History of Coffee County Tennessee United States of America

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History of Coffee County Tennessee

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Local History Notes:

The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

COFFEE, a county in the S. E. central part of Tennessee, has an area of about 220 square miles. It is drained by the head streams of Duck river. The surface is diversified and elevated, the county occupying the lower plateau of Cumberland mountain.

The soil is fertile. Indian corn, wheat, oats, sweet potatoes, cattle, and butter are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 433,215 bushels of corn; 5112 of wheat; 70,305 of oats, and 44,668 pounds of butter. It contained 21 churches; 900 pupils attending public schools, and 60 attending academies or other schools. It is intersected by the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, and by the turnpike leading from Fayetteville to Warren county. Capital, Manchester. Population, 8351, of whom 7084 were free, and 1267, slaves.

Biographies:

James M. Carlisle Biography

James M. Carlisle, educator, was born in Coffee county, Tenn., May 11, 1851, son of James M. and May (Bird) Carlisle. He was educated at Cumberland university; graduated at Beech Grove college, Tennessee, A.B., 1876, and was professor of mathematics in that institution, 1876-78. He had charge of an academy in Lincoln county, Tenn., for a short time and then removed to Texas, where he became principal of a private normal school at Whitesboro. He occupied this position for more than seven years, and in 1887 was elected superintendent of the Corsicana city schools. He was elected in 1890 superintendent of Fort Worth city schools and in 1891 was chosen superintendent of public instruction for the state of Texas, and successively re-elected by popular vote to that position.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Coffee County Facts:

Seat: Manchester
Established: 1836
Formed from: Bedford, Warren and Franklin