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Hardin - Wayne County Line

TN , USA
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Hardin County
Established 1819; named in honor of

Col. Joseph Hardin.


Veteran of The Revolutionary War; Speaker of the State of Franklin Assembly; justice of Greene County; member of the first Territorial Assembly and Speak',r of the House of Representatives for the second. His son, James, and a party of 26 immigrants from Greene County were the first settlers in this area, 1816.

Wayne County
Established 1819; named in honor of

Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne


of the Revolutionary Army, from Pennsylvania. His daring, usually successful, earned for him the nickname, Mad Anthony.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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