Chattanooga's First Citizens
N 35° 03.393 W 085° 18.657
16S E 654030 N 3880618
Located in the Ross's Landing Park in downtown Chattanooga
Waymark Code: WM245G
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2007
Views: 28
Chattanooga's First Citizens
In June, 1837 the fifty-three householders living on the two hundred forty acres bounded by Tennessee River, Georgia Avenue, Ninth Street and Cameron Hill elected commissioners to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of land, thus becoming the First Citizens of Chattanooga.
Reading in the Northeast Quarter Section were:
Commissioners:
John P. Long
Aaron M. Rawlings
George W. Williams
Citizens:
Isaac Baldwin
George w. Cherry
Arsley Cope
Samuel H Davis
William M Davie
Thomas Edmondson
Joseph Ellis
Samuel Fitzgerald
Matthew Frazier
E.H. Freeman
Charles Griggsby
George B Gwathney
Berry Jones
John Keeny
Thomas W Munsey
Abram Perry
Ezekiel Price
Joseph Rice
Eliza Russell
James Woods Smith
Wiley Starling
Lewis Webb
Samuel Williams
Abner Witt
Residing in the Southeast Fractional Section were:
Commissioners:
Allen Kennedy
Albert S Lenoir
Reynolds A Ramsey
Citizens:
John C Cathey
S.S. M. Doak
William E Gilliland
Nathan Harris
Jane Henderson
William Hill
Matthew Hillsman
Benjamin K Hudgins
Carey A Jones
M.W. Legg
William Long
John T Mathis
Thomas Antipass Moore
David G Perry
John A Porter
William G Sparks
William Thrallkill
William Thurman
James W Tunnell
Jane White
Matthew Williams
Darlen A Wilds
Marker Name: Chattanooga's First Citizens
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: None
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
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