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3 unusual facts about Humphreys County


Douglas S. Jackson

Jackson was elected to a full term in November 2002 by a larger margin over his Republican opponent, retired Humphreys County educator Jim Brasfield, than he had won over Butler two years previously.

Humphreys County, Tennessee

When the western half of the county was split off to form Benton County in 1835, the seat was moved to the more centrally located Waverly.

Humphreys County was established in 1809 from parts of Stewart County, and named for Judge (and future Congressman) Parry Wayne Humphreys.


Hattie Caraway

Hattie Wyatt was born near Bakerville, Tennessee, in Humphreys County, the daughter of William Carroll Wyatt, a farmer and shopkeeper, and Lucy Mildred Burch.


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