Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-04
TENNESSEE.
PUBLIC LAws-orFHCIAL.

An act 70 establish the county OF Christiana.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee,
That new county be, and the same is
hereby established out of fractions of the
territory composing the counties of Roane,
Monroe and Blount around the town of
LOudon.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
SAID county of Chrisiiana shall be bounded
as follows, to wit: Beginning at the
upper end of a bluff of rocks on the
western bank of Little Tennessee river at
the common corner of the lands of J. K
johnson and j. B. Upton, citizens Of
Monroe county, and running thence with
the section line the present BEARING of
The compass being north 80 deg, cast IA
rods TO the Morganton and Washington
q road; thence with said read to the bridge
acr9ss Fork Greek at or near ]. II. Robin
sons mill; thence south 81 deg. west 4S
rods along the line between Robin
son and Kittrell; thence north so
deg. west Is rods TO the line
between the lands of Kelsoe's heirs and
kittrells; thence north 70 deg west %
rods; thence south 20 deg west Al rods to
old stoTehouse; thence Ala rods to inter
section of old road; thence 3l2 rods
60 the Loudon road rods from the
Nsught House; thence 81 rods to Curtis
line and lane; thence 80 rods TO the south
west corner of Curtis lands; thence 354
rods to the section line Is rods east of the
northeast corner of section 10; thence
south 81 deg west S32 rods 10 the north
. east corner of section O. thence south 81
deg west about SIS rods to the bridge
"a over Sweet Water Creek, near and west
of Philadelphia to Washington, known as
the Washington road, about 2, 5S6 rods to
the line of McAIinn county at the juno
ton of said road, with the road leading
from Sweet Water to Blue Spring; thence
with the line of McAlinn county TO the
Northern Spring; thence with the
line of McAIinn county to the
northern or northwestern line of
j. ID. Turner; thence with the boundary
lines of the lands of said Turner and John
Talley to point in right line between
blue Springs and Marble Bluff on the
Tennessee River; thence north SO deg
cast, about 10 miles TO rock on Marble
Bluff, near the mouth of Stockton's creek
On the west bank of Tennessee river;
thence up the said river with its mean
ders to the common corner of the lands of
Matlock and Rhea, on the north bank of
the river; thence north 80 deg cast 1880
rods 10 a hickory tree in Jack Littletons'
Ridge Field; thence north % deg east 800
rods to large post oak, ten rods south of
the old stage road on the ridge west of
Thomas Carriers residence; thence north
1,040 rods to large Spanish oak, near the
dwelling of Levi Mays, including said
Mays in the new county; thence north 20
deg east 456 rods to an elm tree on the
south bank of Clinch river, at point
opposite to Lackeys farm; thence up the
center of Clinch river with its meanders
about 2, l56 IOds, 10 the line of Knox
county at or near the mouth of Hickory
creek; thence with the line of Knox
county to the HOlston river at or near the
SaltpetCr Cave; thence down said river
with its meanders about 992 rods to a
point on the south bank of said river
where the dividing line between the lands
of Sanders Leper and J. X GIiitts strikes
the same, thence north SO degs. cast 124
rods; thence south II degs. east 1914 rods;
thence south 40 dogs. cast $50 rods; thence
south 81 dogs. west 430 rods; thence south
II degs west 24S rods; thence south OF deg
east las rods; thence south degs. west
ia rods thence south 20! degs. west %
rods; thence south IA rods; thence south
81 degs. east 450 rods; thence south 81
degs. west lS2 rods to red oak; thence
south Is degS. east IS rods; thence south
30 degs. east 240 rods; thence sonth
81 deg east l2S rods to pine north of H.
Thompson's; thence south S7I deg east
us rods; thence south 90 deg east los rods
to q pine north of Bakers creek; thence
south Is deg east rs rods; thence south
deg west 200 rods; thence south 591 deg
west 100 rods; thence south 424 deg west
A rods; thence south 3Sl deg west A rods;
flPnna CDlth Woo / oil
south 80 deg west 800 rods; thence south
81 deg west $40 rods; thence south IS
deg west l5S rods; thence south 70 deg
west 55 rods to Nine Mile Creek; thence
north 261 deg west 1874 rods to Maliua
Springs; thence south 7SI deg west SOC
rods TO Wildcat Rock On the east bank of
Little Tennessee river; thence down said
river with its meanders to the place of
beginning, distance of about !, lS7 rods.
Sec. 3. Be il further enacted, That for
the purpose of perfccting the organization
OF said county of Christiana James Ma
thews f. r. Hackney, J. ID. Jones, J. L.
Upton, w. Y. Huff, J. ID. Turner, Mai NJ.
Hose, John w. Robinson and Mai. William
Hope are hereby appointed Commission
ers, who shall, before entering upon the
discharge OF their duties, take an oath TO
faithfully and impartially discharge all the |
dnties imposed upon them by this act;
and all vacancies that may occur previous |
10 the organization of the County Court !
of said county, shall be filled by the re-
naming Commissioners. A majority of |
said Commissioners shall constitute a |
Board TO transact all things herein en- |
Joined on them, and it shall be the duty |
of said Board TO keep true record of |
their proceedings as Commissioners which |
hall ho TO %
said county of Chrisliana at the first |
term, 10 be entered upon the records of |
said COut, and said Commissioners shall |
make such other reports thereafter as
said Court shall require.
See f. BE it further enacted, That it |
shall be the duty of said Commissioners to |
designate three voting places in each of |
the fractions taken from Blount aud Mon
roe, and six voting places in the fractions
taken from Roane, and shall give ten days |
notice by written or printed circulars
posted in five or more public places in
each fraction taken from the respective |
counties of R0ane, Monroe and Blount. |
that an election will be held in which all |
persons entitled to vote for members Of
the General Assembly, gho have re sided |
in the fraction proposed to be stricken off |
for six months Immediately preceding
said election, shall be entitled to
vote, and each voter who desires
to vote for the establishment of the |
new county, shall have on his ticket the
words new county," and those d ;siring
to vote against the new county, shall have
on Their tickets the words "Oli county"
AMI II up IN the counting of al the votes
cast NJ s4td election, 1t shll IpDalr that
tNlth'rds OF all the lifted voters