Johnson County, Tennessee

Date: 1836 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Johnson County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 3 List of Things to Do 4 Johnson County History 4.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4.2 Johnson County Notables 5 Geography 5.1 Adjacent counties 6 Government Offices 7 Resources and Records 7.1 On WikiTree 7.2 On the Internet 8 Communities 8.1 Towns 8.2 Unincorporated Communities 9 See also 10 Sources

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Johnson County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Johnson County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Johnson County History

Johnson County was formed from part of Carter county in 1836. It was named after an early settler, Thomas Johnson.

In 1858, Johnson County was the site of the J. F. Perkins vs. J. R. White libel trial, which hinged on the Tennessee law requiring a person to have less than 1/8 African or Native American blood in order to be a state citizen. J.F. Perkins vs. J.R. White Trial Notes

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Johnson County Notables

Geography

Johnson County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Johnson County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Washington County, Virginia - north
• Grayson County, Virginia - northeast
• Ashe County, North Carolina - east
• Watauga County, North Carolina - southeast
• Avery County, North Carolina - south
• Carter County - southwest
• Sullivan County - west

Government Offices

• Johnson County Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Johnson County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Johnson County Genealogy on Familysearch
• Johnson County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Johnson County Genealogy Trails
• Johnson County USGenWeb
• Johnson County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Towns

• Mountain City - county seat

Unincorporated Communities

• Butler
• Crandull
• Doe Valley
• Doeville
• Laurel Bloomery
• Midway
• Shady Valley
• Sutherland
• Trade

See also

• Johnson County on Wikipedia

Sources