceded, a popular vote in Scott County came back 541-19 against seceding.
