Acts of 1837-38 Chapter 245

SECTION 1. That all that portion of Weakley county, which lies south of the South Fork if [sic] Obion river, shall hereafter be attached to and constitute a part of the county of Gibson, and that all that portion of Gibson county, which lies north of the South Fork of Obion river, shall be attached to and constitute a part of the county of Weakley, and that said river shall hereafter be the dividing line between said counties.

SECTION 2. That that part of Weakley county hereby attached to the county of Gibson, shall be attached to and compose a part of civil district number fourteen in said county of Gibson, and that portion of Gibson county attached to Weakley county, shall be attached to and compose a part of civil district number twelve in said county of Weakley.

SECTION 3. That the citizens living in that part of Weakley county hereby attached to Gibson county, and that the citizens living in that part of Gibson, which is by this act attached to Weakley county, shall vote with the county to which they are by this act attached, for electors of president and vice president, for members of congress, for governor of the state, for members of the general assembly of the state, and for all county officers both civil and military.

Passed:  November 4, 1837.