by
Linda Braden Albert, B. Kenneth Cornett
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Blount County is the 10th county formed in the state of Tennessee. It was carved out of Knox County in 1795 and named for William Blount, the governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio. Maryville is the county seat and was named for Blount�s wife, Mary Grainger Blount. The abundance of natural...