Place:James, Tennessee, United States

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Name
James
Alternate names
James County
James     (WeRelate Agent)
Type
Former county
Located in
Tennessee, United States     (1871 - )
See also
Hamilton, Tennessee, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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James County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on January 30, 1871. Lands were taken from a small portion of Bradley County and the eastern third of Hamilton County. James County was named in honor of Rev. Jesse J. James, the father of Elbert Abdiel James who introduced legislation for the formation of the county. Ooltewah, an American Indian name meaning "place of the owl," was selected as the county seat.

The county went bankrupt in April 1919 and was reincorporated into Hamilton County by a vote of its citizens on December 11, 1919. Few records remain of what was once James County due largely in part to courthouse fires in 1890 and 1913. The few remaining James County records are now kept in Hamilton County. The third and final James County Courthouse is the major landmark of Ooltewah.

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

James County is a former county.


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Timeline

Date Event Source
1871 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 5,187
1890 4,903
1900 5,407
1910 5,210
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