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Johnson County, TN
Early Record information from Goodspeed's History of Johnson County: The organization of Johnson County took place in 1836. The first sessions of the county court was begun and held at Pleasant Grove Schoolhouse on May 2, 1836. The magistrates present were John Ward, Thomas Johnson, Andrew L. Wilson, Jared Arrendiehl, James W. Warren, Joseph Robinson, James W. Wright, Andrew Wilson, James Brown, Jesse Cole, Levi Heath, M. M. Wagner, John Dugger, Sr., and Phillip Shull. M. M. Wagner was elected trustee, David H. Wagner, register: Benjamin Wilson, entry taker; S. E. McQueen, surveyor: William Keys, coroner, and Levi Heath, ranger. This court continued to meet at Pleasant Grove Schoolhouse which was situated on Vaught Creek, near Roane Creek, for nearly a year. One or more sessions were then held at the house of Col. Green Moore, in Taylorsville. In October, 1836, the county commissioners were given authority to contract for the building of a court house, to be not more than forty feet square, and two stories high. This structure was completed about one year later. Two years later the jail was completed at a cost of about $1,000. The first circuit court of Johnson County was held on March 28, 1886, "at the house formerly occupied by Thomas Johnson, deceased." Samuel Powell presided, and Alfred D. Smith qualified as clerk. The grand jury impaneled at the next term was composed of the following men: Andrew Potter, Thomas Barry, William Tompkins, Michael Smithpeter, John H. Vaught, Robert L. Doran, John Wagner, Casper Cobb, William Adkins, Hughes Warden, Peter Wills, Stephen Jackson and Jacob Rose. |
