TN County Origins by; Jim Blankenship

1785-1789 State of Frankland (later changed to Franklin)

Area of Washington, Sullivan, Spencer (now Hawkins), Greene, Wayne (now Johnson and Carter), Sever, Blount, Davidson.

Aplication for statehood defeated by NC

Apr 02 1790 NC cedes TN Territory to US Goverment

Washington Created in 1777 from Washington Dist.

Sullivan Created in 1779 from Washington

Davidson Created in 1783 from Washington

Greene Created in 1783 from Washington

Hawkins Created in 1786 from Sullivan

Sumner Created in 1786 from Davidson

Tennessee Created in 1788 from Davidson

June 01, 1796 TN granted Statehood

Anderson Created in Dec 13 1801 from Knox, Grainger

Bedford Created in Dec 03 1807 from Rutherford, Indian lands

Benton Created in Dec 19 1835 from Humphreys

Bledsoe Created in Nov 30 1807 from Roane, Indian lands

Blount Created in Jul 11 1795 from Knox

Bradley Created in May 02 1836 from Indian lands

Campbell Created in Sep 11 1806 from Anderson, Claiborne

Cannon Created in Jan 31 1836 from Rutherford, Smith, Warren

Carroll Created in Nov 07 1821 from Indian lands

Carter Created in Jun 01 1796 from Washington

Cheatham Created in Feb 28 1856 from Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson

Chester Created in Mar -- 1879 from Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison

Claiborne Created in Apr 25 1801 from Grainger, Hawkins

Clay Created in Dec 07 1870 from Jackson, Overton

Cocke Created in Oct 09 1797 from Jefferson

Coffee Created in Jul 29 1836 from Bedford, Warren, Franklin

Crockett Created in Nov -- 1871 from Haywood, Madison, Dyer, Gibson

Cumberland Created in Nov 16 1855 from White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress, Putnam

Davidson Created in 1783 by Act of North Carolina

Decatur Created in 1845 from Perry

DeKalb Created in Dec 12 1837 from Franklin, Cannon, Jackson, White

Dickson Created in Oct 25 1803 from Montgomery, Robertson

Dyer Created in 1823 from Indian lands

Fayette Created in Sep 29 1824 from Indian lands

Fentress Created in Nov 28 1823 from Morgan, Overton, White

Franklin Created in 1807 from Rutherford, Indian Lands

Gibson Created in Oct 21 1823 from Indian lands

Giles Created in 1809 from Indian lands

Grainger Created in 1796 from Hawkins, Knox

Greene Created in 1783 from Washington

Grundy Created in 1844 from Coffee, Warren, Franklin

Hamblen Created in 1870 from Jefferson, Grainger, Greene

Hamilton Created in Oct 25 1819 from Rhea Indian lands

Hancock Created in 1844 from Hawkins, Claiborne

Hardeman Created in 1823 from Hardin, IndianLands

Hardin Created in Nov -- 1819 from Indian lands

Hawkins Created in Jan 06 1786 from Sullivan

Haywood Created in 1823 from Indian lands

Henderson Created in Nov 01 1821 from Indian lands

Henry Created in Nov 07 1821 from Indian lands

Hickman Created in 1807 from Dickson

Houston Created in Jan 21 1871 from Dickson, Humpheys, Montgomery, Stewart

Humphreys Created in 1809 from Stewart

Jackson Created in 1801 from Smith, Indian Lands

James Created in Jan -- 1871 from Hamilton bankrupt 1919 & disbanded

Jefferson Created in Jun 11 1792 from Greene, Hawkins

Johnson Created in 1836 from Carter

Knox Created in Jun 11 1792 from Greene, Hawkins

Lake Created in Jun -- 1870 from Obion

Lauderdale Created in Nov -- 1835 from Haywood, Dyer, Tipton

Lawrence Created in Oct 21 1817 from Hickman, Indian lands

Lewis Created in 1843 from Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, Wayne

Lincoln Created in 1809 from Bedford

Loudon Created in Jun 02 1870 from Roane, Monroe, Blount, McMinn

Macon Created in 1842 from Smith, Sumner

Madison Created in Nov -- 1821 from Indian lands

Marion Created in 1817 from Indian lands

Marshall Created in 1836 from Giles, Bedford, Lincoln, Maury

Maury Created in Nov 16 1807 from Williamson, Indian lands

McMinn Created in 1819 from Indian lands

McNairy Created in Oct 08 1823 from Hardin

Meigs Created in 1836 from Rhea

Monroe Created in 1819 from Indian lands

Montgomery Created in 1796 from Tennessee

Moore Created in 1871 from Bedford, Lincoln, Franklin

Morgan Created in 1817 from Anderson, Roane

Obion Created in Oct 24 1823 from Indian lands

Overton Created in Sep 12 1806 from Jackson, Indian lands

Perry Created in Nov 14 1819 from Humphreys, Hickman

Pickett Created in 1879 from Fentress, Overton

Polk Created in 1839 from McMinn, Bradley

Putnam Created in 1854 from Fentress, Jackson, Smith, White, Overton

Rhea Created in Dec 03 1807 from Roane

Roane Created in 1801 from Knox, Indian lands

Robertson Created in Apr 09 1796 from Tennessee, Sumner

Rutherford Created in 1803 from Davidson, Williamson, Wilson

Scott Created in 1849 from Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan

Sequatchie Created in Dec 09 1857 from Hamilton, Marion, Warren

Sevier Created in 1794 from Jefferson

Shelby Created in Nov 24 1819 from Indian lands

Smith Created in Oct 26 1799 from Sumner, Indian lands

Stewart Created in 1803 from Montgomery

Sullivan Created in 1779 from Washington

Sumner Created in 1786 from Davidson

Tennessee Created in 1788 from Davidson

Tipton Created in 1823 from Indian lands

Trousdale Created in 1870 from Wilson, Macon, Smith, Sumner

Unicoi Created in Mar 23 1875 from Washington, Carter

Union Created in Jan 03 1850 from Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson Knox

due to legal challenges was not formally created until January 23, 1856.

Van Buren Created in 1840 from Warren, White

Warren Created in Nov 26 1807 from White, Jackson, Smith, Indian lands

Washington Created in Nov -- 1777 by Act of North Carolina

Wayne Created in 1817 from Hickman

Clerk failed to sign the act, and it had to be passed again next legislature met in 1819

Weakley Created in Oct 23 1823 from Indian lands

White Created in Sep 11 1806 from Jackson, Smith

Williamson Created in 1799 from Davidson

Wilson Created in Oct 26 1799 from Sumner