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Chattanooga's First Citizens

along the Tennessee River on the Riverfront Parkway behind the Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 3' 23.22", -85° 18' 40.86"
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In June, 1837 the fifty-three householders living on the two hundred forty acres bounded by Tennessee River. Georgia Avenue, Ninth Street and Cameron Hill elected commissioner to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of land, thus becoming the First Citizens of Chattanooga.

Residing in the Northeast Quarter Section were:
COMMISSIONERS
John P Long ? Aaron M Rawlings ? George W. Williams

CITIZENS:
Isaac Baldwin ? George W. Cherry ? Arsley Cope ? Samuel H. Davie ? Thomas Edmondson ? Joseph Ellis ? Andrew Evans ? Samuel Fitzgerald ? Matthew Frazier ? E.H. Freeman ? Charles Griggsby ? George B. Gwathney ? Berry Jones ? John Keeny ? Thomas W. Munsey ? Abram Perry ? Joseph Rice ? Eliza Russell ? James Woods Smith ? Wiley Starling ? Lewis Webb ? Samuel Williams ? Abner Witt

Residing in the Southeast Fractional Section were:
COMMISSIONERS:
Allen Kennedy ? Albert S. Lenoir ? Reynolds A. Ramsey

CITIZENS:
John C. Cathey ? S.S.M. Doak ? William B. Gilliland ? Nathan Harris ? William Hill ? Matthew Hillsman ? Benjamin K. Hudgins ? Carey A. Jones ? M.W. Legg ? William Long ? John T. Mathis ? Thomas Anipass Moore ? David G. Perry ? John A. Porter ? William G. Sparks ? William Thraikill ? William Thurman ? James W. Tunnell ? Jane White ? Matthew Williams ? Darlen A. Wilds


Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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