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HENDERSON COUNTY CIVIL DISTRICTS, JANUARY 7, 1836

Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee entitled "An act to provide for the laying off the several counties in this State into districts of conveniences shall be elected and for other purposes" ________ whose names are hereunto assigned being appointed commissioners and by a resolution of said Civil Assembly after being duly sworn have proceeded to lay off the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee agreeable to the above existed act as follows:

The 1st District to begin at the north west corner of Henderson County, running thence South with the line of Carroll and Madison Counties to where the Madison County line crosses the road leading from Lexington in Henderson County to Jackson in Madison by Garland Anderson, thence East with said road to where it intersects the range line dividing ranges three and four in line of the County, thence West to the beginning. Elections in 1st. district shall be held at the house of John Bell.

The 2nd. district to begin where the West boundary line of Henderson County crosses the road leading from Lexington to Jackson by Garland Anderson running thence south to the south west corner of the 9th section and 3rd range in the 1st. surveyors district, thence east to the south east corner of said section, thence north with the range line dividing ranges three and four to where it intersects the above road, thence West with said road to the beginning. The elections in 2nd. district to be held at the house of William A. Meacham.

The 3rd. district to begin at the north west corner of the 8th. section in the 3rd. range, running thence East to the south east corner of ____ section, thence south with the range line dividing ranges three and four to where it crossed the first hollow south of Samuel M. Croskies entry for 300 acres, thence down said hollow until it intersects Clarks Creek, thence down Clarks Creek to the west boundary line of an occupant reserve entered in the name of David Howell, thence North with the line of the same to the South line of a 640 acre entry in the name of the Trustees of the University of N. Carolina, thence west with the lines of the same to its most Western south west corner, thence on west to the west boundary of Henderson County, thence North with the Madison County line to the beginning. Elections to be held in said district at Mifflin.

The 4th. district begins at the south west corner of Henderson County, runs thence East to where the county line intersects the range line dividing range three and four in the 9th. surveyors district thence north with said line to where it crosses the First hollow south of a 300 acre entry in the name of Sam McCroski, thence down said hollow to where in intersects Clarks Creek, thence down said creek to where the west boundary line of Davis Scott entry crosses the same, thence North with the same to the south line of a 640 acre entry in the name of the Trustees of the University of N. Carolina, thence West _____with the line of the same to the most western south west corner of the same, thence on West to the Madison County line, thence south with said line to the beginning. The election to be held at the house of Davis Neely,

The 5th. District. To begin on the south boundary of Henderson County where the range dividing ranges three and four in the 9th. surveyors district crosses the same running thence East to where the range line dividing ranges four and five crosses said county line, thence North to the north east corner of section seven, range 4, thence west to the north west corner of the said 6th section, thence South to the beginning. The elections to be held in______ district at the house of James Calley.

The 6th. District shall begin at the south west corner of section 8 range 4th. running thence north with the range line dividing ranges three and four in the 9th. surveyors district to where it intersects the road leading from Lexington to Jackson by Davis Ballows old place and Tunis Hoods, thence West with said road to where it intersects the range line dividing ranges four and five, thence south with said rang line to the south east corner of section 8th. range 4th. thence west to the beginning. The elections to be held at the house of Edmund Knowles.

The 7th District shall begin where the range line dividing ranges three and four crosses the read leading from Lexington to Jackson by the way of David Bellows old place and Tunis Hoods, thence East with said road to where it crosses the range line dividing ranges four and five in the 9th. surveyors district thence North to the old Ross Ferry Road, thence west with said road to where it intersects the range line dividing ranges three and four in 9th surveyors district thence south with said line to the beginning. The election to be held at the house of Eli Teague.

The 8th district shall begin at the North West corner of the 11th. section of the 4th. ranges and 9th. surveyors district, running thence south with the range line dividing ranges three and four to where it intersects the old Ross Ferry Road, thence East with said Road to where it intersects the road leading from Lexington to Huntingdon by the way of Parkers thence north with Huntingdon with said road to the north boundary of Henderson County, thence West to the beginning. The elections to be held at the house of Williams.

The 9th. district. Beginning on the north boundary line of Henderson County where the road leading from Lexington to Huntingdon by way of Parkers crosses the same running thence south with said road to where it intersects the old Rosses Ferry Road, thence East with said road by John Coffey's to where it intersects the old Reynoldsburg and Natchez road, thence with said road to the North boundary line of ______County, thence West with the Carroll County line to the beginning. Elections to be held in Pleasant Exchange.

The 10th. District shall begin where the old Reynoldsburg Ferry road leading from S. ferry to Jackson by the way of John Coffey, intersects the range line dividing ranges four and five in the 9th surveyors district running south with said range line to the south west corner of the 9th. section and 11 sections to where it intersects the old Reynoldsburg and Natchez Road, thence with said Road north to where the said Ross Ferry road intersects the same, thence West with the same to the beginning. Elections in 10th. district to be held at Lexington.

The 11th. district Begins where the old Reynoldsburg and Natchez road crosses the section line dividing the 8th. and 9th. sections in the 9th. surveyors district, running thence West with said line to the north west corner of the 8th. section and 5th. ranges, thence south to the south west corner of said 8th. section, thence East to the South East corner of the same thence South with the range line dividing ranges 5 and 6 to where it intersects the old Ridge Road leading from Roarks old place to Shannonville, thence with said road to where it intersects the road leading from Lexington to Pattons Ferry by the way of Butler Hicks' thence north with the same 4 said Natchez and Reynoldsburg road to the beginning, Election to be held in said district at the house of Thomas Morgan.

The 12th. District Begins it the north west corner of section 7th. range 5th. in the 9th. surveyors district running thence south with the range line dividing ranges 4th. and 5th. to the south boundary of the county thence east to where the county line crosses Hurricane Creek, thence up said creek to the road leading from Roaks old place to Shannonville near Henry Lipes, thence West with said road to where it intersects the range line dividing ranges Five and Six, thence north with said line to the north east corner of said section 7th. range 5th. thence west to the beginning. Elections to be held in said district at Burn's and Galbreaths Store.

The 13th. district begins where the Ridge road leading from Roarks old place to Shannonville cresses the east boundary line of Henderson County running thence West with said road to the head of Hurricane Creek near Henry Lipes thence down said creek to the south boundary of the county thence east to the beginning including at that part of Henderson County lying south and east of the above lines. Elections to be held at the house of John Keats.

14th. district begins where the ridge road leading from Roarks old place to Shannonville crosses the east boundary line of the Henderson County running thence West to where it crosses the road leading from Pattons Ferry to Lexington by Butler Hicks, thence with said Patton Ferry Road until it intersects the old Natchez Road, thence with said Natchez and Reynoldsburg road to where it intersects the line dividing the 9th. and 10th. sections in the 6th. range thence East with said line to the Perry County line, thence South to the beginning. Elections to be held in said district at the house of William Mills.

And the 15th. district begins where the road leading from Reynoldsburg to Natchez intersects the line dividing the 9th. And 10th. Sections in the 6th. Range and 9th. Surveyors district running thence east with said section line to the Perry County line thence North with said line to the north east corner of Henderson County, thence west to said Reynoldsburg and Natchez Road thence with said Natchez to the beginning. Elections to be held in said district in the house of Zachariah Bevil.

Mifflin 7th January 1836

Samuel Reed
S. M. Carson
Eli Teague
John N. Purdy
Commissioners

See original 1836 map (north is at bottom of map)

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