|
Tennessee AHGP Information Wilson, County, Tennessee Situated a little n. of the centre of the state, and contains 430 square ms. Cumberland r. bounds it on the n., by small tributaries of which, and of Stone r., it is drained. Capital, Lebanon. There were in 1840, neat cattle 20,109, sheep 19,309, swine 48,115; wheat 106,413 bush, produced, rye 13,554, Indian corn 2,601,652, oats 164,334, potatoes 153,990, tobacco 2,313,000 pounds, cotton 295,373; 19 stores, cap. $78,600; 6 woolen fac, 2 cotton fee. 1,556 sp., 81 tanneries, 23 distilleries, 94 grist m., 47 saw m., 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. Cap. in manufac. $179,950. 36 sch. 887 scholars. Pop. whites 18,203, slaves 5,988, free col'd 269; total, 24,460. Lebanon, p-v., Capital of Wilson County, Tennessee, 32 e. Nashville, 652 W. It is situated on a branch of Cumberland r., and contains a court house, jail, 2 academies, 1 male and 1 female, 3 churches, 1 Cumberland Presbyterian. 1 Methodist, and 1 Baptist, 12 stores, 80 dwellings, and about 1,500 inhabitants. There is a large steam cotton fee. in the vicinity, and a college is chartered, denominated "The Southern University." Read More about Tennessee Counties and Towns © Tennessee American History and Genealogy Project
|