1844
Fifty Claiborne County men were selected to be delegates to a Whig convention in Knoxville. Most of these were either the earliest settlers in Claiborne County or their sons.
Among them was Anderson Jennings, the son of Hezekiah Jennings and Sarah Johnson who migrated to the area from North Carolina in around 1795. Anderson, their only son, was born in 1796. This is a remarkably early article to find about him
The other surnames mentioned in this article will appear throughout the biographies and stories of the Paynes and Jenningses – especially Hodges and Yoakum.
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