Settlements in Benton County Tennessee began about 1819-20. The first settlers being William (or is it Willis?) and Denton Rushing on Rushing Creek, six miles north of Camden. The next was by Nicholas and Lewis Browers in 1820 on Randall Creek, twelve miles from Camden, Thomas and William Minnis on Bird Song Creek in 1820. Benton County was formed in 1835 from Humphreys and Henry Counties, named for Thomas H. Benton. At Tranquility Postoffice, on the state route from Memphis to Nashville, and in the house of Samuel H. Burton, the county was organized on February 7, 1836. Camden, the county seat was located in December 1836 on land occupied by a squatter named John Jackson. The population in 1913 was 12,452 people.