Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
Facts About Campbell County.


We find the following in the Frank
Tin Recorder, published at Hampton
Iowa:
Ia reply to letter of inquiry Wes-
ley Brogan, Esq, of Cant township,
recently received the following from
the county treasurer of Campbell
county in relation to that portion of
Tennessee
w. Brogan, Dear Sir:-Nour let
ter making inquiry as to this portion
of East Tennessee duly received, and
| cheerfully acceed to your request. To
begin with our county seat, jacks
boro, is situated in a beautiful valley
of about two miles in width. near the
center OF the county, and il reached
10y what are known a. pike roads. -
The northern part OF tue county is
mountainous with an occasional small
valley, while in all portions of it may
be found plenty of timber, coal and an
abundance Of pure water. For stock
raising purposes no better locality can
| he found. As to health ! suppose we
can brag Of this region rs being
| particularly so. Bilious diseases are
almost unknown to the natives; in
fact East Tennessee is rs healthy q To-
cility rs can he found in the United
| states, or perhaps IN the world. In
/ population we are behind Ldany of the
| northwestern States, something that is
/ mainly attributable To the existence of
slavery here in the past which not ac-
cordlng with the views of NOrtherners
| prevented them from settling among us.
| Our laws give man 81 900 worth OF
! personal property exempt from taxa
I ton and a homestead valued at the
same amount together with limited
amount OF personal property free from
| execution. Taxes are light poll 81
and property 81 on each 500 valuation.
! This Is about the average and includes
State, county, and school taxes. A. to
| temperature the thermometer rarely
| indicates above 100 or below zero. We
/ have "A gentle breeze, but very little oI
what Western man calls wind. This
Is one of the best of fruit-grOwiug re.
| giuns, though until withia the last
few years but little attended to AS in
most parts of the border Southern
States. In railroad facilities we ar,
not overstOcked, "a branch of the EasI
! Tennessee and Georgia line running tC
/ Caryviile three miles from this place
being the only outlet of that kind We
have in the county. \ man coming tC
this section can have his choice as tC
lands, there being great many varie-
ties, from the richest level to the mos
broken and even very poor grades. II
the rich parts, the range il mostly
used up, though some portions OF the
mountains are equal if not superior t.
your Western praiIies for cattle ant
far better for sheep, as there are vari
Gus herbs growing in those loCalitie
which have proven to he not uul,
healthy but nutritious.
These mountain lands are cheap
ranging in price from one to ten dol
lars per acre, and they are splendid 70
raising oats and grass, but not wei
adapted to corn and wheat. VALLEY
and hill lands range in price from s.
to $40 per acre, according To location
ton and improvements. As befor
stated, the county is not very well set
tied; the population probably does no
exceed 5000. There are DO larg
towns, Jacksboro', with 500 inhabit
ants, constituting the hub" though
there are number of thriving bust
ness points, which at no distant day
will form the nucleus for promising
villages, Our free school system /
rapidly improving, and l think W
shall soon have good schools for "a
least half the year. The principa
varieties of timber are oak, poplar
pine, cedar, maple, walnut, chest
nut, hickory and sycamore, with al
abundance of superior limestone ant
brick clay for building purposes
There are many advantages (and som
disadvantage that l have not shown
in this hastily written letter, but l hav
endeavOred to give you the main point
without making use of the "coloriug'
that is so frequently resorted to in tn
hope of inducing people to chang
their location.
Yours &C.,
@. w. HEATHERLEY.'