Perry County History
- 14 Nov 1819 – Perry County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 14, 1819 from Hickman and Humphrey Counties. Perry County was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval officer and hero of the War of 1812. The first quarterly sessions and circuit courts were held at the home of James Yates on Toms Creek
- 1821 – the county seat was established at Perryville, on the west bank of the Tennessee River, where it remained until 1846
- 1846 – the county was divided. The portion west of the Tennessee River became Decatur County. The portion east of the Tennessee River remained Perry County;
- 1846 – the new Perry County seat was located at Harrisburg
- 1848 – the Perry County seat was moved to Linden
- 1863 – Courthouse fire
- 1928 – the Perry County courthouse, a colonial revival design by Nashville architect C.K. Colley was completed. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- 1928 – Courthouse fire
If you have a transcription of a record source about the history of Perry County that you would like to share (where the person was born from 1930 or before), please contact Jerry L Butler, your Perry County TNGenWeb coordinator. Please remember that due to copyright laws, we are not permitted to post anything with a publish date later than 1923.