[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE 230TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, 
                               TENNESSEE

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2022

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the historic 
celebration of Jefferson County's 230th anniversary. On June 11, 1792, 
Governor William Blount, by ordinance formed Jefferson County, 
originally a part of North Carolina. Later, when Tennessee became a 
state in 1796, Jefferson County became a part of the state and three 
other counties have since been fanned out of the original land of 
Jefferson County.
  On July 23, 1792, the first County Court of Jefferson County was 
organized at the home of Jeremiah Mathews, and the county court 
selected a distinguished committee to locate a county seat which became 
Dandridge, in honor of President George Washington's wife, Martha 
Dandridge Custis Washington; America's first, First Lady.
  The famed frontiersman Davy Crockett found his way to Jefferson 
County and in 1806 was married to Polly Finley at the Finley's 
homeplace after meeting at a harvest dance and the folk hero sold his 
rifle in 1806 to post a marriage bond. He and Polly had two children 
while in Jefferson County and lived here until 1811. Davy Crockett also 
served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 
1827 to 1831.
  This beautiful county is nestled at the foothills of the Great Smoky 
Mountains and is home to 2 TVA lakes and both Cherokee Dam and Douglas 
Dam were built in record time to support the WWII emergency.
  Home to Carson-Newman University, Bush Beans, the world's largest 
supplier of baked beans, along with many other notable businesses and 
industries, century farms, and five incorporated cities or towns 
including Dandridge, Jefferson City, New Market, White Pine, and 
Baneberry. Jefferson County is home of the Patriots of Jefferson County 
High School in beautiful Dumplin Valley and continues to be a great 
place to live, work, and raise a family.

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