Talk:Scott County, Tennessee

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State of Scott dispute

As a former resident and historian of Scott County I tend to disagree with the with the effort of the author to make it appear that Scott County's separation was some little known oversight by county officials which was corrected immediately after discovery, not only were the citizens of Scott County proud of their independence they fought the Union and the Confederate army to keep it. You need refer no further than county archives and newspapers through out the years to discover that the matter of petitioning the state for reentry came up several times over the course of a hundred years by the town council and was voted down, the matter at one point was so heatedly debated that fist fights broke out among political and community leaders several times throughout history. You can refer to Church record throughout the county and confirm that many communities voted in their respective churches on the matter, and you need to look no further than the county cemeteries to discover that many a soldier have the tombstone inscribed with "East Tennessee" referring to the East Tennessee militia which these soldiers proudly fought for. Also it wasn’t referred to as the Independent State of Scott it was originally called The East Tennessee Assembly or Alliance.

The original source is now a deadlink, so if you have a new source, feel free to modify the information. In the future, post disputes on Discussion pages, not in the article body. Bms4880 (talk) 17:41, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Content removed from article - Dispute of Scott Count y secession

I moved the following from the article, because it is "talk," not article content:

As a former resident and historian of Scott County I tend to disagree with the with the effort of the author to make it appear that Scott County's separation was some little known oversight by county officials which was corrected immediately after discovery, not only were the citizens of Scott County proud of their independence they fought the Union and the Confederate army to keep it. You need refer no further than county archives and newspapers through out the years to discover that the matter of petitioning the state for reentry came up several times over the course of a hundred years by the town council and was voted down, the matter at one point was so heatedly debated that fist fights broke out among political and community leaders several times throughout history. You can refer to Church record throughout the county and confirm that many communities voted in their respective churches on the matter, and you need to look no further than the county cemeteries to discover that many a soldier have the tombstone inscribed with "East Tennessee" referring to the East Tennessee militia which these soldiers proudly fought for. Also it wasn’t referred to as the Independent State of Scott it was originally called The East Tennessee Assembly or Alliance.

The author was User:Anvil Clemens. --Orlady (talk) 17:42, 14 April 2011 (UTC)