Thomas Emmerson

[1] In 1818, Emmerson and Judge John Overton published a two-volume collection of state supreme court decisions entitled, Tennessee Reports.[1] Following his retirement from the court, Emmerson moved to Jonesborough, Tennessee, where he practiced law and purchased a farm just outside the city on Cherokee Creek.[6] He quickly developed a fascination with experimental farming practices, and helped introduce the first cast iron plow to the region in 1825.With the motto, "Truth our guide, the public good our aim," the paper supported railroad construction and internal improvements,[6] and was politically anti-Jackson.[9] Governor William G. "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877) began his journalism career by publishing several anonymous articles in Emmerson's Washington Republican.In the 1840s, Brownlow frequently clashed with Landon Carter Haynes, editor of the Tennessee Sentinel, the paper that had been founded by Emmerson's associate, Lawson Gifford.
Mayor of Knoxville, TennesseeLawrenceville, VirginiaJonesborough, TennesseeAlma materWilliam & Mary CollegeTennessee Supreme CourtKnoxville, TennesseeJonesboroughJohn SevierUniversity of TennesseeKnoxville Female AcademyincorporatedMarket SquarePleasant M. MillerJohn OvertonJoseph McMinnAmerican Colonization Societyinternal improvementsJacksonJonesborough Historic DistrictWilliam G. "Parson" BrownlowLandon Carter HaynesWilliam Rule