Chattanooga's First Citizens

Chattanooga's First Citizens (HMO8L)

Location: Chattanooga, TN 37402 Hamilton County
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N 35° 3.387', W 85° 18.681'

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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 commissioner to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of land, thus becoming the First Citizens of Chattanooga. Residing 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. Davie · Thomas Edmondson · Joseph Ellis · Andrew Evans · Samuel Fitzgerald · Matthew Frazier · E.H. Freeman · Charles Griggsby · George B. Gwathney · Berry Jones · John Keeny · Thomas W. Munsey · Abram Perry · 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 B. Gilliland · Nathan Harris · William Hill · Matthew Hillsman · Benjamin K. Hudgins · Carey A. Jones · M.W. Legg · William Long · John T. Mathis · Thomas Anipass Moore · David G. Perry · John A. Porter · William G. Sparks · William Thraikill · William Thurman · James W. Tunnell · Jane White · Matthew Williams · Darlen A. Wilds
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HM NumberHMO8L
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Date Added Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 10:26am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 653993 N 3880606
Decimal Degrees35.05645000, -85.31135000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 3.387', W 85° 18.681'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 3' 23.22" N, 85° 18' 40.86" W
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Area Code(s)423, 931
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101 Riverfront Pkwy, Chattanooga TN 37402, US
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