Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-01
LAWS OF TENNESSEE.
BY AUTHORITY.

| eral Assembly of the State of Tennessee
That new county be and the same is here
\ by established, to be composed of fractions
taken from the counties of Haywood, Madi-
son, Gibson and Dyer, to be known and
designated, by the name of Crockett County,
! in honor of and to perpetuate the memory
/ of David Crockett, one Of Tennessee's distin-
/ guished sons.
| SEC. 2. BE it enacted, That the county of
Crockett shall be bounded as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a stake at the edge Of low water
mark of the middle fork of Forked Deer
River, with three birch and three small cy-
press pointers marked @. c. L., which stake
is situated south $50 east, eleven miles and
one chain from Dyersbarg, the county site of
said Dyer County, running thence south I2o
west 55 chains, thence south 80 west, so
chains, thence south go west, 80 chains,
thence south 2so west, 80 chains; thence
south 3340 west chains; thence south 1889
west, 80 chains; thence south 44}o west, so
chains; thence south 405o west so chains;
thence south 54a0 west so chains; thence
south coo west, so chains; thence south 65 10
west, 80 chains; thence south 695o west, so
chains; thence south 741o west, % chains,
to stake in the south fork of Forked Deer
River, thence up said river with the main
channel thereof TO a point in said river IL
miles and one chain; from the town OF
Brownsville, the county site Of Haywood
County; thence leaving said river, so rs
not to approach said town of Brownsville
nearer than II miles, as follows, to-wit:
Running north 80 50N east a chains;
thence south $50 10y east 80 chains; thence
80 IN cha fha~foa unr,fh 1880
east so chains; thence south 69Io
east so chains; thence south go east
so chains; thence south $3.50 east so chains;
thence south 500 east 80 chains; thence
south 4S44o, east chains; thence ago 10Y,
east 10 chains, to a stake in said South
Fork of Forked Deer river, eleven miles
from the said town of Brownsville; thence
up said river with the main channel thereof
to a stake, with a gum, poplar and beech
pointers, the beech marked g. G. L., April
Is, 1871; thence north 40 east by line
known as the McLemore line, $50 chains to
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 stake in said river, eleven
miles and one chain from Trenton, the couu-
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 8 chains; thence north 8310,
west 80 chains; thence north 1912, west so /
chains; thence north 1919, west 80 chains;
thence north GO, west so chains; thence
north 624o, 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 site 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 lSo, west so chains; |
thence north 1919, west 80 chains; thence |
north lT70, west 80 chains; thence north |
l4o, west 40 chains to a stake at low-water |
mark in said river with fOrked water-Oak |
pointer, marked c. c. L., eleven miles and /
)ne chain from the said town of Tren-
.0n; thence down the main channel of said |
liver 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,
+ J. Wood, T. J. Hicks and ]. f. Pearson
hall be and they are hereby appointed Com
nissioners on the part of the several frac-
ions in which they reside, who shall, before
,ntering on the discharge of their duties,
axe an oath before some Justice of the
Peace faithfully and impartially to discharge
al the duties incumbent on them in this act,
md in all cases of vacancies that may occur
among said Commissioners previous to the
Of the County Court of said
'Ounty of Crockett, the same shall be filed
~ the Commissioners, and all vacancies Oc-
'urring after the organization Of such court,
he vacancies so occurring snail be filed by
aid court Of the county Of Crockett. The
aid Commissioners shall enter into such
yond and security as may be required by /
he said County Court of Crockett, made
payable to the Chairman thereof, conditioned
or the faithful performance of their duty as
equired by this act. A msjority of said
Commissioners shall constitute a Board COM
)etent to do all things herein enjoined on
hem. They shall keep a regular record of
III their proceedings as Commissioners, which
hall be returned 10 the County Court of
Crockett at its first session, and the same
hall be recorded by the Clerk thereof on
he records of said court, and they shall
make such returns after the organization OF
aid 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
he fraction of Dyer County, of Frank
Robertson and David James, in the fraction
IF Gibson; Asa Dean and F. J. Wood in the
traction of Haywood; and T. J. Hicks and
J. Z. Pearson, in the fraction OF Madison
County; and they are hereby fully authorized
md 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 faYoring 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 CT Crockett, shall be, and is |
hereby declared county, with all the !
powers, privileges, and advantages, and sub
ject to all the liabilities, and duties with !
other counties in the State.
SEC. 3. 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
attached to the Eleventh Chancery Districi,
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