Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-10
Crockett County.

| Legislature authorizing the erection
of said county:
An act to establish the County OF
Crockett in honor of and TO
perpetuate the memory of Da-
vid Crockett, one Of Tennessee's
distinguished sons.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
/ General Assembly Of the State of
/ Tennessee, that a new county be
and the same is hereby established,
10 be composed Of the fractions n
ken from the counties Of HAYWOOD.
Madison, Gibson and DYER, to be
/ known and designated by the name
Of Crockett County, in honor Of,
] and to perpetu9te the memory Of
David Crockett, one of Tennessee's
distinguished sons.
SEC. ,. Be il enacted that the
county of Crockett shall be bound
ed as Follows, to-wits 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 cypress pointers marked
/ 9. &. LSwhich stake is situated
south S2s east, eleveilzniBss and one
chain fram Dyesburg, the coGhty,
/
/ thence south I2a Wet - chains.
thence south 49, wesf, so ssAains,
/ thence soath $50 west, 81 ciAnsS
thence shhth as3o, EesSS chains;
thence so0fh S9TtS wset, 90 chains;
thence sott, - wesf, so chains;
! thence son west, so chains;
thence south 54ff west, so chains;
thence soeth 60P west, so chains;
thanee sOnth est west, so chains;
thence south 69i9 west, so chains;
thence sorth 74io west, 80 chains,
10 stake - fhe south fork Of Forked
Deer Rit&fS thence up said river
with tlse sAainssbannel thereof TO q
I point in said river II miles and one
chain; from the town OF Browns
vile, the county site Of Haywood
County; thence leaving said river,
so as not TO approach said town of
| Brownsville nearer than II miles, as
| follows, to-Wit: Running north 50
SOY east 81 chains; thence south S50
l0' east 50 chains; thence s. east so
chains; thence south 74a' east so
chains; thence south 693' east 80
chains; thence south 64o east so
chains; thence south 56io east so
chains; thence south 53i0 east so
chains; thence south 4S3S, east s
chains; thence 5S' 10', east 20 chains,
to stake in said South Fork ofFork-
ed 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. pop
lar and beech pointers, the beech
marked G. G. l., April IS, 1871;
thence north 4l0 east by line known
as the McLemore line, $50 chains to
a stake in the middle fork OF the
Forked Deer river, about 8 chains
above the crossing OF said river by
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; thence
down said river with its main chan
mel to a stake in said river, eleven
miles and one chain from Trenton,
the county site of Gibson county,
with sweet-gum, maple and holly
/ pointers, marked G. g. l.; thence
leaving said river so as not to ap-
proach theftown of Trenton nearer
than eleven miles, as follows, to-wit:
North $3.50, west 8 chains; thence
north S34o, west so chains; thence
north 7Sto, west so chains; thence
north 72ie, west so chains; thence
north 670 west so chains;thence north
62ao, west so chains; thence north S.
so, west p chains to q stake in said
mid die fork OF Forked Deer river:
then down said river with its main
channel 20 a stake, eleven miles and
one chain from Trenton, the county
site of said Gibson county; thence
leaving said river so as not TO APP
proach nearer than eleven miles OF
Trenton, as follows, 10 wit Run
ming north 23', west 20 chains, thence
north l8e, west so chains; thence
north 12l0, west so chains; thence
north 1770, west so chains; thence
north l}0, west 40 chains TO a stake
atlow-water mark in said river,
with a forked Water-Oak pointer,
marked G. G. l., eleven miles and
one chain from the said town Of
Trenton; thence down the main
channel OF said river to the Begin
ming, as surveyed and marked by
Gen. VIM. COnnoF, of Lauderdale
countYs Tennesfee-
SIC. ;. Belt Idrther enacted, That
for the purpose of organizing the
county of Crockett that William O.
Beasly, John +. Sinclair, j. Frank
Robertson, David James. Asa Dean,
T. j. Wood, 7. j. Hicks and j. L.
Pearson shall be and they are here
by appointed Commissioners ON the
part of the several fractions 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 du-
ties incumbent on them in this act,
and in all cases of vacancies that
may occur among said Commission
ers previous to the organization Of
the County Court of said county OF
Crockett, the same shall be filled by
the Commissioners, and all vacan-
cies occurring after the organization
of such court, the vacancies so Oc-
curing shall be filled by said court
of the county of Crockett. The
said 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 for
the faithful performance Of their
duty as required BY this act A ma
jority of said Commissioners shall
constitute a Board competent to do
all things herein enjoined on them.
They shall keep 8 regular record Of
all their proceedings as Commission
ers, which snail be returned 10 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 returns after the
organization of said county as shall
be directed thereby.
SEC. 4. Be il further enacted, That
il shall be the duty OF said Com
missioners. viz: William N. Beasley
and John +. Sinclair, in the fraction
of Dyer county; Of Frank Robert
son and David James, in the frac-
ton of Gibson; Asa Dean and +. j.
Wood, III the fraction Of Haywood;
and 7. J. Hicks and j. Z. 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 re-
siding in the fractions in which they
reside, proposed to be stricken of
in said new county Of Crockett
After the enumeration shall be COM
pleted, the Commissioners after Civ
ing thirty days notice shall open
and hold an election at all the Vot-
ing places in the fractions proposed
to be stricken of, and at such other
/ places as they may designate in said
fractions, at which election, those
favOring the new county shall en-
dorse on their ballots, New Oun-
ty," those opposing, shall indorse on
their ballots, "NO New County" and
If after counting all the votes so
taken as aforesaid. il shall appear
that twO-thirds of all the qualified
voters residing in each of said frac-
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