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Tennessee AHGP Information Cannon, County, Tennessee, situated in the central Fart of the state, and contains about 100 sq. ms. Drained by small branches of Cumberland river. Surface, hilly; soil, fertile. Capital, Woodbury. There were in 1840, neat cattle 7,188, sheep 9,746; swine 28,939; wheat 38,065 bush, produced, rye 1,249, Ind. corn 419,828, oats ,56,800, potatoes 9,115, tobacco 32,235 pounds, cotton 29,201, sugar 8,545 ; 4 stores, cap. $15,050; 7 tanneries, 18 distilleries, 1 flouring m., 19 grist m., 9 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $20,145. 1 acad. 25 students, 19 sch. 495 scholars. Pop. whites 6,558, slaves 618, free col'd 17; total, 7,193. Woodbury, p-v., Capital of Cannon County, Tennessee, 54 Nashville, 645 W. Situated on a branch of Stone's cr., which flows into Cumberland r. It contains a court house, jail, and about 150 inhabitants. Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
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