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Tennessee AHGP Information Blount, County, Tennessee, in the e. part of the state, bordering on N. Carolina. It contains 900 sq. miles. The surface is broken, but the soil is fertile. Capital, Marysville. There were in 1810, neat cattle 11,053, sheep 11,068, swine 82,439; wheat, 95,239 bust), produced, Ind. corn 540,337, oats 131,465, potatoes 12,829, tobacco 10,059 pounds, cotton 27,23.), 9 stores, cap. 142,600; 2 forges, 1 cotton be. 204 sp., 13 tanneries, 13 distilleries, 14 flouring m., 14 grist m., 18 saw m., 1 oil m. Cap. in manufac. $65,775. 1 college, 40 students. 1 acad, 25 students, 12 sch. 262 scholars. Pop. 1830, 11,028, whites 10,664, slaves 945, free col'd 136; total, 11,745. Marysville, p-v., Capital of Blount County, Tennessee, 18 s. s. w. Knoxville, 183 e. s. e. Nashville, 523 W. Situated on a branch of Pistol cr., flowing into Little r., a branch of Holston r., and contains a court house, a church, and about 500 inhabitants. It is the seat of the South Western Theological Seminary, under the direction of the Presbyterians, founded in 1821 has 2 professors, 24 students, 90 have completed their education, and 6,000 vols, in its libraries. Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
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