Tennessee AHGP Information
Williamson County

Williamson, County, Tennessee Situated a little e. of the centre of the state, and contains 476 sq. ms. Drained by Harpeth r. and its branches, a tributary of Tennessee r. Capital, Franklin. There were in 1840, neat cattle 23,417, sheep 32,123, swine 96,910; wheat 145,062 bush, produced, rye 22,071, Ind. corn 942,035, barley 1,225, oats 184,896, potatoes 30,320, tobacco 1,126,932 lbs., cotton 1,218,176 ; 25 stores, cap. $122,5J0 ; 1 furnace, 2 forges, 1 cotton fac. 1,052 sp., 9 tanneries, 9 distilleries, 23 grist m., 11 saw m., 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. Cap. in manufac. $148,156. 4 acad. 143 students, 35 sch. 870 scholars. Pop. whites 15,641, slaves 11,251, free col'd 114; total, 27.0J6.

Franklin, p-v., Capital of Williamson County, Tennessee, 18 s. Nashville, 695 W. Situated on the s. side of Harpeth r., and contains a court house, jail, several stores and dwellings.

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