Jefferson City, Tennessee
[10] Heading southwest along the Holston River from Virginia, Adam and Elizabeth Peck arrived on the banks of Mossy Creek in 1788, soon settling the area with a fort, a house of worship, and a gristmill.Around the beginnings of the American Civil War in September 1861, Union Army General Ambrose Burnside liberated the city from the Confederacy, but was attacked in an unsuccessful siege by Confederate General James Longstreet.In 1890, the historically segregated African American school of Nelson Merry College was founded in Mossy Creek.Many residents reluctantly gave up their farms and homes for the promise of flood control and electricity offered by the TVA.The Mossy Creek Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, was established in 2012 to advance these efforts, receiving funding a for a public park with a mock train depot pavilion on the original site of the Mossy Creek station, and facade grants for existing structures downtown.[10] The northwestern boundary of the city touches the southernmost arm of Cherokee Lake, a reservoir on the Holston River.[24][25] In the Tennessee State Senate, Jefferson City is represented by the 8th district by Republican Frank Niceley.
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