Third Judicial Circuit

In 1809, the State Legislature divided the state into five judicial circuits. The Third Circuit encompassed the counties of Smith, Warren, Franklin, Sumner, Overton, White, and Jackson. Nathaniel W. Williams was appointed the first Circuit Judge.Miller, Chas. A. The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers, 1890.
At the same time, a Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals was created, which was composed of two judges who would visit each circuit and hold court in conjunction with the local judge. In the Third Circuit, such meetings were held at Carthage.
In 1835, the Judicial Circuits were reorganized, removing all the Upper Cumberland counties from the Third Circuit.
In 1870, the Legislature re-organized the Judicial Circuits, the new boundaries of the Third Circuit including Morgan, Anderson, Knox, Monroe, Roane, Cumberland, Fentress, and Blount counties.
== List of Third Circuit judges ==
* Nathaniel Williams (1809-1818)
* Jacob C. Isaacs (1818-1819)
* Nathaniel W. Williams (1819-1833)
* Abram Caruthers (1833-1836)
* Charles F. Keith (1836-1844)
* John O. Cannon (1844-1847)
* Charles F. Keith (1853-1859)
* John C. Gaut (1853-1859)
* George Brown (1859-1861)
* David K. Young (1865-1867)
* Elijah T. Hall (1867-1878)
* S.A. Rodgers (1878-sometime after 1890)
== References ==