(Aired Thu 9/25/25)
Out in Ooltewah, the Mountain Oaks Manor is a quaint spot for a small wedding or a weekday luncheon.
But more than a century ago, its floral tea rooms and modest banquet hall hosted a different clientele: judges, juries, prisoners.
From 1913 to 1919, the building served as the courthouse for James County - the only county in Tennessee history to disappear.
Here’s William Newlin of Chattamatters on how James County fell off the map.
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