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Tennessee
entered Statehood 01 Jun 1796 as the 16th State

Tennessee seceded from the U.S. on 07 May 1861. It was the 10th of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War.
Tennessee

Tennessee Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts

Tennessee Counties Year Formed From -
1777-1799    
Washington (N.C.) * 1777 Washington - Act of North Carolina
Sullivan (N.C.) * 1779 Washington
Davidson (N.C.) * 1783 Washington
Greene (N.C.) * 1783 Washington
Wayne - extinguished 1788 1785 State of Franklin*
Hawkins (N.C.) * 1786 Sullivan
Sumner (N.C.) * 1786 from the eastern half of Davidson by the NC General Assembly
Tennessee County (N.C.) * 1788 abolished 1796 when TN became a state
Jefferson 1792 Greene & Hawkins
Knox 1792 Greene & Hawkins
Sevier 1794 Jefferson
Blount 1795 Knox
Carter (orig Carteret County) 1796 Washington
Grainger 1796 Hawkins & Knox
Montgomery 1796 lands from Tennessee County abolished 1796
Robertson 1796 split from Davidson County
Cocke 1797 Jefferson
Smith 1799 Sumner County & Indian lands
Williamson 1799 Davidson
Wilson 1799 Sumner
1800-1819    
Anderson 1801 Knox & Grainger
Claiborne 1801 Grainger & Hawkins
Jackson 1801 Smith County & Indian lands
Roane 1801 Knox & Blount
Rutherford 1803 Davidson
Campbell 1806 Anderson & Claiborne
Overton 1806 Jackson
White 1806 Overton, Jackson, & Smith
Franklin * 1807 White
Hickman 1807 Dickson
Rhea 1807 Roane
Warren 1807 White
Giles 1809 Maury
Humphreys 1809 Stewart & Smith
Lincoln 1809 Bedford
Lawrence 1817 Hickman & Maury
Marion 1817 Western District - Indian Lands
Morgan 1817 Roane
Wayne 1817 Hickman
Perry 1818 Hickman
Hamilton 1819 Rhea County & Indian Lands
Hardin 1819 Western District - Indian Lands
McMinn 1819 Indian Lands
Monroe 1819 Roane
Shelby 1819 Hardin
1820-1829    
Carroll 1821 Western District & from Indian lands
Henderson 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Henry 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Madison 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Dyer 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Fentress 1823 Morgan & Overton & White?
Gibson 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Hardeman 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Haywood 1823 Western District - Indian lands
McNairy 1823 Hardin
Obion 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Tipton 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Weakley 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Fayette 1824 Shelby & Hardeman
1830-1839    
Benton 1835 Henry & Humphreys
Lauderdale 1835 Dyer & Tipton
Bradley 1836 Indian Lands
Cannon 1836 Rutherford, Smith & Warren
Coffee 1836 Franklin, Warren & Bedford
Johnson 1836 Carter
Marshall 1836 Bedford, Lincoln, Giles & Maury
Meigs 1836 Hamilton, McMinn & Rhea
DeKalb 1837 Cannon, Warren & White
Polk 1839 Bradley & McMinn
1840-1849    
Van Buren 1840 Bledsoe, Warren, & White
Macon 1842 Smith & Sumner
Putnam 1842 Smith, White, DeKalb, Overton, & Jackson
Lewis 1843 Hickman, Maury, Wayne, & Lawrence
Grundy 1844 Coffee & Warren
Hancock 1844 Claiborne & Hawkins
Crockett 1845 Lauderdale, Dyer, Madison, Gibson, & Haywood
Decatur 1845 Perry
Scott 1849 Fentress, Morgan, & Anderson
1850-1859    
Union 1850 Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, & Knox
Putnam 1854 White, Jackson, Overton, & DeKalb
Cumberland 1855 Bledsoe, Morgan, Roane, White, Putnam, Rhea, Van Buren, & Fentress
Cheatham 1856 Dickson, Montgomery, Davidson, & Robertson
Sequatchie 1857 Hamilton
Sequatchie 1858 Hamilton, Bledsoe, & Marion
1870-1879    
Clay 1870 Jackson & Overton
Lake 1870 Obion
Loudoun 1870 Blount, Monroe, Roane, & McMinn
Pickett 1870 Fentress & Overton
Trousdale 1870 Macon, Smith, & Wilson
Crockett 1871 Dyer, Madison, Gibson, & Haywood
Houston 1871 Dickson & Stewart
James 1871 Hamilton & Bradley
Moore 1871 Bedford & Franklin
Chester 1875 Hardeman, Madison, Henderson, & McNairy
Unicoi 1875 Carter & Washington
Pickett 1879 Fentress & Overton

Tennessee Counties - Alphabetical

Tennessee County Year Formed From -
Anderson 1801 Knox & Grainger
Bedford 1807 Rutherford County & Indian lands
Benton 1835 Henry & Humphreys
Bledsoe 1807 Roane County & Indian lands
Blount 1795 Knox County
Bradley 1836 Indian lands
Campbell 1806 Anderson & Claiborne
Cannon 1836 Rutherford, Smith, & Warren
Carroll 1821 Western District & from Indian lands
Carter (orig Carteret County) 1796 Washington County
Cheatham 1856 Dickson, Montgomery, Davidson, & Robertson
Chester 1875 Hardeman, Madison, Henderson, & McNairy
Claiborne 1801 Grainger & Hawkins
Clay 1870 Jackson & Overton
Cocke 1797 Jefferson
Coffee 1836 Franklin, Warren, & Bedford
Crockett 1845 Lauderdale, Dyer, Madison, Gibson, & Haywood
Crockett 1871 Dyer, Madison, Gibson, & Haywood
Cumberland 1855 Bledsoe, Morgan, Roane, White, Putnam, Rhea, Van Buren, & Fentress
Davidson (N.C.) * 1783 Washington
Decatur 1845 Perry
DeKalb 1837 Cannon, Warren, & White
Dickson 1803 Montgomery & Robertson
Dyer 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Fayette 1824 Shelby & Hardeman
Fentress 1823 Morgan & Overton & White?
Franklin ** 1807 White
Gibson 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Giles 1809 Maury
Grainger 1796 Hawkins & Knox
Greene (N.C.) * 1783 Washington
Grundy 1844 Coffee & Warren
Hamblen 1870 Grainger & Hawkins
Hamilton 1819 Rhea County & Indian lands
Hancock 1844 Claiborne & Hawkins
Hardeman 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Hardin 1819 Western District - Indian lands
Hawkins (N.C.) * 1786 Sullivan
Haywood 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Henderson 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Henry 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Hickman 1807 Dickson
Houston 1871 Dickson & Stewart
Humphreys 1809 Stewart & Smith
Jackson 1801 Smith County & Indian lands
James 1871 Hamilton & Bradley
Jefferson 1792 Greene & Hawkins
Johnson 1836 Carter
Knox 1792 Greene & Hawkins
Lake 1870 Obion
Lauderdale 1835 Dyer & Tipton
Lawrence 1817 Hickman & Maury
Lewis 1843 Hickman, Maury, Wayne, & Lawrence
Lincoln 1809 Bedford
Loudoun 1870 Blount, Monroe, Roane, & McMinn
Macon 1842 Smith & Sumner
Madison 1821 Western District - Indian lands
Marion 1817 Western District - Indian lands
Marshall 1836 Bedford, Lincoln, Giles, & Maury
Maury 1807 Williamson County & Indian lands
McMinn 1819 Indian lands
McNairy 1823 Hardin
Meigs 1836 Hamilton, McMinn, & Rhea
Monroe 1819 Roane
Montgomery 1796 lands from Tennessee County abolished 1796
Moore 1871 Bedford & Franklin
Morgan 1817 Roane
Obion 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Overton 1806 Jackson
Perry 1818 Hickman
Pickett 1870 Fentress & Overton
Pickett 1879 Fentress & Overton
Polk 1839 Bradley & McMinn
Putnam 1842 Smith, White, DeKalb, Overton, & Jackson
Putnam 1854 White, Jackson, Overton, & DeKalb
Rhea 1807 Roane
Roane 1801 Knox & Blount
Robertson 1796 split from Davidson County
Rutherford 1803 Davidson
Scott 1849 Fentress, Morgan, & Anderson
Sequatchie 1857 Hamilton
Sequatchie 1858 Hamilton, Bledsoe, & Marion
Sevier 1794 Jefferson
Shelby 1819 Hardin
Smith 1799 Sumner County & Indian lands
Smith 1803 Montgomery
Sullivan (N.C.) * 1779 Washington
Sumner (N.C.) * 1786 from the eastern half of Davidson by the NC General Assembly
Tennessee County (N.C.) * 1788 abolished 1796 when TN became a state
Tipton 1823 Western District - Indian lands
Trousdale 1870 Macon, Smith, & Wilson
Unicoi 1875 Carter & Washington
Union 1850 Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, & Knox
Van Buren 1840 Bledsoe, Warren, & White
Warren 1807 White
Washington (N.C.) * 1777 Washington County, North Carolina
Wayne - Extinguished in 1788 1785 State of Franklin
Wayne 1817 Hickman
Weakley 1823 Western District - Indian lands
White 1806 Overton, Jackson, & Smith
Williamson 1799 Davidson
Wilson 1799 Sumner

* Washington, Sullivan, Davidson, Greene, Hawkins, Sumner & Tennessee Counties, when created were considered in North Carolina. This territory was ceded to the U.S. in 1790. From 1790-1796, this land was known as the "Territory South of the Ohio River". It became the State of Tennessee in 1796.

** not to be confused with the "State of Franklin," which was formed before statehood or with "Franklin, TN" in Williamson County

Tennessee Facts

  • Capital: Nashville
  • Entered the Union: 01 Jun 1796
  • As the 16th state
  • Nickname: Volunteer State
  • Flower: Iris
  • Bird: Mockingbird
  • Song: Tennessee Waltz
  • Origin of Name: Of Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown.
  • Historical Sites: The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site at Greenville.
  • Points of Interest:
    • Am Museum of Atomic Energy at Oak Ridge
    • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • The Hermitage
      (home of Andrew Jackson near Nashville)
    • Rock City Gardens near Chattanooga
  • Bordering States:
    • Alabama
    • Arkansas
    • Georgia
    • Kentucky
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • North Carolina
    • Virginia

States Where My Ancestors Were Found

Alabama | Arkansas | Georgia | Louisiana | Maryland | Mississippi
North Carolina | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas |Virginia

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