{"id":61,"date":"2013-08-31T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston2\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:57:40","slug":"houston-county-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/houston-county-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston County Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a timeline of events concerning Houston County.\u00a0 We will add events as they are discovered!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1794<\/strong><\/td>\nEarly settlement in what would later be known as Houston County – may have been made on Wells Creek. (Stewart, Cook, Crouse, May, Graham, Brinson)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1798<\/strong><\/td>\nHenry Edwards is believed to be first settler in what would later be known as Houston County.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1804-1805<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Settlements in Yellow Creek area. (Morrison, Hall, Dickson, Burton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1804<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst water mill built on Wells Creek (Brinson)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1805<\/strong><\/td>\nEarly road construction in what was to become Houston County.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1811<\/strong><\/td>\nDec. 16: The Great Earthquake. Left sink holes in county.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1830<\/strong><\/td>\nCumberland Presbyterian Church established at “old camp ground” as oldest church location in what would later be known as Houston Co., few miles south of Erin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1845<\/strong><\/td>\nByron Iron Forge constructed four miles north of Erin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/strong><\/td>\nAshland Furnace constructed about three miles northeast of Erin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1853<\/strong><\/td>\nUnion Furnace constructed on Thomas Branch.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/strong><\/td>\nIn this decade, hundreds of Irish immigrants were in the county working on the railroads.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/strong><\/td>\nDanville established. Stewart Station established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1867<\/strong><\/td>\nErin was founded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1869<\/strong><\/td>\nErin post office founded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1871<\/strong><\/td>\nJanuary 21: Houston County was established by an act of the Legislature and named in honor of General Sam Houston. Arlington established as first county seat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarch 17:\u00a0 Officers of county elected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApril 3: first county court met.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSeptember 18: Stewart Co. filed bill objecting to boundary lines.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOctober 14: Humphreys Co. filed objecting to boundary lines.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOctober first courthouse ordered constructed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nErin was surveyed and platted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1873<\/strong><\/td>\nAsiatic Cholera epidemic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1874<\/strong><\/td>\n“Houston County Times” at Arlington by James Faxon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1875<\/strong><\/td>\nIron industry begins to decline.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1877<\/strong><\/td>\n“Houston County Review” founded by John L. Duff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1878<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 1: Election to determine removal of county seat from Arlington to Erin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNovember: courts moved to Erin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYellow Fever epidemic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/strong><\/td>\nNovember: order for new courthouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1882<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst telephone in county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1883<\/strong><\/td>\nApril: order for construction of jail and sheriff’s residence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1895<\/strong><\/td>\nNovember: Arlington Cumberland Presbyterian Church established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1899<\/strong><\/td>\nArlington School built<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/strong><\/td>\nMarch 16:\u00a0 First Wearing of the Green Irish Celebration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a timeline of events concerning Houston County.\u00a0 We will add events as they are discovered! 1794 Early settlement in what would later be known as Houston County – may have been made on Wells Creek. (Stewart, Cook, Crouse, May, Graham, Brinson) 1798 Henry Edwards is believed to be first settler in what would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/houston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}