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Tennessee AHGP Information Fayette, County, Tennessee Situated in the s. w. part of the state, and contains 576 sq. ms. Drained by Loosahatchy and Wolf rivers. The soil is excellent. A railroad from La Grange, in this county, extends to Memphis, on the Mississippi r., and a branch of it extends to Somerville. Capital, Somerville. There were in 1840, neat cattle 18,164, sheep 10,793, swine 53,828; wheat 42,593 bush, produced, Indian corn 887,590, oats 79,705, potatoes 50,027, tobacco 10,150 pounds, cotton 3,685,580; 36 stores, cap. $232,200; 3 tanneries, 10 flouring m., 14 grist m., 8 saw m., 2 printing offices, 2 weekly newspapers. Cap. in manufac. $43,150. 6 acad. 215 students, 31 sch. 786 scholars. Pop. whites 10,573, slaves 10,885, free col'd 43; total, 21,501. Somerville, p-v., Capital of Fayette County, Tennessee, 185 w. s. w. Nashville, 871 W. Situated half a mile s. of Loosa Hatchie r., and contains a court house, jail, 3 churches, a male and female academy, a bank, and 750 inhabitants. Somerville College has been chartered here, and a building is in process of erection. Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
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