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'''Bear Meat Cabin''' or '''Bearmeat Cabin''' (founded [[1816]]) was the name of the first settlement in present-day [[Blount County]], on the site of the present city of [[Blountsville]]. The settlement was pioneered at a junction of trails near the cabin of a [[Creek Indian]] [[Chief Bear Meat]] by [[Caleb Fryley]], brother-in-law and companion of [[John Jones]]. Jones and Fryley had travelled south from Madison County along the [[Huntsville Road]], still mainly an Indian trace which led from Ditto's Landing to [[Mud Town]] on the [[Cahaba River]]. Jones continued on and settled at [[Jonesboro]] in the valley that also bears his name. | '''Bear Meat Cabin''' or '''Bearmeat Cabin''' (founded [[1816]]) was the name of the first settlement in present-day [[Blount County]], on the site of the present city of [[Blountsville]]. The settlement was pioneered at a junction of trails near the cabin of a [[Creek Indian]] [[Chief Bear Meat]] or "Wassausey" by [[Caleb Fryley]], brother-in-law and companion of [[John Jones]]. Jones and Fryley had travelled south from Madison County along the [[Huntsville Road]], still mainly an Indian trace which led from Ditto's Landing to [[Mud Town]] on the [[Cahaba River]]. Jones continued on and settled at [[Jonesboro]] in the valley that also bears his name. | ||
Jones and Fryley were the first white settlers to make their homes in the area, and their Tennessee neighbors soon began swarming into the region. Bear Meat Cabin became a trading post. After [[1817]] a safe road from South Carolina was also established, and by [[1818]] the area became populous enough for the Territorial Legislature to create a county. [[John Gilbraith]], [[William Reno]], [[Stephen Box]], [[Moses Burleson]] and [[Henry McPherson]] were appointed commissioners and charged with selecting a county seat. They chose Bear Meat Cabin, which was renamed Blountsville. | Jones and Fryley were the first white settlers to make their homes in the area, and their Tennessee neighbors soon began swarming into the region. Bear Meat Cabin became a trading post. After [[1817]] a safe road from South Carolina was also established, and by [[1818]] the area became populous enough for the Territorial Legislature to create a county. [[John Gilbraith]], [[William Reno]], [[Stephen Box]], [[Moses Burleson]] and [[Henry McPherson]] were appointed commissioners and charged with selecting a county seat. They chose Bear Meat Cabin, which was renamed Blountsville. | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 21 April 2014
Bear Meat Cabin or Bearmeat Cabin (founded 1816) was the name of the first settlement in present-day Blount County, on the site of the present city of Blountsville. The settlement was pioneered at a junction of trails near the cabin of a Creek Indian Chief Bear Meat or "Wassausey" by Caleb Fryley, brother-in-law and companion of John Jones. Jones and Fryley had travelled south from Madison County along the Huntsville Road, still mainly an Indian trace which led from Ditto's Landing to Mud Town on the Cahaba River. Jones continued on and settled at Jonesboro in the valley that also bears his name.
Jones and Fryley were the first white settlers to make their homes in the area, and their Tennessee neighbors soon began swarming into the region. Bear Meat Cabin became a trading post. After 1817 a safe road from South Carolina was also established, and by 1818 the area became populous enough for the Territorial Legislature to create a county. John Gilbraith, William Reno, Stephen Box, Moses Burleson and Henry McPherson were appointed commissioners and charged with selecting a county seat. They chose Bear Meat Cabin, which was renamed Blountsville.
In pioneer days, Bear Meat Cabin had a blacksmith forge and a Methodist missionary, Ebenezer Hearn.
References
- Powell, George (1855) "A Description and History of Blount County." Rpt. in Blount County: Glimpses from the Past. (1965/1981) Junior Blount County Historical Society
- Sivley, Estelle (1936) unknown title. Southern Democrat.