HENDERSON COUNTY LOCATIONS IN 1834

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

Mr. Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith of Jackson has published seven genealogical miscellanies for Henderson County. He wishes to share this information as widely as possible and has granted permission for these web pages to be created. We thank Mr. Smith for his generosity. Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2001

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From the ORIGINAL publication, THE TENNESSEE GAZETTEER by Eastin Morris, these photocopies have been made from the copy in the Tennessee State Library and Archives:

THE
TENNESSEE GAZETTEER

BY EASTIN MORRIS

NASHVILLE:
PUBLISSED BY W. BASSEL HUNT & Co.
Banner and Whig Office
1834

page 88:
Lexington, the seat of justice of Henderson county, situated on Beech river, a branch of Tennessee.. It is 114 miles S. W. from Nashville, 28 miles E. from Jackson, and 823 S. W. by W. from Washington City, in. lat. 35° 38' N., lon. 11° 18' W.

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pages 69-70:
Henderson, a county in West Tennessee, erected in 1821. It is bounded on the north by Carroll, on the south by McNairy and Hardin, on the east by Perry and on the west by Madison. It is 27½ miles long N and S; and 25 wide, containing about. 665 square miles. It is watered by Forked Deer, Beech, and Sandy rivers. Beech river runs east through centre of the county, past Lexington, the seat of justice. There is a post office at Pleasant Exchange. It is a thriving county, and contained a population in 1830 of 8,741. Cent. lat 35° 38' N, long 11° 18' W.

page 133:
Pleasant Exchange, a post office in Henderson county, 108 miles S. W. by W. from Nashville.

page 98:
Mifflin, a post office in Henderson county, 110 miles S. W. from Nashville, on the road leading from Lexington to Mount Pinson.

page 98:
Middle Fork, a branch of Forked Deer, in West Tennessee. It waters part of Henderson, Madison, Carroll and. Gibson counties, and joins the North Fork in the east side of Dyer county, in lat. 36° N., long. 12° 13' W.

page 33:
Clark's Creek, a branch of the south fork of Forked Deer, at the head of navigation.

page 7:
Beech River, a small navigable stream, which takes its rise near the west end of Henderson county, and running nearly due east near the town of Lexington, empties into the Tennessee, in Perry county, just below the town of Perryville.

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.

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