History of Blount County, Tennessee, From War Trail to Landing Strip, 1795-1955 - Paperbackby Inez E. Burns (Author) "The earliest reference to a permanent location in Blount County is the gathering of troops at Houston's Station in 1786. In July 1795, the General Assembly of the Territory South of the Ohio River erected a new county from Knox to be called Blount in honor of Governor William Blount." In this detailed narrative history, the author has reached back into "the misty shadows of history to show why events developed as they did."