Boundaries - Historical Notes

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

1. Acts of 1857-58, (Public) Chapter 47, changed the boundaries between Van Buren County and White County so that the residence and land of William S. Mitchell would be included entirely in White County.
2. Acts of 1857-58, (Private) Chapter 129, transferred the land and residence of Hiram Walden from Van Buren County to Bledsoe County.
3. Acts of 1859-60, Chapter 135, also transferred the farm of John M. Bridgman from Van Buren County to Bledsoe County.
4. Acts of 1859-60, Chapter 211, moved the farm belonging to James Seats, Jr., from Bledsoe County into Van Buren County.
5. Acts of 1868-69, Chapter 36, altered the lines between Van Buren County and White County so as to include Edward Blankenship's mill in Van Buren.
6. Acts of 1870-71, Chapter 104, detached the lands and residence of Asa Frazier from Van Buren County and attached them to White County.
7. Acts of 1871, Chapter 91, moved all the properties belonging to J. Wiley Miller, H. L. Moffett, William L. Stickley, and John C. Miller into Warren County from Van Buren County, their consent being given to the Legislature to do so.
8. Acts of 1872, Chapter 19, is a duplicate of Acts of 1871, Chapter 91, moving several families into Warren County.
9. Acts of 1879, Chapter 58, repealed Acts of 1871, Chapter 91, except that the farm of William L. Steakley remained in Warren County, the rest going back into Van Buren County. In addition, the Goodbar Mills, and the adjacent land both belonging to Harmon York and George E. Kell, and the lands belonging to the estate of O. C. Craine, deceased, were all transferred from Warren County into Van Buren County.
10. Acts of 1879, Chapter 137, moved the lands of Jesse Wallings from Bledsoe County into Van Buren County and the farm of A. J. McElroy from White County into Van Buren County.
11. Acts of 1883, Chapter 244, changed the lines between Warren County and Van Buren County so as to include in Van Buren all the lands formerly owned by W. L. Steakley but now the property of Elijah Grissom.
12. Acts of 1887, Chapter 103, moved the tract known as the Big Opening, owned by Thomas S. Myers and A. C. Myers, from Van Buren County into Sequatchie County, threefourths of it being already located in Sequatchie.
13. Private Acts of 1909, Chapter 62, transferred the lands of W. L. Goldston and Peter Sparkman from Van Buren County into White County.