The county seat of Campbell County, Tennessee, is Jacksboro.
The site of Jacksboro is land formerly owned by
Stokley Donelson, father-in-law of Andrew Jackson.Incorporated in1968.
Prominent Jacksboro Farmer Slain with
Mattock Knoxville, Oct. 16 -- John Wiley Cooper, prominent
farmer of Jacksboro, Campbell county, is dead; and Will Clark, farmer, is in the
Knox county jail on a murder charge as a result of an altercation between the
two men yesterday morning. According to information from Campbell
county authorities, Cooper and Clark were working together digging
potatoes. It is not known how the trouble started, but a quarrel developed
and it is alleged that Clark struck Cooper on the head with a mattock, mortally
wounding him. Clark was arrested on a charge of felonious
assault and later released under a $2,000 bond. He started toward
Knoxville when he learned that Cooper was being hurried to Knoxville in a dying
condition. Cooper died at the Knoxville General Hospital at 5 p.m. shortly
after arriving there and while on the operating table. Middlesboro Daily
News, Middlesboro, KY - Oct. 16, 1923
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Indian River Marina 740 Indian River Boat Dock
Road Jacksboro, TN 37757 (865) 562-5290
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