FIRST COURT OF ROANE COUNTY, TN
From Roots of Roane County, TN by Snyder E. Roberts Page 70
Roane County’s first Court was organized in 1801 at the house of ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL with following commissioned Justices present:
HUGH NELSON, Chairman, WILLIAM WHITE, SAMUEL MILLER, PAUL HARRLSON, ZACHEUS AYERS, GEORGE PRESTON, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, JAMES PRESTON, ISHAM COX, WILLIAM BARNETT, GEORGE McPHERSON and ABRAHAM MCCLELLAN
The court elected (Gen.) JOHN BROWN, Sheriff; JOHN STONE, Register; HENRY BREAZEALE, Clerk; DANIEL RATHER, Coroner; and GEORGE MCPHERSON, Ranger.
HUGH NELSON, JOHN SMITH T, ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL, WILLIAM BARNETT, PAUL HARRALSON, AND ZACHEUS AYERS were appointed as a committee for the erection of a courthouse, prison and stocks.