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It was also here that Scott County Court voted later that summer to secede from Tennessee and form the Free & Independent State of Scott. If Tennessee can secede, so can Scott County U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson visited Scott County on June 4, 1861 to whip up anti-secession support.
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.
Jun 15, 2022 · After its voters rejected secession by the largest margin of any county in Tennessee, Scott County refused to submit to the withdrawal from the Union, and voted to secede from Tennessee, declaring itself the Free and Independent State of Scott. Gov.
Nov 10, 2020 · But Scott County’s loyalty to the Republican Party is not driven by racism. Ironically enough, this county’s deep shade of red was created during the nation’s most tumultuous time — when Scott County rejected secession and efforts to preserve the institution of slavery and joined forces with Republican President Abraham Lincoln and the ...
Jan 17, 2017 · After Tennessee voted to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy in June 1861, the Scott County Court symbolically voted to secede from Tennessee and form the "Free and 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.
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On June 8, 1861, Scott Countians voted overwhelmingly against secession. Later, County Court would vote to approve a resolution announcing Scott County’s decision to secede from Tennessee and form the Independent State of Scott.
