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Wayne County, Tennessee
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**Wayne County, Tennessee is situated in the south toward the west part of the
state, and contains 504 square miles. It is drained by Buffalo River, Shoal Creek, and their
branches, and other branches of Tennessee River. The surface is hilly; soil, fertile.
Capital, Waynesboro'.
There were in 1840, neat cattle 5,490, sheep 5,004, swine 34,351; wheat 27,406 bushels produced,
rye 1,722, Indian corn 426,360, buckwheat 1,722, oats 32,718, potatoes 6,982, tobacco 17,518
pounds, cotton 39,382, sugar 6,754; 9 stores with a capital of $43,800; 1 furnace, 1 forge, 1
tannery, 19 distilleries, 17 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 1 pottery. Capital in manufactures, $10,575.
The county has 1 school with 29 scholars.
Population: whites 7,151, slaves 529, free colored 25; total, 7,705.
**Source: A Complete Descriptive And Statistical Gazetteer Of The United States Of America, By Daniel Haskel, A. M and J. Calvin Smith, Published By Sherman & Smith, 1843.
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Wayne County Neighbors
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Lewis County / Perry County / Lauderdale County, Alabama
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