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Boundaries - Historical Notes

Tennessee Code Annotated
Tennessee Attorney General Opinions

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

  1. Acts of 1843-44, Chapter 40, established the dividing line between Sumner and Robertson County beginning at the blackjack corner, of the Kentucky line, and running south with the center of the Nashville and Kentucky turnpike road, as far south as the old Kentucky Road. This Act was repealed by Private Acts of 1974, Chapter 369.
  2. Acts of 1853-54, Chapter 181, transferred the dwelling house of George H. Carter out of Macon County and into Sumner County.
  3. Acts of 1889, Chapter 118, moved all the lands of Green Williams which were lying partly in Sumner County, and partly in Trousdale County, out of Sumner County and into Trousdale County. Trousdale County was required to order the County Surveyor to run, establish, and mark the line of Trousdale County so as to include all of Green Williams' property within it. This Act was repealed by Private Acts of 1974, Chapter 369.