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Mar022010
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
