History of
DeKalb County, TN
 By Will T. Hale
Published 1915, 290 pages, searchable 


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History of Tennessee 1663-1911 
 By G. R. McGee
Published 1911, 347 pages, illustrated, searchable 




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1900 Federal Census - DeKalb County 
 

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In 1837 Dekalb County was formed from mostly Smith, White and Warren Counties, and a small western
 part from Cannon County. Many people writing a history of the formation of Dekalb County are using the
 proposal made by H.L.W. Hill to the Tennessee Legislature as being the provisions of the act which formed
 the county. Hill's proposal was modified before it passed the Legislature, and there were multiple adjustments
 to the county boundaries soon after it was passed. 
 
The best account of the formation in 1837 and the subsequent boundary changes is contained in 
History of Dekalb County Tennessee, by Will T. Hale. Nashville. The part that Dekalb County obtained from
 Smith County roughly corresponds to the part that was north of the 1791 Holston Treaty "Indian Line".
 
Historian Will T. Hale believes that the first settlers in the county were at Liberty and came from Maryland in 
1797. If so, Adam Dale was the first settler. He may have come over the Cumberland Mountains, although some
 sources claim he came down the Ohio, up the Cumberland to Nashville, and then overland about 56 miles. It 
was almost primeval forest. A middle Tennessee land office was opened in 1783.
 
Cities and towns
Alexandria
Dowelltown
Liberty
Smithville
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
I. When Tennessee Was Young i 
II. DeKalb County Established — OrnciALs 9 
III. The Oldest Village 22 
IV. Pastimes of the Foreparents 39 
V. FARMING AND MERCHANDISING 48 
VI. Relating to Education 56 
VII. Religious History 67 
VIII. Annals of Alexandria 88 
IX. Concerning Slaves and Free Negroes 98 
X. Stagecoach and Tavern Days ro6 
XI. The County Seat H9 
XII. Historical Jetsam 128 
XIII. Smaller Villages of the County 139 
XIV. In the Early Wars 151 
XV. Secession — DeKalb Confederates 162 
XVI. Stokes's Cavalry 185 
XVII. Blackburn's and Garrison's Federals 194 
XVIII. Progress of the Big War 208 
XIX. Personal Experiences 218 
XX. Regular and Guerrilla Warfare 229 
XXI. Peace and the Aftermath 244
 
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