Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1  1826-1833 â Vermilion. 2  1823-1826 â Edgar. 3  1819-1823 â Clark.  1816-1819 1  â Crawford. 1815-1816 â Edwards.  1812-1813 1  â Madison. 1801-1812 â St. 2  Clair. 1790-1801 â Knox, Northwest Territory.
Sponsored Topics. Harrison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,630 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TNâGA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Harrison Bay State Park, the Hamilton County Landfill, Bear Trace Golf Course, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, and Skull Island, a recreational area owned by TVA, are all located in Harrison.
HARRISON COUNTY. The original inhabitants of this area were the Caddo Indians. Anglo settlers, mostly from the southern U. S., began arriving in the 1830s. Many obtained Mexican land grants in 1835, and population increased following Texas independence in 1836. The Republic of Texas Congress created Harrison County in 1839 and named it for Texas revolutionary leader Jonas Harrison (1777-1836). Marshall became the county seat in 1842. Harrison County was predominantly rural and agricultural, with cotton as the main crop. By 1850, it was the most populous, as well as one of the richest counties in antebellum Texas.