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Claiborne County - Tennessee

 

 

HISTORY of CLAIBORNE COUNTY

Established October 29, 1801
Organized December 7, 1801
Formed from Hawkins and Grainger Counties
Tazewell is county seat

 

PEOPLE of CLAIBORNE COUNTY

County named for William C C Claiborne
Was Judge of the Superior Court of Tennessee
Served as Governor of the Mississippi Territory
Became Governor and later Senator elect from Louisiana at time of his death