Primary County: Trousdale

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Purpose / Short Description: Create a new county

Text of Petition: 65-1803-7 ??? Honourable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee the Petion of a number of citizens ??? Williamson counties humbly sheweth that the east extent of those counties renders it extremely inconvenient for ??? attend courts, General musters Elections &c at the towns of Nashville & Franklin there Being a sufficiency ??? to the constitution to put a new county within the Bounds hereafter to be described and leave - - ??? ??? to the old counties We your petitioners therefore pray that you ^will consider our situation And Grant us ??? the following Boundaries. Viz; Begining on the top of a Ridge Dividing the dotus of stones River .. in williamson county line, run southwardly with the said Ridge so as to leave all the dotus of mill creek ??? williamson county untill the Ridge intersects with the new Eastern boundary line of said ??? continue south with said line, to the Southern Bounder of this State, thence With the State line ??? wilson county thence the line of Wilson county & Northwardly continuing with Said county to ??? a corner of wilson county, which is Northeast from the Mouth of Hurricane Creek thence southwest to ??? Hurricane Creek which is four miles and thirty six poles, thence from the Mouth of Hurricane creek ??? of the first mentioned Ridge, thence with Said Ridge Southwardly to the Beginning, we further ???able General Assembly will Give the name of the New county Sum hansom name and we further pray that the ??? assembly, will pass such an Act that the Navigation of Stones River May be Kept open from John C??? ??? Mouth which is all and dependance to carry our produce to market, We further to Give Satisfaction ??? that if we Get a new County that you Appoint Capt Joseph Mallary James Sharp Robert Smyth - ???an, John Andrews- A Bedish, M, Bonge, Saml Campbell - as commissioners to State on the ???unty seat shall stand, you Binding them agreable to the constitution to control the County as mar ???od water, and convenience will admit, And we your Petitioners shall be bound ???

Primary County: Davidson

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Petitioner(s): a number of Citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties

Purpose / Short Description: Create a new county

Text of Petition: 65-1803-5 ??? Honourable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. ???f a number of Citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties, humbly sheweth, ??? extent of those Counties renders it extremely inconvenient for your Petitioners ???ts, General Musters, Elections &c. at the towns of Nashville & Franklin, & then ???icioney of territory agreeably to the Constitution, to form a new County, ??? bound hereafter to be described & leave Constitutional bounds to the old ??? your petitioners therefore think you will consider our situation & grant us ??? with the following boundaries, viz: begining on the top of a ridge ???tuaton of Stones River & Mill-Creek in the Williamson County line. ???ardly with said ridge, so as to leave all the waters of Mill-Creek and ??? Williamson County untill the ridge intersects with the new Eastern ???s of said Williamson County;- thence continue South with said line ???om ^boundary of this State - thence with the State line East to the corner of ???th; thence with the line of Wilson County ???? & Northwardly ???in said County line to an [Elan?] & [Alhill?] As???ance of Wilson ???ish is North East from the mouth of Hurricane Creek; thence South ???he Mouth of Hurricane Creek which is four miles ??? six poles; thence ???outh of Hurricane Creek Southwest to the top of the first mentioned ??? with said ridge Southwardly to the begining, and your petitioners ???

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Text of Petition: To Mr Robert foster to present to the onorable the generll Assembly Mr foster will plese to be perticuler in getting the new pettion of the river kept open &c

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Text of Petition: 65-1803-6 August 10th 1803 tho: Bedford

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Date Filed (format: YYYY/MM/DD): 1803/08/26

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