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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.
Nov 10, 2020 · Angered by the move, Gov. Harris sent Confederate troops to Scott County to arrest and hang members of county court. But none of them were ever captured. To be clear, Scott County didn’t vote to stay with Lincoln’s Union because this was a Republican enclave. In 1860, the Republican Party was still brand new.
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.
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.
Jul 30, 2023 · Members of County Court voted unanimously to secede from Tennessee and form the Free and Independent State of Scott. Books of minutes from Scott County Court meetings were confiscated by Confederate soldiers when Scott County’s Union regiment lost the Battle of Huntsville in 1862.
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.
