Jackson County
Established 1801; named in honor of
Andrew Jackson.
Member of the first state Constitutional Convention, later representative in Congress and Senator; major general in the Army, victor in the Creek War, two conquests of Florida and the Battle of New Orleans in 1815; seventh President of the United States.
Overton County
Established 1806; named in honor of
John Overton.
Pioneer attorney at Nashville; close friend of Andrew Jackson. Judge of the State Supreme Court, 1804-09. Co-founder, with Jackson and General James Winchester, of the city of Memphis; he is said to have named it.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
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