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The county was established by the Tennessee General Assembly on October 21, 1823, and is named for U.S. Congressman Robert Weakley (1764–1845). Weakley County comprises the Martin, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Martin is named for Captain William Martin. [5] William Martin was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1806, and moved to Weakley County, Tennessee with his wife Sarah in 1832. [5] Captain Martin prospered through tobacco farming and began working to establish a railroad connection in what would later become Martin in 1852. [5]
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WCMT's call letters stand for "Weakley County Martin, Tennessee" and the station is also known as "The Voice of Weakley County." Paul Freeman Tinkle, Thunderbolt Broadcasting president began his career at WCMT as the janitor of the radio station in 1970 while he was a sophomore at Martin High School (now Westview High School.)
Martin was born on January 30, 1806, in Halifax, Virginia.He married Sarah Glass on September 30, 1828. Together with his wife and her parents he moved to Weakley County in 1832, where they initially reported owning eight horses, about five or six slaves, and $2,000 ($61,040 in 2023) in cash.
The Pacer, founded in 1928, is the name of the student newspaper of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Office of Student Publications at UT Martin publishes The Pacer every Tuesday morning throughout the semester except for holidays and exam periods. As of 2006, the newspaper has a circulation of 3,000 copies.
Location of Weakley County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Weakley County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Alan S. Weakley (born 1959), American botanist; Dwight Weakley (born 1969), Bahamian cricketer; Ian Weakley (born 1974), Jamaican hurdler; Robert Weakley (1764–1845), American politician from Tennessee