YEAR | EVENT |
1801 | Anderson County, Tennessee formed from Knox and Grainger Counties. |
1807 | Bedford County, Tennessee formed from Rutherford County and Indian lands. |
1835 | Benton County, Tennessee formed from Henry and Humphreys Counties. |
1807 | Bledsoe County, Tennessee formed from Roane County and Indian lands. |
1795 | Blount County, Tennessee formed from Knox County . |
1836 | Bradley County, Tennessee formed from Indian lands. |
1806 | Campbell County, Tennessee formed from Anderson and Claiborne Counties. |
1836 | Cannon County, Tennessee formed from Coffee, Warren, and Wilson Counties [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Cannon County formed from Rutherford, Warren, and Smith Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1821 | Carroll County, Tennessee formed from the Western District and from Indian lands. |
1796 | Carter County, Tennessee formed from Washington County. Name change from Carteret County. |
1856 | Cheatham County, Tennessee formed from Davidson, Dickson, and Montgomery Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Cheatham County formed from Dickson, Montgomery, Davidson, and Robertson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1875 | Chester County, Tennessee formed from Hardeman, Madison, Henderson, and McNairy Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] |
1879 | Chester County, Tennessee organized from Hardeman, Madison, McNairy and Henderson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] See also entry for 1875. |
1801 | Claiborne County, Tennessee formed from Grainger and Hawkins Counties. |
1870 | Clay County, Tennessee formed from Jackson and Overton Counties. |
1797 | Cocke County, Tennessee formed from Jefferson County. |
1836 | Coffee County, Tennessee formed from Franklin, Warren, and Bedford Counties. |
1845 | Crockett County, Tennessee formed from Lauderdale, Dyer, Madison, Gibson, and Haywood Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1871. |
1871 | Crockett County organized from Dyer, Madison, Gibson, and Haywood Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1855 | Cumberland County, Tennesee organized from Bledsoe, Morgan, Roane, White, Putnam, Rhea, Van Buren, and Fentress Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] See also entry for 1856. |
1856 | Cumberland County, Tennessee formed from Bledsoe, Morgan, Roane Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1855. |
1783 | Davidson County, Tennessee formed from Washington County. |
1845 | Decatur County, Tennessee formed from Perry County. |
1837 | DeKalb County, Tennessee formed from Cannon, Warren, and White Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] DeKalb county organized from Cannon, Warren, White, Wilson, and Jackson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1803 | Dickson County, Tennessee formed from Montgomery and Robertson Counties. |
1823 | Dyer County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1824 | Fayette County, Tennessee formed Shelby and Hardeman Counties. |
1823 | Fentress County, Tennessee formed from Morgan and Overton Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Fentress County organized from Overton, White, and Morgan Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1807 | Franklin County, Tennessee formed from Bedford and Warren Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Franklin County organized from Rutherford County and Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1823 | Gibson County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1809 | Giles County, Tennessee formed from Maury County. |
1796 | Grainger County, Tennessee formed from Hawkins and Knox Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Grainger County organized from Hawkins County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1783 | Greene County, Tennessee formed from Washington County. |
1844 | Grundy County, Tennessee formed from Coffee and Warren Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Grundy County organized from Franklin and Warren Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1870 | Hamblen County, Tennessee formed from Grainger and Hawkins Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Hamblen County organized from Grainger, Hawkins, and Jefferson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1819 | Hamilton County, Tennessee formed from Rhea County and Indian lands. |
1844 | Hancock County, Tennessee formed from Claiborne and Hawkins Counties. |
1823 | Hardeman County, Tennessee formed from the Western District. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Hardeman County was organized from Hardin County and the Western District (Indian lands.) [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1819 | Hardin County, Tennessee formed from the Western District. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Hardin County organized from the Western District (Indian lands), to run to the Mississippi, but eleven days later Shelby County was organized from Hardin County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1786 | Hawkins County, Tennessee formed from Sullivan County. |
1823 | Haywood County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1821 | Henderson County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1821 | Henry County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1807 | Hickman County, Tennessee formed from Dickson County. |
1871 | Houston County, Tennessee formed from Dickson and Stewart Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Houston County was organized from Dickson, Montgomery, Stewart, and Humphreys Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1809 | Humphreys County, Tennessee formed from Stewart and Smith Counties. |
1801 | Jackson County, Tennesee formed from Smith County and Indian lands. |
1871 | James County, Tennessee formed from Hamilton and Bradley Counties. Extinguished in January 1920 when annexed by Hamilton County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1792 | Jefferson County, Tennessee formed from Greene and Hawkins Counties. |
1836 | Johnson County, Tennessee formed from Carter County. |
1792 | Knox County formed from Greene and Hawkins Counties. |
1870 | Lake County, Tennessee formed from Obion County. |
1835 | Lauderdale County, Tennessee formed from Dyer and Tipton Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Lauderdale County was organized from Dyer, Tipton, and Haywood Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1817 | Lawrence County, Tennessee formed from Hickman and Maury Counties. |
1843 | Lewis County, Tennessee formed from Hickman, Maury, Wayne, and Lawrence Counties. |
1809 | Lincoln County, Tennessee formed from Bedford County. |
1870 | Loudoun County, Tennessee formed from Blount, Monroe, Roane, and McMinn Counties. |
1842 | Macon County, Tennessee formed from Smith and Sumner Counties. |
1821 | Madison County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1817 | Marion County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands.) |
1836 | Marshall County, Tennessee formed from Bedford, Lincoln, Giles, and Maury Counties. |
1807 | Maury County, Tennessee formed from Williamson County and Indian lands. |
1819 | McMinn County, Tennessee formed from Indian lands (Cherokee lands). |
1823 | McNairy County, Tennessee formed from Hardin County. |
1836 | Meigs County, Tennessee formed from Hamilton, McMinn, and Rhea Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Meigs County organized from Hamilton, McMinn, Rhea, and Roane Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1819 | Monroe County, Tennessee formed from Roane County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Monroe County organized from Roane County (Hiwassee Purchase, Indian lands). [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1796 | Montgomery County, Tennessee formed from Tennessee County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Montgomery County was organized by the division between Montgomery and Robertson Counties of Tennessee County, which had been organzied in 1788 from Davidson County and was then abolished, and whose records were deposited with Montgomery County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1871 | Moore County, Tennessee formed from Bedford and Franklin Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Moore County was organized from Beford, Franklin, Lincoln, and Coffee Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1817 | Morgan County, Tennessee formed from Roane County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Morgan County was organized from Roane County, and in 1903 annexed part of Anderson County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1823 | Obion County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1806 | Overton County, Tennessee formed from Jackson County. |
1818 | Perry County, Tennessee formed from Hickman County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1819. |
1819 | Perry County, Tennessee organized from Hickman and Humphreys Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] See also entry for 1818. |
1870 | Pickett County, Tennessee formed from Fentress and Overton Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1879. |
1879 | Pickett County, Tennessee was organized from Fentress and Overton Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] See also entry for 1870. |
1839 | Polk County, Tennessee formed from Bradley and McMinn Counties. |
1842 | Putnam County, Tennessee was organized from Smith, White, DeKalb, Overton, and Jackson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] See also entry for 1854. |
1854 | Putnam County, Tennessee formed from White, Jackson, Overton, and DeKalb Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1842. |
1807 | Rhea County, Tennessee formed from Roane County. |
1801 | Roane County, Tennessee formed from Knox and Blount Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Roane County was organized from Knox County and Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1796 | Robertson County, Tennessee formed from Tennessee County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Robertson County was organized by the division between Montgomery and Robertson Counties of Tennessee County, which was organized in 1788 from Davidison County and was then abolished, and whose records were deposited with Montgomery County. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1803 | Rutherford County, Tennessee formed from Davidson County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Rutherford County was organized from Davidson, Williamson, and Wilson Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1849 | Scott County, Tennessee formed from Fentress, Morgan, and Anderson Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Scott County was organized from Fentress, Morgan, Anderson, and Campbell Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1857 | Sequatchie County, Tennessee was organized from Hamilton County (and previously from Bledsoe, Marion, and Grundy Counties). [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1858 | Sequatchie County, Tennessee formed from Hamilton, Bledsoe, and Marion Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] See also entry for 1857. |
1794 | Sevier County, Tennessee formed from Jefferson County. |
1819 | Shelby County, Tennessee formed from Hardin County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Shelby County was organized from Hardin County, eleven days after its parent county was organized. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1799 | Smith County, Tennessee formed from Sumner County and Indian lands. |
1803 | Smith County, Tennessee formed from Montgomery County. |
1779 | Sullivan County, Tennessee formed from Washington County. |
1786 | Sumner County, Tennessee formed from Davidson County, North Carolina, becoming part of the Territory South of the River Ohio (popularly called the Southwest Territory) from its creation in May 1790 until Tennessee became a state in 1796. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1788 | Tennessee County was extinguished when Tennessee became a state in 1796. |
1823 | Tipton County, Tennessee formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1870 | Trousdale County, Tennessee formed from Macon, Smith, and Wilson Counties. |
1875 | Unicoi County, Tennessee formed from Carter and Washington Counties. |
1850 | Union County, Tennessee formed from Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Knox Counties. |
1840 | Van Buren County, Tennessee formed from Bledsoe, Warren, and White Counties. |
1807 | Warren County, Tennessee formed from White County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Warren County organized from White, Jackson, and Smith Counties, and from Indian lands. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1777 | Washington County, Tennessee covered most of present-day Tennessee. Formed from Washington County, North Carolina. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Washington County organized in 1777 by act of North Carolina. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1785 | Wayne County, Tennessee was created under the State of Franklin and included parts of present-day Carter and Johnson Counties. Extinguished in 1788. |
1817 | Wayne County, Tennessee was formed from Hickman County. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] Wayne County was organized from Hickmand and Humphreys Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1823 | Weakley County, Tennessee was formed from the Western District (Indian lands). |
1806 | White County, Tennessee was formed from Overton, Jackson, and Smith Counties. [The Handybook for Genealogists, 8th Edition, Everton Publishers, Logan, Utah] White County organized from Jackson and Smith Counties. [County Courthouse Book, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD] |
1799 | Williamson County, Tennessee was formed from Davidson County. |
1799 | Wilson County, Tennessee was formed from Sumner County. |
Date conventions used: due to current limitations in the date field, if a county was formed in the January to March timeframe (before 1752 when the old style dates were in effect in the British colonies), the earlier year is used. And often the date given is the legislative enactment date.
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