Do you think you know your county history? Check out these facts to test your knowledge!
1Fact 1:
In 1786, Sumner County was established and named after a War General from the American Revolutionary War named General Jethro Sumner
2Fact 2:
The first permanent settler of Sumner County was Thomas Sharp Spencer in 1776
3Fact 3:
By 1783, Forts Mansker, Bledsoe, and Asher were constructed to protect the new settlers from potential Native American attacks
4Fact 4:
The purchase of 41.5 acres of land from Captain James Trousdale in 1801 established Gallatin as the county head
5Fact 5:
Three Tennessee Governors came from Sumner County: William Hall, William Trousdale, and William B. Campbell
6Fact 6:
Roughly 821 men fought in James Madison’s War of 1812
7Fact 7:
Over 3,000 men from Sumner County were soldiers in the Civil War and the first wave of those enlisted trained at Camp Trousdale
8Fact 8:
After the Civil War freed Blacks created the Village Green and Free Hill communities and organized the nation’s first agricultural fair
9Fact 9:
The TVA construction of Old Hickory Dam in the 1950s boasted new jobs, which in turn boosted the population and caused a housing boom
10Fact 10:
Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church is said to be the oldest church in Sumner County if not Middle Tennessee
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