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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.
Nov 10, 2020 · But after Lincoln received just one vote in Scott County in 1860, he received a majority of the votes here in his 1864 re-election bid — even though the votes were not officially recorded because the federal government officially recognized Scott County as part of Tennessee, which had seceded.
Scott County is known for having seceded from Tennessee in protest of the state's decision to join the Confederacy during the Civil War, and subsequently forming The Free and Independent State of Scott.
Jul 30, 2023 · In 1861, Scott County Court voted to formally secede from Tennessee and form the Free & Independent State of Scott. The move came after Scott Countians voted to reject secession by the largest majority of any county in Tennessee.
Jul 10, 2024 · On June 12, 1861, four days after Tennessee officially seceded, a popular vote in Scott County came back 541-19 against seceding. As a result of this near-unanimous vote, the Scott County General Assembly approved its own secession from Tennessee later that year.
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Jul 3, 2018 · It was here, at Scott County’s first courthouse, built in 1851, that future U.S. President Andrew Johnson delivered a fiery speech prompting Scott Countians to vote against secession, and where Scott County leaders later voted to secede from Tennessee.
