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Tennessee AHGP Information Anderson, a central County of East Tennessee, has an area of 750 sq. ms., with a rough surface and a fertile soil. It is watered by Clinch r. Capital, Clinton. There were in 1840, neat cattle 5,428, sheep 5,463, swine 18,655; wheat 18,003 bush, produced, Ind. corn 335,685, buckwheat 8,360, oats 35,665, potatoes 5,440, tobacco 5,402 pounds, cotton 8,386, sugar 5,034; 7 stores, cap. $22,400; 3 tanneries, 18 distilleries, 1 flouring m., 15 grist m., 6 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $2,140. 1 acad. 14 students. Pop. 1830, 5,310; 1840, whites 5,218, slaves 425, free col'd 15; total, 5,658. Clinton, p-v., capital of Anderson County, Tennessee, 175 e. Nashville, 514 W. Situated on the n. bank of Clinch r., one of the constituents of Tennessee r. It contains a court house and several dwellings. Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
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