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MONTH

DAY

EVENT

1777

0

0

Washington County organized in 1777 by act of North Carolina. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1779

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0

Sullivan County, Tennessee formed from Washington County.

1783

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0

Davidson County, Tennessee formed from Washington County.

1783

0

0

Greene County, Tennessee formed from Washington County.

1785

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0

Wayne County, Tennessee was created under the State of Franklin and included parts of present-day Carter and Johnson Counties. Extinguished in 1788.

1786

0

0

Hawkins County, Tennessee formed from Sullivan County.

1786

0

0

Sumner County, Tennessee formed from Davidson County, North Carolina, becoming part of the Territory South of the River Ohio (popularly called the Southwest Territory) from its creation in May 1790 until Tennessee became a state in 1796. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1788

0

0

Tennessee County was extinguished when Tennessee became a state in 1796.

1792

0

0

Jefferson County, Tennessee formed from Greene and Hawkins Counties.

1792

0

0

Knox County formed from Greene and Hawkins Counties.

1794

0

0

Sevier County, Tennessee formed from Jefferson County.

1795

0

0

Blount County, Tennessee formed from Knox County .

1796

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0

Carter County, Tennessee formed from Washington County. Name change from Carteret County.

1796

0

0

Grainger County organized from Hawkins County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1796

0

0

Montgomery County was organized by the division between Montgomery and Robertson Counties of Tennessee County, which had been organzied in 1788 from Davidson County and was then abolished, and whose records were deposited with Montgomery County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1796

0

0

Robertson County was organized by the division between Montgomery and Robertson Counties of Tennessee County, which was organized in 1788 from Davidison County and was then abolished, and whose records were deposited with Montgomery County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1797

0

0

Cocke County, Tennessee formed from Jefferson County.

1799

0

0

Smith County, Tennessee formed from Sumner County and Indian lands.

1799

0

0

Williamson County, Tennessee was formed from Davidson County.

1799

0

0

Wilson County, Tennessee was formed from Sumner County.

1801

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0

Anderson County, Tennessee formed from Knox and Grainger Counties.

1801

0

0

Claiborne County, Tennessee formed from Grainger and Hawkins Counties.

1801

0

0

Jackson County, Tennesee formed from Smith County and Indian lands.

1801

0

0

Roane County was organized from Knox County and Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1803

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0

Dickson County, Tennessee formed from Montgomery and Robertson Counties.

1803

0

0

Rutherford County was organized from Davidson, Williamson, and Wilson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1803

0

0

Smith County, Tennessee formed from Montgomery County.

1806

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0

Campbell County, Tennessee formed from Anderson and Claiborne Counties.

1806

0

0

Overton County, Tennessee formed from Jackson County.

1806

0

0

White County organized from Jackson and Smith Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1807

0

0

Bedford County, Tennessee formed from Rutherford County and Indian lands.

1807

0

0

Bledsoe County, Tennessee formed from Roane County and Indian lands.

1807

0

0

Franklin County organized from Rutherford County and Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1807

0

0

Hickman County, Tennessee formed from Dickson County.

1807

0

0

Maury County, Tennessee formed from Williamson County and Indian lands.

1807

0

0

Rhea County, Tennessee formed from Roane County.

1807

0

0

Warren County organized from White, Jackson, and Smith Counties, and from Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1809

0

0

Giles County, Tennessee formed from Maury County.

1809

0

0

Humphreys County, Tennessee formed from Stewart and Smith Counties.

1809

0

0

Lincoln County, Tennessee formed from Bedford County.

1817

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0

Lawrence County, Tennessee formed from Hickman and Maury Counties.

1817

0

0

Marion County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands.)

1817

0

0

Morgan County was organized from Roane County, and in 1903 annexed part of Anderson County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1817

0

0

Wayne County was organized from Hickmand and Humphreys Counties. [ [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1818

0

0

See also entry for 1819.

1819

0

0

Hamilton County, Tennessee formed from Rhea County and Indian lands.

1819

0

0

Hardin County organized from the Western District (Indian lands), to run to the Mississippi, but eleven days later Shelby County was organized from Hardin County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1819

0

0

McMinn County, Tennessee formed from Indian lands (Cherokee lands).

1819

0

0

Monroe County organized from Roane County (Hiwassee Purchase, Indian lands). [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1819

0

0

Shelby County was organized from Hardin County, eleven days after its parent county was organized. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1819

0

0

See also entry for 1818.

1821

0

0

Carroll County, Tennessee formed from the Western District and from Indian lands.

1821

0

0

Henderson County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1821

0

0

Henry County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1821

0

0

Madison County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

Dyer County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

Fentress County organized from Overton, White, and Morgan Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1823

0

0

Gibson County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

Hardeman County was organized from Hardin County and the Western District (Indian lands.) [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1823

0

0

Haywood County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

McNairy County, Tennessee formed from Hardin County.

1823

0

0

Obion County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

Tipton County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1823

0

0

Weakley County, Tennessee was formed from the Western District (Indian lands).

1824

0

0

Fayette County, Tennessee formed Shelby and Hardeman Counties.

1835

0

0

Benton County, Tennessee formed from Henry and Humphreys Counties.

1835

0

0

Lauderdale County was organized from Dyer, Tipton, and Haywood Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1836

0

0

Bradley County, Tennessee formed from Indian lands.

1836

0

0

Cannon County formed from Rutherford, Warren, and Smith Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1836

0

0

Coffee County, Tennessee formed from Franklin, Warren, and Bedford Counties.

1836

0

0

Johnson County, Tennessee formed from Carter County.

1836

0

0

Marshall County, Tennessee formed from Bedford, Lincoln, Giles, and Maury Counties.

1836

0

0

Meigs County organized from Hamilton, McMinn, Rhea, and Roane Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1837

0

0

DeKalb county organized from Cannon, Warren, White, Wilson, and Jackson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1839

0

0

Polk County, Tennessee formed from Bradley and McMinn Counties.

1840

0

0

Van Buren County, Tennessee formed from Bledsoe, Warren, and White Counties.

1842

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0

Macon County, Tennessee formed from Smith and Sumner Counties.

1842

0

0

See also entry for 1854.

1843

0

0

Lewis County, Tennessee formed from Hickman, Maury, Wayne, and Lawrence Counties.

1844

0

0

Grundy County organized from Franklin and Warren Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1844

0

0

Hancock County, Tennessee formed from Claiborne and Hawkins Counties.

1845

0

0

See also entry for 1871.

1845

0

0

Decatur County, Tennessee formed from Perry County.

1849

0

0

Scott County was organized from Fentress, Morgan, Anderson, and Campbell Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1850

0

0

Union County, Tennessee formed from Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Knox Counties.

1854

0

0

See also entry for 1842.

1855

0

0

See also entry for 1856.

1856

0

0

Cheatham County formed from Dickson, Montgomery, Davidson, and Robertson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1856

0

0

See also entry for 1855.

1857

0

0

Sequatchie County, Tennessee was organized from Hamilton County (and previously from Bledsoe, Marion, and Grundy Counties). [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1858

0

0

See also entry for 1857.

1870

0

0

Clay County, Tennessee formed from Jackson and Overton Counties.

1870

0

0

Hamblen County organized from Grainger, Hawkins, and Jefferson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1870

0

0

Lake County, Tennessee formed from Obion County.

1870

0

0

Loudoun County, Tennessee formed from Blount, Monroe, Roane, and McMinn Counties.

1870

0

0

See also entry for 1879.

1870

0

0

Trousdale County, Tennessee formed from Macon, Smith, and Wilson Counties.

1871

0

0

Houston County was organized from Dickson, Montgomery, Stewart, and Humphreys Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1871

0

0

Moore County was organized from Beford, Franklin, Lincoln, and Coffee Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1871

0

0

Crockett County organized from Dyer, Madison, Gibson, and Haywood Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1871

0

0

James County, Tennessee formed from Hamilton and Bradley Counties. Extinguished in January 1920 when annexed by Hamilton County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD]

1875

0

0

Chester County, Tennessee formed from Hardeman, Madison, Henderson, and McNairy Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah]

1875

0

0

Unicoi County, Tennessee formed from Carter and Washington Counties.

1879

0

0

See also entry for 1875.

1879

0

0

See also entry for 1870.