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Tennessee AHGP Information Benton, County, Tennessee, in the western part of the state, contains 375 sq. ms. The Tennessee r. forms its eastern boundary. Drained by several small creeks, branches of Tennessee r. Surface level, soil fertile. Capital, Camden. There were in 1840, neat cattle 5,263, sheep 3,645, swine 23,330; wheat 13,722 bush, produced, Ind. corn 41,533, oats 22,421, potatoes 5,229, tobacco 29,563 pounds, cotton 22,499; 4 stores, cap. $9,270; 3 distilleries, 3 grist m., 2 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $1,050. 4 sch. 214 scholars. Pop. whites 4,517, slaves 247, free col'd 8; total, 4,772. Camden, p-v., Capital of Benton County, Tennessee, 79 w. Nashville, 763 W., 9 w. Tennessee r., contains a court house and a few dwellings.
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