Editing Fayette County, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Fayette County was established by [[Tennessee General Assembly]] in 1824 from the neighboring counties of [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby]] and [[Hardeman County, Tennessee|Hardeman]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Summerlin|first1=Cathy|last2=Summerlin|first2=Vernon|title=Traveling Tennessee|year=1999|publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]]|isbn=1418559687}}</ref> The same year, [[Somerville, Tennessee|Somerville]] was selected as its county seat. The first churches in the county were the First Presbyterian Church in Somerville, established in 1829, and Immanuel Parish, established in 1832.

[[Herb Parsons]] 1908–1959) of [[Somerville, Tennessee]], was [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]]'s "Showman Shooter" for 30 years.

Following the emancipation of slaves on plantations, many of Fayette County's African-American residents worked as sharecroppers. In the 1960s and 1970s, civil rights activists fought for school integration and voting rights; and created tent cities to house displaced tenant farmers who had tried to register to vote.

In recent years, Fayette County has been transitioning from a rural area to accommodate the suburban sprawl from Memphis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fayette-county/|title=Fayette County|last=Morton|first=Dorothy R.|date=October 8, 2017|website=Tennessee Encyclopedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116071612/https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fayette-county/|archive-date=November 16, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref>