Person:Jeremiah Hatfield (2)

In 1813, a petition was filed with the Tennessee House of Representatives to move the location of the county seat from Jacksborough to a location closer to the Claiborne County line.^S1 The 249 petitioners -- including Jeremiah Hatfield -- complained that, "The said seat having been unjustly settled within four miles of Anderson County, where as the distance to Claiborne County is seventeen miles." The petitioners were mostly, if not all, located in Powell's Valley. The petition was referred to committee and went nowhere. It is significant, however, by revealing that in 1813 there were 249 residents of Powell Valley wanting to bring the county seat closer to them. ___________________________________________________________

1.   Campbell County, Tennessee. Clerk of Court files.

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