Maury County is a county in the State of Tennessee. The county seat is Columbia. The estimated population of Maury County in 2019 was 96,387.[1]
History
Maury County was established by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly dated November 16, 1807.[2][3][4][5] Maury County was created out of parts of Williamson County and the act creating it also instructed its first county commissioners to found the town of Columbia on the Duck River to serve as its seat.[6] Maury County is named after Abram Maury, Jr., a planter who served as a state senator from Williamson County, who was also a founder of the town of Franklin, Tennessee.[3][7] Prior to 1806, title to the lands of the Duck River valley were held by the Cherokee Nation; their claims were relinquished by the Third Treaty of Tellico (1805) and the Treaty of Washington (1806).[4][8] Giles, Lawrence, and Lewis Counties were later carved out (in part or whole) of Maury County land.[9]
Maury County was relatively prosperous in the early nineteenth century due to its rich soils.[3] Important products included cotton, tobacco and livestock. Maury County was the third most populous county in Tennessee in 1830[10] and the second most populous (behind only Davidson County) in the 1840 Census.[11][3] Before Nashville was chosen in 1843, locals hoped that Columbia (which is near the geographical center of the state) might become the state capital.[12][13]
Slavery in Maury County was a key ingredient to the county's early success.[2]
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1820Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag the father of President James K. Polk.[14] Several historic properties including the James K. Polk House (built 1816) on West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee are associated with the Polk family.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. "President James K. Polk Home & Museum." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Dec. 2020. Web. 23 Jan. 2021.
Communities in Maury County
See the Category:Communities page for a complete listing of articles.
References
- ↑ "Quick Facts - Maury County, Tennessee." U.S. Census Bureau, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia contributors. "Maury County, Tennessee." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 Jan. 2021. Web. 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lightfoot, Marise. "Maury County." Tennessee Encyclopedia. Tennessee Historical Society, 1 Mar. 2018. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Turner, William Bruce. History of Maury County, Tennessee. Nashville, Parthenon Press, 1955, pp. 12 -13. Web (hathitrust.org). 22 Jan. 2021]
- ↑ "An Act to reduce Williamson county to constitutional limits and to form a new county on the south and southwest of the same." Acts passed at the First Session of the Seventh General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville, William Moore, 1808, pp. 149-154. Online through Vanderbilt Library. 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ Act of 16 Nov. 1807, cited supra, at p. 151.
- ↑ | "Abram Maury", Williamson County Historical Society, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ | "Broken Treaties." Tennessee State Museum. Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ Turner, supra at 15.
- ↑ U.S. Department of State. Abstract of the Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, The Globe Office, 1832 Web (hathitrust.org). 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ U.S. Department of State, Compendium of the enumeration of inhabitants and statistics of the United States. Washington, Thomas Allen, 1841. Web (hathitrust.org). 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ Turner, supra at 16.
- ↑ [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001874458 Robbins, D.P. Century Review: 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennesssee. Columbia, Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 1905. Web (hathitrust.org). 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk#Early_life Wikipedia contributors. "James K. Polk." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 Jan. 2021. Web. 23 Jan. 2021.
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