The County Formation page transcribes the text of legislative act that created a county in Tennessee. Some of the county formation acts are taken from legislation passed by North Carolina.
The text of the act includes information such as the original boundaries of the county and if the county was named after a particular individual. Many of the acts include the names of early county officials.
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- Campbell County
- Cannon County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Cheatham County
- Chester County
- Claiborne County
- Clay County
- Cocke County
- Coffee County
- Crockett County
- Cumberland County
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- Hamblen County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Hawkins County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
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- McMinn County
- McNairy County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morgan County
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- Scott County
- Sequatchie County
- Sevier County
- Shelby County
- Smith County
- Stewart County
- Sullivan County
- Sumner County
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- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weakley County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County