Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-31
LAWS OF TENNESSEE.
BY AUTHORITY.

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Ger
eral Assembly of the State of Tennessee,
That new county be and the same is here
by established, to be composed of fraction
tsken from the counties of Haywood, Mad
son, Gibson and Dyer, to be known an
designated, by the name of Crockett County
in honor of and to perpetuate the memor,
OF David Crockett, one of Tennessee's distin
| guished sons.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the county 0
Crockett shall be bounded as follows. to-wit
Beginning at stake at the edge of low wateI
mark of the middle fork of Forked Dee
River, with three birch and three small cv-
press pointers marked c. G. L., which stake
Is situated south $50 east, eleven miles and
one chain from Dyersburg, the county site OF
said Dyer County, running thence south I2o
west SIS chains, thence south $50 west, so
chains, thence south 23o west. 80 chains,
thence south go west, so chains; thence
south 1895 west chains; thence south 39So
west, 80 chains; thence south 445o west so
chains; thence south 493o west, 80 chains;
thence south 54a0 west, 80 chains; thence
south 500 west so chains; thence south 65fo
west 80 chains; thence south 694o west so
chains; thence south 741o west, 90 chains.
to stake in the south fork of Forked Deer
River, thence up said river with the main
channel thereof to point in said river II
miles and one chain; from the town of
Brownsville, the county site of Haywood
County; thence leaving said river, SO as
not TO approach said town of Brownsville
nearer than IL miles, as follows, to-wit:
Running north 80 SOY east 81 chains;
thence south $50 l0\ east 80 chains; thence
50 east so chains; thence south 1870
east so chains; thence south 691o
east 80 chains; thence south $40 east
80 chains; thence south $500 east 80 chains;
thence south 5340 east so chains; thence
south 4840, east chains; thence 43o IO\,
east 79 chains, to a stake in said South
Fork of FEked Deer river, eleven niles
from the said town of Brownsville; thence
up said river with the main channel thereof
TO stake, with a gum, poplar and beech
pointers, the beech marked c. c. L., April
l3, 1871; thence north 40 east by line
known as the McLemore line, $50 chains to
a stake in the middle fork of the FOrked
Deer river, about chains above the cross
ing of said river by the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad; thence down said river with its
main channel to a stake in said river, eleven
miles and one chain from Trenton, the coun-
ty site Of Gibson county, with sweet-gum,
maple and holly pointers, marked G. C. L.;
thence leaving said river so as not to ap-
proach the town of Trenton nearer than
eleven miles, as follows, to wit: North
$3.50, west chains; thence north 835o,
west so chains; thence north 1919, west so
chains; thence north 72@o, west so chains;
thence north 670, west so chains; thence
north 623o, west so chains; thence north
$500, west % chains to a stake in said mid
die fork of Forked Deer river; then down
said river with its main channel to a stake,
eleven miles and one chain from Trenton,
the county ste of said Gibson county; thence
leaving said river so as not to approach
nearer than eleven miles of Trenton, as fol-
lows, to wit Running north 23o, west 20
chains; thence north I80, west 80 chains;
thence north 123o, west so chains; thence
north 177o, west 80 chains; thence north
3o, west 40 chains TO a stake at low-water
mark in said river, with fOrked water-Oak
pointer, marked G. c. L., eleven miles and
One chain from the said town of Tren-
ton; thence down the main channel of said
river TO the beginning, as surveyed and
marked by Gen. VIM. Conner, of Lauderdale
county, Tennessee.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, That for the
purpose of organizing the county of Crockett
hat William G. Beasly, John F. Sinclair, J.
Frank Robertson, David James, Asa Dean,
T. J. Wood, 7. J. Hicks and J. Z. Pearson
shall be and they are hereby appointed COM
missioners on the part of the several frac-
.ious in which they reside, who shall, before
entering on the discharge of their duties,
take an oath before some Justice Of the
Peace faithfully and impartially to discharge
all the duties incumbent on them in this act,
and in all cases of vacancies that may occur
among said Commissioners previous to the
organization of the County Court of said
county of Crockett, the same shall be filed
by the Commissioners, and all vacancies Oc-
;urring after the organization of such court,
The vacancies so occurring shall be filed by
aid court of the county Of Crockett. The
,aid Commissioners shall enter into such
bond and security as may be required by
The said County Court of Crockett, made
payable to the Chairman thereof, conditioned
.Or the faithful performance of their duty as
required by this act. A majority of said
shall constitute Board COM
Deteut to do all things herein enioined on
Them. They shall keep a regular record Of
all their proceedings as Commissioners, which
shall be returned to the County Court Of
Crockett at its first session, and the same
shall be recorded by the Clerk thereof on
The records Of said court, and they shall
make such retur9S after the organization of
said county as shall be directed thereby.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of said Commissioners, viz:
William n Beasley and John F. Sinclair, in
The fraction of Dyer County, of Frank
Robertson and David James, in the fraction
Of Gibson; Asa Dean and F. J. Wood in the
fraction of Haywood; and 7. J. Hicks and
J. E. Pearson, in the fraction of Madison
County; and they are hereby fully authorized
and Empowered to canvass and take the
census of the qualified voters residing in the
fractions in which they reside, proposed to
be stricken off in said new County Of
Crockett. After the enumeration shall be
the Commissioners after giving
thirty days notice shall open and hold an
election at all the voting places in the frac-
tons proposed stricken of, and at such other
places as they may designate in said fractions,
at which election, those favoring the new
county shall indorse on their ballots, "New
County," those opposing, shall indorse on
their ballots, "No New County and if after
counting all the votes so taken as aforesaid,
it shall appear that two-thirds of all the
qualified voters residing in each Of said
fractions have given their vote to the forma-
ton of said new county, then and in that
case, the county of Crockett, shall be, and is
hereby declared a county, with all the
powers, privileges, and advantages, and sub
ject to all the liabilities, and duties with
other counties in the State.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That for the
due administration of justice, the different
courts to be holden for said county Of
Crockett, shall be held in the town Of
Cazeville, until the seat of justice shall
be located, and all writs and other process
issuing from any of said courts returnable
to that place, shall be legal, and the courts
for the county of Crockett shall be under
the same rule, regulations and restrictions;
shall have, exercise and possess the same
power and jurisdiction as prescribed by law
for holding courts in other counties, said
county shall be attached to the Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit and the Circuit Courts shall
be held by the Judge Of said circuit, on the
second Mondays of April, August and De-
cember in each and every year, and shall be