Fifth Chancery Division

In 1854, the State Legislature established the Fifth Chancery Division, comprised of the counties of Blount, Roane, Monroe, McMinn, Polk, Bradley, Rhea, Hamilton, Bledsoe, Marion, White, and Overton.Miller, Chas. A. The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers, 1890.
In 1870 the Legislature re-organized the Chancery Divisions, the Fifth Division to include Van Buren, White, Putnam, Overton, Jackson, Macon, Smith, DeKalb, and Clay counties.
== List of Fifth Division Chancellors ==
* T. Nixon Van Dyke (1854-1861)
* Robert H. Rose (1866-1868)
* J.W. Doherty (1868-1870)
* W.W. Ward (1870-1872)
* W.G. Crowley (1872-1886)
* W.W. Wade (1886-after 1890)
== References ==