In 1783, thirteen years before Tennessee became a state, the first permanent settlers were attracted to the Dandridge area by the French Broad River and a good spring, around which the town was laid out. By 1792, the settlement had grown to such an extent that Governor William Blount designated the new county of Jefferson in the Territory South of the Ohio River. Francis Dean, a wealthy landowner, gave fifty acres for Dandridge, which became a county seat. Travelers arriving by the stage route a
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