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Boundaries - Historical Notes

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The following is a summary of acts which authorized boundary changes for Williamson County.

  1. Acts of 1801, Chapter 37, extended the boundaries of the counties of Smith, Wilson, Davidson, Williamson and Robertson, south until they met the southern boundary of the State.
  2. Acts of 1801, Chapter 68, provided that all the debts justly owed to Davidson County at the time Williamson County was stricken off and formed into a new county, would be apportioned between the two counties agreeable to the amount of taxable property and polls in each. Each county would appoint a commissioner to settle these debts with additional powers given to the Davidson County Commissioner should the county court of Williamson County neglect to comply with this Act.
  3. Acts of 1805, Chapter 52, appointed Henry Rutherford as a Commissioner to run and mark the boundary lines between the counties of Williamson, Davidson, and Dickson for which he would be paid $2 per day. Chain carriers employed by him would receive $1 per day worked. The cost was to be apportioned among the respective counties.
  4. Acts of 1806, Chapter 22, apportioned the sum due to Henry Rutherford for running and marking the lines between Williamson, Davidson, and Dickson Counties as follows: Williamson County would pay two-fifths of the cost, Davidson County would pay two-fifths, and Dickson County would be responsible for one-fifth, all of which could be paid out of the regular county funds in each county.
  5. Acts of 1806, Chapter 50, stated that the principal surveyors of the First and Second Districts shall extend the county lines of Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, and Stewart Counties, describing the said lines by some line of a section, south to the Indian boundary, or to the southern boundary of the State. Acts of 1809, Chapter 28, amended this Act to require Williamson County to pay the Surveyor for extending its boundaries to the above specified points.
  6. Acts of 1843, Chapter 34, authorized a line to be run, beginning on the south boundary line of Williamson County, at the point where the west boundary line of the 25th Civil District of said county touches the line; thence north with the west boundary of said Civil District and west of the residences of Abraham Glen and James Vaughan till it strikes the dividing lines between the counties of Williamson and Rutherford. The voters in the area shall select five Commissioners to have the line described above run and marked, and the area assigned to the proper Civil District of Rutherford County.
  7. Acts of 1853-54, Chapter 94, changed the lines between Williamson and Rutherford Counties by beginning on the Bedford County line and running north between the lands of Stephen Wood and Longshear Lamb, thence northward so as to include the dwelling houses of Thomas L. White, Mr. Rushing, and Henry Cromer, to the southwest corner of Drewry Bennett's land, thence north to the east fork of the Big Harpeth River and down the said east fork to its mouth and thence with the line as it is presently established.
  8. Acts of 1859-60, Chapter 100, altered the boundary lines between Williamson and Marshall Counties so as to include the land and dwelling place of M.H. Hughes in Williamson County entirely.
  9. Acts of 1868-69, Chapter 20, moved the farm and residence of Gideon Riggs out of Rutherford County and into Williamson County.
  10. Acts of 1871, Chapter 135, changed the lines between Williamson and Rutherford Counties so as to include wholly within Williamson County the lands and residences of T. F. P. Allison, William Patton, Samuel Willhoite, the lands of the heirs of Mrs. Neal and the lands of Thomas Wilson, adjoining the lands of Mrs. Margaret Jordan and others, said land lying alongside the lines of the said counties.
  11. Acts of 1877, Chapter 165, rearranged the boundaries between Williamson and Marshall Counties so as to include within the 22nd Civil District of Williamson County the dwelling and all the out houses of W. O. Smithson and N. J. Wood, and the tracts of land on which the same are located, and the 50 acres of land belonging to the home tract of G. R. Tucker which is cut off by the Marshall County line.
  12. Acts of 1879, Chapter 137, moved all the lands of J. C. Anderson out of Rutherford County and into Williamson County.
  13. Acts of 1881, Chapter 107, transferred the farm of M. C. Campbell and that part of the farm of Campbell Brown situated in Williamson County out of Williamson County and into Maury County.
  14. Acts of 1887, Chapter 42, transferred the land of George W. Nellums out of Williamson County and into Maury County.
  15. Acts of 1887, Chapter 48, changed the lines between the counties of Williamson, Maury, and Marshall so as to place the farms of J. S. Flemming, W. P. Flemming, and S. C. Smithson, wholly into Williamson County.
  16. Acts of 1889, Chapter 129, rearranged the boundaries between Williamson County and Marshall County so as to take the land belonging to George A. Read, about 25 acres, out of the 9th Civil District of Marshall County and place it in Williamson.
  17. Acts of 1889, Chapter 133, removed the lands of James F. Buttrey, about 112 acres, out of Hickman County and placed the same wholly into Williamson County.
  18. Acts of 1891, Chapter 19, transferred the lands of T. J. Little out of Williamson County and placed them in Rutherford County.
  19. Acts of 1893, Chapter 2, changed the lines between the counties of Williamson, Rutherford, and Davidson, so as to include all the lands of J.M. Gooch in Rutherford County, said land being bounded on the north by the lands of Mrs. Caruthers, Palmer, and Richardson; on the west by the lands of the James Chrisman estate; and on the south by the lands of William Potts.
  20. Acts of 1893, Chapter 5, altered the lines between Williamson County and Rutherford County so as to take from Rutherford and include within Williamson the land of T. E. Stammers, bounded on the east and south by the lands of William McMeekin, and on the west and north by the Williamson County line, containing about 20 acres, more or less.
  21. Acts of 1893, Chapter 27, changed the Williamson-Maury County line so as to place the property belonging to Mrs. J. H. Wallace and J. T. Waddy, about 35 acres, wholly within Williamson County. The new line: Beginning at the southeast corner of Crutcher's land, thence running west between Crutcher and Glenn, crossing the Franklin and Lewisburg Pike to Ware's southeast corner, thence north to within 150 yards of the county line, thence west parallel with the former line to Rutherford Creek, thence north to the county line, making the creek line.
  22. Acts of 1895, Chapter 28, changed the line between the 6th Civil District of Williamson County and the 14th Civil District of Davidson County so as to detach from Williamson and attach to Davidson the lands of Mrs. E. A. Linton, Mrs. W. L. Brown, J. T. Brown, T. L. Herrin, W. C. Potts, P. T. Martin, and P. N. Potts. This Act was repealed by Acts of 1899, Chapter 220, as the legislature declared it to be violative of Section 4, Article 10 of the State Constitution.
  23. Acts of 1897, Chapter 227, moved the lands belonging to I. J. Battle, and wife, out of Williamson County and into Davidson County thus redrawing the line.
  24. Acts of 1897, Chapter 259, changed the boundary lines between Williamson and Maury Counties so as to include the lands of Mrs. J. H. Wallace and G. W. Ware as the same are described in this act, wholly within Williamson County.
  25. Acts of 1897, Chapter 279, transferred the farms of Hugh L. Phillips, Mrs. Margaret Phillips, Mrs. Annie H. Williams, R. N. Carmack, and A. J. Caldwell out of Williamson County and into the 8th Civil District of Davidson County, the new line being properly described by metes and bounds.
  26. Acts of 1901, Chapter 349, moved the lands of Joseph Cooke out of Williamson and into Rutherford, and the lands of William White out of Rutherford and into Williamson.
  27. Acts of 1905, Chapter 205, detached the lands of J. A. Trimble and G. C. Hawkins from the 2nd Civil District of Williamson County and attached them to the 2nd Civil District of Maury County.
  28. Acts of 1905, Chapter 525, moved the farm belonging to L. W. Sullivan out of Dickson County and into Williamson County.
  29. Private Acts of 1907, Chapter 20, rearranged the boundary lines between Davidson County and Williamson County so that the lands of P. A. Sowell and wife, Myra M. Sowell would be included wholly within Williamson County.
  30. Private Acts of 1909, Chapter 46, transferred the property belonging to W. I. Cate out of Williamson County and into Rutherford County.
  31. Private Acts of 1909, Chapter 558, detached the lands of J. E. Lampley, and G. C. Lampley, from Williamson County and attached the same to Dickson County.
  32. Private Acts of 1911, Chapter 109, changed the boundaries between Williamson County and Maury County so that the lands of T. M. Fox, now in the 1st Civil District of Maury County, would hereafter be located in the 2nd Civil District of Williamson County.
  33. Private Acts of 1913, Chapter 162, detached the lands of Z. J. Sullivan and John A. Greer, from the 4th Civil District of Hickman County and attached the same to the First Civil District of Williamson County.
  34. Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 643, moved the property belonging to M. C. Lampley out of Dickson County and into Williamson County.
  35. Private Acts of 1923, Chapter 452, transferred the lands of Mrs. Mary Ann Hawkins, widow of G. C. Hawkins, as the same were described in a referenced deed, out of the 2nd Civil District of Maury County and into the 2nd Civil District of Williamson County.
  36. Private Acts of 1923, Chapter 453, moved the property belonging to D. H. Griggs out of the 25th Civil District of Maury County and into the 2nd Civil District of Williamson County.
  37. Private Acts of 1929, Chapter 346, provided that a part of the A. F. Morgan estate, lying in the 20th Civil District of Williamson County, about eight acres, would be included hereafter in Rutherford County and the line between the King farm and the A. F. Morgan estate shall henceforth be the county line.
  38. Private Acts of 1929, Chapter 650, detached the lands owned by W. I. Pate from Rutherford County and attached the same to Williamson County.
  39. Private Acts of 1933, Chapter 430, excluded from Rutherford County all of the lands known as the J. P. Maxwell tract, R. B. Maxwell tract, and Tom Covington tract, which were located in the 12th Civil District of the county and included them within the 18th Civil District of Williamson County.
  40. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 649, detached the lands of B. R. Floyd from Rutherford County's 12th Civil District and attached them to Williamson County.
  41. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 691, moved the property of G. C. Stanley and H. A. Stanley out of the 2nd Civil District of Maury County and into the 4th Civil District of Williamson County, the land being described by referenced deeds.
  42. Private Acts of 1939, Chapter 518, changed the lines between Williamson County and Rutherford County so that the properties of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Redmon, and of Joe Pate and Jodie Pate, which were adjacent to the 8th Civil District of Rutherford County be included in Rutherford County.
  43. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 434, rearranged the boundary lines between Williamson County and Rutherford County so that all the lands belonging to W. O. Barnes, the same being a tract of land known as the Crenshaw land and the Daniel Glymp farm, containing 138 acres, more or less, which were then located in the 18th Civil District of Williamson County, be wholly included in Rutherford County.