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Rutherford County and named in honor of Griffith Rutherford. He was an American Revolutionary War general who settled in Middle Tennessee after the Revolutionary War. He was President of the Council of the Southwest Territory (the upper chamber of the territorial legislature).

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Shelby County was named for Governor Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) of Kentucky.

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