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The area of Scott County and much of southern Minnesota became available for European American re-settlement by two treaties signed at Mendota and Traverse des Sioux in 1851 and 1853, respectively.
May 25, 2021 · The following year, in 1806, Campbell County and Overton County were formed, and much of modern-day Scott County was moved from Jackson County to Overton County. We don’t know exactly when the first white settlers arrived in what would become Scott County.
Jan 17, 2017 · Tri-Star Chronicles: Scott County. 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." » Return to Biographies.
Jul 30, 2023 · A plaque in Huntsville commemorates Scott County’s secession from Tennessee. 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.
1820 – Scott County became a county on February 1st. Sections of all the surrounding counties (Jackson, Jennings, Jefferson, Clark, and Washington) are taken to form the county. It was named in honor of the 4th Governor of Kentucky, Charles Scott.
Mar 18, 2020 · The first settlers in what would eventually become Scott County, Tenn. settled along the New River and its tributaries around 1785, where they established farms and worked the land. The earliest communities of the territory were established along the river and the streams that fed it.
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Scott County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,059. [1] Its county seat is Benton. [2] The county was organized in 1821 and named for U.S. Representative John Scott, the first federal representative from Missouri.
