  marion county is a county located in the u.s. state of tennessee. as of the 2010 census, the population was 28,237. its county seat is jasper. marion county is part of the chattanooga, tn&ndash;ga metropolitan statistical area. ==history== marion county was established in 1817 from lands acquired from the cherokee.william ray turner, "grundy county," tennessee encyclopedia of history and culture. retrieved: 16 october 2013. in 1779 cherokee chief dragging canoe moved down the tennessee river from chickamauga creek to running water creek, and helped establish the associated town of nickajack in front of the entrance to nickajack cave. in 1794, this town was attacked and burned. this attack was led by colonel james orr of nashville, tennessee. the town was rebuilt and the chickamauga band of indians continued to live here until 1838, when all remaining indians were removed from tennessee, alabama, and georgia via the trail of tears."caves of chattanooga" by larry e. matthews, 2007, published by the national speleological society, isbn 978-1-879961-27-2 in the spring of 1861, robert cravens of chattanooga began mining saltpeter, the main ingredient of gunpowder, at nickajack cave. this operation was eventually taken over by the confederate niter bureau. at one point, nickajack cave was one of the main sources of saltpeter for the confederate states of america. nickajack cave was visited by thousands of civil war troops, who moved u
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