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Tennessee AHGP Information Greene, County, Tennessee Situated in the e. part of the state, and contains 700 sq.ms. The surface is elevated, and greatly diversified with hill and valley. Watered by Nolachucky r., and Licking cr. Capital, Greenville. There were in 1840, neat cattle 14,257, sheep 17,172, swine 49,011; wheat 142,332 bush, produced, rye 4,691, Ind. corn 683,295, buckwheat 2,233, oats 221,123, potatoes 23,128, tobacco 9,125 pounds, cotton 2,123; 15 stores, cap. $92,250; 1 furnace, 7 forges, 17 tanneries, 52 distilleries, 7 potteries, 4 flouring m., 54 grist m., 39 saw m., 6 oil m. Cap. in manufac. $5t,821. 1 college, 30 students, 2 acad. 93 students, 12 sch. 196 scholars. Pop. whites 14,410, slaves 1,006, free col'd 151; total, 16,076. Greenville, p-v., Capital of Greene County, Tennessee, 258 e. Nashville, 437 W. It contains Greenville College, founded in 1794, has a president and professor, 110 alumni, 41 students, and 3,000 vols, in its libraries. The commencement is on the 3d Wednesday in September. This is one of the oldest colleges w. of the Alleghany Mountains. Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
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