Loudon Tennessee Historical Information

Loudon was built prior to 1834, and in many cases, the buildings are still standing which originally were part of the city,lovingly and painstakingly restored to keep the sense of history that the town has.

The history of pre civil war Tennessee features a building in Loudon whose ownership came into the middle of quite a feud and sparked a Tennessee Supreme Court Case.

The Blair Ferry Storehouse,built by entrepreneur James Blair in 1834 was then claimed, along with the town that surrounded that building, by a Cherokee who was called Pathfinder.

The court battle took about fifteen years to resolve, eventually being found in favor of Blair, who died just one year later.

During the Civil War, the biggest employer in the town was the cotton mill that was owned by Dr BB Lenoir, whose father had founded the city of Lenoir. When the Union army came, they burned down the general store since the family had supported the Confederate states, but before they got to the cotton mill, Dr. Lenoir gave the secret Masonic handshake to several of the Union officers – and in response they did not burn his cotton mill.

Loudon County Courthouse too is another building still standing from the original days.

The city is filled with history, both of the Civil war and far predating that time period, and there are many landmarks in the city of Loudon to attest to its longevity.