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Welcome to the Chester County TNGenWeb page. \u00a0Your County Coordinator is Tom Childers<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester County is located in West Tennessee, one of the state’s three “grand divisions.” The first settlers came from\u00a0Virginia<\/a>,\u00a0North Carolina<\/a>,\u00a0South Carolina<\/a>,\u00a0North Alabama<\/a>, and, largely, Middle Tennessee. The first settlement in the area was Mifflin. Colonel J. Purdy migrated to the county from\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>; the town of Mifflin was named after a town in his home state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester County was created in 1879 from Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, and Madison counties,\u00a0and named in honor of Robert I. Chester (1793-1892). The county seat is located at Henderson. Area records prior to Chester County’s 1879 founding can be found at the parent counties (Hardeman<\/a>,\u00a0Henderson<\/a>,\u00a0McNairy,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Madison<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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