Benton County Courthouse ~ Camden, TN
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YoSam.
N 36° 03.477 W 088° 05.799
16S E 401232 N 3990932
Town was first named "Tranquility", and named Camden, when Post office moved to where the courthouse now sits.
Waymark Code: WMAAFY
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2010
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Several markers on the lawn: Mary Cordelia Beasley - Hudson, the first woman to vote in Tennessee; Thomas Clark Rye, an attorney who parcticed here and became Attorney General, and the last governor elected by convention; and a stone marker for David Benton.
The Text of the David Benton Marker:
DAVID BENTON
Born 1779, South Carolina
Died 1860, Benton County, Tenn.
Citizen soldier War of 1812
Member of Benton County's
First Quarterly Court
February 1836
PATRIOT
For whom Benton County
was named
George Camp Sr. Green Flowers
Ephraim Perkins Lewis Brewer
John F. Johnson
Commission appointed by the
Legislature to Organize Benton County.
They met for this purpose February 7, 1836
Settlements in Benton County Tennessee began about 1819-20. The first settlers being William (or is it Willis?) and Denton Rushing on Rushing Creek, six miles north of Camden. The next was by Nicholas and Lewis Browers in 1820 on Randall Creek, twelve miles from Camden, Thomas and William Minnis on Bird Song Creek in 1820. Benton County was formed in 1835 from Humphreys and Henry Counties, named for Thomas H. Benton. At Tranquility Postoffice, on the state route from Memphis to Nashville, and in the house of Samuel H. Burton, the county was organized on February 7, 1836. Camden, the county seat was located in December 1836 on land occupied by a squatter named John Jackson. The population in 1913 was 12,452 people.
Benton County was formed in 1835 from part of Humphreys County. It was named in honor of David Benton (1779-1860), who was a member of the Third Regiment, Tennessee Militia in the Creek war and an early settler in the county. Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population is 16,537. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 16,467 [1]. Its county seat is Camden[1]. Benton County is located in northwest Tennessee, bordering the western branch of the Tennessee River and 30 miles south of the Kentucky border. Aside from Camden, other major communities include agrarian communities Big Sandy and Holladay. It is known well in the area for its duck hunting and fishing industries, and in the past, was recognized for sorghum production, although it is no longer produced there.
More detailed reading available here: Benton County