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FIRST CAMP-MEETINGS.
tended to distant neighbourhoods, other appointments are made, at which thousands will have congregated, some of them having come more than fifty miles."* This created the necessity of what has since been known as " a Camp- meeting."
" The first important Camp-meeting on record, was held at Cane Ridge, in Tennessee, in the summer of 1799. The re- vivals and protracted meetings, which had preceded it, caused the attendance of a vast concourse of people, en- camped in the dense forest, where the religious exercises were continued day and night. This novel mode of worship- ping God, excited great attention, and people flocked to it from a distance of fifty or sixty miles ; many came from Lexington, Kentucky, a distance of one hundred and eighty miles. At night the grove was illuminated with lighted candles, lamps and torches. The stillness of the night, the serenity of the heavens, the vast concourse of attentive wor- shippers, wrapped in the deep solemnity which covered every countenance, the pointed and earnest manner in which the preachers, in different portions of the vast concourse, ex- horted the people to repentance, faith and prayer, denouno- ing the terrors of the law upon the impenitent, produced the most awfully solemn sensations in the minds of all. Twenty thousand persons were estimated to be present.t
The next important Camp-meeting was on Desha's Creek, near Cumberland River. It was also attended by many thousands of people, and the same scenes were witnessed in a still more remarkable manner. In other parts of Ten- nessee and Kentucky, these assemblages of the people were also general, and were accompanied with similar influences.
The Ministers, who led the way in these exciting revivals, were William and John McGhee, Rev. James McGready, Hoge and Rankin, of the Presbyterian church ; and William McKendree, William Burke, John Sale and Benjamin Lakin, of the Methodist church.§
* Monette.
+ Bang.
# Monette.
§ Ibid.
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FRONTIER EDUCATION.
FRONTIER EDUCATION.
The means of both moral and intellectual culture are ne- cessarily meagre and inadequate, in all new and frontier settlements. It was so in early times in Tennessee. For many years there were few clergymen, and few competent teachers. There were no libraries and few books. Occa- sionally a minister of the gospel, well educated and capable of imparting instruction, would open a classical school, and furnish thus to the young men of the country, the facilities of acquiring useful and solid learning; but such a school was at first rare. The common schools of the country were, in like manner, scarcejand infrequent, and where they were had, the teachers were often incompetent.
In this dearth of the opportunities of moral and mental training, it might be supposed that the inhabitants would become necessarily vicious and ignorant. To some consid- erable extent, it was so. But he is greatly mistaken, who supposes that an illiterate is necessarily an ignorant popu- lation. Far otherwise. Fortunately for the new commu- nities, upon a remote frontier, other instrumentalities than the pulpit and school-house-invaluable and inappreciable as they are admitted to be-are found for the improvement of the mind and heart.
Education, in its broadest sense, regards the body, the mind and the heart. When thus subdivided, it is physical, intellectual and moral. Physical education is no where more perfectly attained, than upon the frontier, in a salubrious climate. The first emigrants to the solitudes of the West were remarkable for their enterprise, hardihood, vigour, powers of endurance, health and manhood. These were not only generally inherited by their children, but increased and augmented by the circumstances around them. Their pursuits cultivated and enlarged them. Their mode and style of living had the same tendency. There was no luxu- ry to enervate, no excess of labour to depress, no idleness to enfeeble them. Every one was employed ; there was no idler- no voluptuary-no drone in society. Each one felt him- If stimulated by his position, in a career of active or use-
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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE FRONTIER.
ful employment. The chase, the campaign, the building of cabins and forts, the felling the forest, the subduing the wil- derness, all demanded active and manly exertion, and, ins spiring hope and promise for the future, assisted 'in develop- ing in the highest degree the physical man. Nowhere else has the race attained a fuller development or a higher perfec- tion, than upon the Tennessee frontier.
Intellectual education, if it did not advance equo pede, was still not without its own peculiar adjuvants and stimulants. The frontier mind had its culture, though the sources of it, and its channels, were not the same as in older communities. It has been already stated that there were few professional instructors, and few books, and no libraries. This deficit, however to be deplored, was not accompanied with ignorance, as would now, by many, be supposed. A frontier people, though generally illiterate, is usually remarkable for great good sense and general intelligence. Of these there are, fortunately, other sources than libraries and institutions of learning. Nowhere, more than upon the frontier, are these brought into requisition. The ambition of superiority is nowhere more active and all-pervading. There, above all others, the race for distinction is open to all; the start is even; each one enters with an honourable competition to come out foremost. General intelligence, useful information, good common sense-these, and not scholastic attainment, be- come the standard, the object, purpose and aim of the fron- tier citizen. With these in his view, he is stimulated to teach himself. He has the intellect and the ambition to learn ; he has the leisure to inquire, to think and to investi- gate for himself. Oral communication becomes thus, upon the frontier, the great source of instruction. Information thus acquired, though less minute and extensive, is not less solid or profound, nor less accurate and reliable, than that obtained by the infant mind from books. Hence, there is less fanaticism, fewer errorists, fewer ultraists, in an unlet- tered population on the frontier, than in an older community with greater literary advantages-every moment of its time absorbed by and devoted to business, with no leisure, and less inclination, to think for themselves. The thoughts of
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the latter run in one channel, are directed-to one' sabject and often exhaust and master it - i whto the other com prebend a wider range, and cover a greater area. The frontier- mind grasps the public good, the institutions of the country, government; lawa, theology, politics' medi- oine, every thing. This may creato-it sometimes did" create, an unamiable self-sufficiency ? a trait of charaš ter . more exousable, however, than a blind subservienof to .
the dogmas of the schools or a fashionable public opinionr. No one is the Magass Apollo to the frontier man. He ti the Magnus Apollo to himself. Nullius addictive jurare in. verba magistri; is his motto. Freo investigation, and inde' pondent thinking, were prominent obaracteristics of the bort der settlements in Tennessee. There were men in the Con' vontions and Legislatures of Franklin, of the Territorial Government; and of Termessee, who could not read , and yet most, if not all of them; were men of strong' mental pow- art, grout good- some, extensive, if not' profound knowl". edge, and remaritable for their shrewdness and sagacity: Intellects not disciplined by books, routine ittructions and scholastic rules; but trained by the least imperfect teacher -- a constant intercourse with man, and an examination into the relations arising from the condition of society. Go- vernor Blount, whose position and attainments gave him the most ample opportunity to form accurate opinions on this subject, felt no unwillingness to consult the least learned of the Territorial Assembly, as to the policy of his adminis- tration. "That old man," said he, " is strong-minded, wise, and well-informed, if he can not read.". Another has said, speaking of the frontier man : " He is silent in manner, em- barrassingly so at first, extremely accurate in his observa- tion of human nature, and any man that cannot bear to be scrutinized had better not come here. He judges much by the eye, and has a most enviable power of estimation ; your temperament, looks, speech and acts, are all taken in by him ; and if you can get a tablet of his judgment, you will find a remarkable daguerreotype of your exact worth writ- ten. They are phrenologists and physiognomists, not merely ar philosophers, but as practical appliers of those inductive
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sciences ; and beneath a show of positive laziness or languor, there is an amount of energy and action, mental and physi- cal, perfectly surprising."
Oral instruction, as alluded to above, we do not confine to one only, of its manifestations. Besides that, in the family or in the neighbourhood, was the Debating Club, the Forum, the Tribune, the Legislative Hall, and the Hustings. As all had the leisure, so no one lacked the disposition to avail himself of each of these agencies, to acquire information. Returning from them to his quiet cabin, the theme was there introduced, and the argument resumed by the frontier man and his sons. A searching analysis was there made of every position taken, and every argument offered ; and with unlettered logic, and with an original ratiocination, a judgment was attained upon the subject examined. Men educated in the schools, were then, as they still are, surprised at the amount of infor- mation, and the reasoning powers exhibited, in the humble dwellings of the obscurest neighbourhoods, upon subjects supposed to be beyond their reach.
Moral education upon the frontier was conducted with lit- tle of the advantages which result from the institutions of religion and piety. The pulpit and the congregational orga- nizations which accompanied it, were wanting. This great deficit was, upon that account, supplied the more earnestly, by other instrumentalities. It created the necessity, more especially for the conscientious parent, to exercise.the great moral power of the parental office, of the family and the family altar, the home and home influence; these were all brought to bear upon infancy and childhood, in their plastic forming state. As has been well remarked by another, " there is not a more gigantic moral* power committed to creatures upon earth, perhaps not in the Universe, than the power of the parent over the child, because it lies back of all other sources of influence. To the parents are committed the fresh materials, untouched by any human hand, out of which the whole physical, moral and intellectual character of the nation, is to be manufactured for good or for evil. Every parent, every home, is an educator for the country. * Rev. L. J. Halsey.
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Through his child, the parent has a channel of influence, an open door of communication with the world and with pos- terity, through which he is forming the character and shaping the destiny of his country." This great duty became doubly imperative in the new settlements. The pulpit, the school- house, the press, were not there to divide with the parent, the fearful responsibility of the moral training of the young. He was the priest of his own household. The duty could not be transferred to another. The great lessons of truth, honour, probity, virtue, honesty, public spirit and self-reliance, were taught and inculcated at the fireside, with all the freshness of a personal interest, and with all the sanction, authority and affection of the parental relation. None could have as- sumed this duty with a higher propriety. They could be discharged by no others with greater fidelity or success.
The enumeration of the traits of character which belonged to frontier life might be much enlarged. We should like to dwell here a little upon the enthusiasm, vivacity, shrewd- ness and self-respect of the Tennessee frontier man, but we can only mention two others. An unostentatious hospitality characterizes the backwoodsmen. It begins in the wilderness where a fellow huntsman has lost a butcher knife. His less unfortunate comrade breaks his own in two, and gives the one half to the other. Has one lost his ammunition? the other cuts his bar of lead, and divides it and his remaining powder, with his companion, before they separate. Emi- grant families, on their way through the wilderness, intro- duced and practised this considerate regard for the conve- nience of others. The last duty, at breaking up camp, when setting out on a day's journey, was carefully to cover over the coals and chumps of burning wood, remaining of their camp fire, that those succeeding them the following eve- ning, at the same spring or water course, might have the facility of starting a fire, without delay, on their arrival at it. In inclement weather, this was a kindness which none but emigrants can duly appreciate. Does the settler de- scry from his cabin door a stranger riding near it? He goes to meet him, asks him to come in and spend a night. The family makes him welcome, attends to all his wants, an-
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CHARACTER AND STATE PRIDE OF THE TENNESSEAN.
ticipates what may add to his comfort, and never allows him to depart without exacting a promise that he will come again and stay a week on his return. Does a neighbour casually approach his door ? He is not allowed to go further till he alights, partakes of some refreshments, and becomes ac- quainted with the inmates of the humble household. Is a neighbour sick-are his fields in consequence unworked, and likely to furnish no crop ? A day is set, the neighbours as- semble, distribute the work amongst themselves, plough and hoe the corn, gather his harvest, haul his wood, send a mes- senger for the physician, and day and night administer to his necessities, and soothe his sufferings and watch around his sick couch. Oh, such sympathy and kindness is itself cura- tive and remedial, and makes us think better of ourselves and of unsophisticated and artless human nature ! It is an Oasis in the desert, a green spot in the contemplation of early times in Tennessee, which it is delightful to witness and re- member. Growth, and progress, and art, have, in some places, obliterated these beautiful and amiable features of our earlier society ; enough still remains, to excite a regret that they are less general, and less appreciated than in the infancy of the country.
Another trait, and the last we can mention in the charac- ter of the frontier man, is his lofty State pride. This is not a sentiment only ; with him it became a passion. The Ten- nessee pioneer can be exceeded by none in fondness for and admiration of his own country. His valour acquired-his enterprise subdued it. It has become the idol of his heart, the home of plenty, of quiet and security. Its greatness excites his admiration, its beauty his pride, its character his enthusiasm ; its unstained escutcheon is the theme of his boast and glory. If he leaves the hills and plains, the moun- tains and valleys, and rivers of his own country, like the Swiss, he remembers them with affection and a melancholy pleasure. In all his wanderings, in success and in triumph alike, as in solitude and disaster, his thoughts are turned constantly upon Tennessee and his early home-he invokes a blessing upon the Fatherland, and heaves the sigh of re- gret that he left it, and cannot be interred beneath its soil. 47
APPENDIX.
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Names and date of erection of the Counties in the State of Tennessee, and by what authority erected, and remarks.
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MAKES.
DATE.
BY WHAT AUTHORITY.
REMARKS.
Washington,
Nov.,
1777. North-Carolina.
Sullivan,
October, 1779.
Taken off Wilkes and Burke counties, N. C. Off Washington. Off Washington.
Greene,
April, 1783.
Davidson,
April,
1783.
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Off Greene ; or, rather, off part of Greene.
Sumner,
Nov.,
1786.
Off East end of Davidson- that is E. of Stone's river. Off Sullivan.
Hawkins, Tennessee,
Nov., Nov.,
1786.
1788.
Off Davidson : this county. when the State of Tonnes- see was named, gave up its name. These seven counties were erected prior to the cession, in 1789, by N. Carolina, of her westera territory. Off Greene and Hawkins. Off Greene and Hawkins.
Jefferson, Knox, Knox, extended, Sevier, Blount,
June 11, 1792. By Ordinance of June 11, 1792. the Governor. 1798. By Tenn. Assembly. Sept. 27, 1794. Territorial Assembly. Taken off Jefferson.
July, 1795.
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Off Knox-these were the only two counties erected by the Territorial Assem- bly, the several other coun- ties of the State were erected by the Legislature of Tennessee.
Carter, Grainger, Montgomery,
April, |April, April,
1796.
1796.
April, 1796.
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Taken off Jefferson. Off Somner. Off Sumner.
Wilson, Williamson,
October, 1799.
Off Davidson.
Robertson, Cocke, Smith,
October, 1797.
October, 1799. . October, 1799.
Off Hawkins and Knox. Formed out of part of Ten- nessee county. ₹
1796. Tennessee Assembly. Taken off Washington.
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BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES.
Washington County was laid off Nov., 1777, with the following boundaries: Beginning at the north-westwardly point of the County of Wilkes, in the Virginia fine; thence, with the line of Wilkes County, .' to a point twenty-six miles south of the Virginia line; thence, due west to the ridge of the Great Iron Mountain, which, heretofore, divided the hunting grounds of the Overhill Cherokees, from those of the Middle Settlements and Vallies; thence, running a southwardly course along the said ridge, to the Unece Mountain, where the trading-path cromees the same, from the Valley to the Overhills; thence, south, with the line of this State adjoining the State of South-Carolina; thence, dne west-to the great . River Mississippi; thenca,, np. the theme siver toi a point due west from the beginning.
Sullivan County is made to begin on the Steep Rock; thence, along the dividing ridge that separates the waters of the Great Kenbawa and Tennessee (!) to the head of Indian Oreek; thence, along the ridge that divides the waters of Holston and Watauga; thence, a direct line to the highest part of the Chimney-Top Mountain, at the Indian boundary. Sullivan County is that part of Washington, . which. lately was north of this line.
The line dividing Washington from Greene; beger at William -Wil- liams's, in the fork of Horse Creek, at the foot of the Iron Mountain; theace, a direct course to George Gillespie's house, at or near the mouth of Big Limestone; thence, a north course to the line which divides the Counties of Washington and Sullivan ; thence, with the said line to the Chimney-Top Mountain ; thence, a direct course to the mouth of Cloud's Creek, on Holston River. That part of Washington which lay to the west of this line, was, thenceforward, to be the County of Greene.
Davidson County .- The boundaries of Davidson county were as fol- low: Beginning on the top of Cumberland Mountain, where the Virginia line crosses it ; extending westwardly along said line to the Tennessee River ; thence, up said river to the mouth of Duck River; thence, up Duck River, to where the line of marked trees run by the Commissioners for laying off the land granted to the Continental line of North-Carolina intersects said river, which said line is supposed to be in thirty-five degrees, fifty minutes, north latitude; thence, east, along said line to the top of Cumberland Mountain ; thence, northwardly, · along said line to the beginning.
Sumner County .- The line of division began where the county line crosses the west fork of Stone's River ; thence, a direct line to the mouth of Drake's Lick Creek ; thence, down Cumberland River to the mouth of Kasper's Creek ; thence, up said creek to the head of the War Trace Fork : thence, a northwardly course to the Virginia line, at a point that will leave Red River Old Station one mile to the east. That part of Davidson County that lay east of this line, was to belong to Sum- ner County.
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Hawkins County was formed by dividing Sullivan. The divisional. line began where the boundary line between Virginia and North-Caro- lina crosses the North Fork of Holston ; thence, down said fork to its junction with the main Holston ; thence, across said river, due south, to the top of Bay's Mountain; thence, along the top of said mountain to the top of the dividing ridge between the waters of the Holston and French Broad, to its junction with Holston River ; thence, down the said River Holston to its junction with the Tennessee ; thence, down the same to the Suck, where said river runs through the Cumberland Mountain ; thence, along the top of said mountain to the aforesaid boundary line, and thence along said line to the beginning. All that part of the territory lying west of the north fork of Holston, was erected into the county of Hawkins.
Tennessee County .- Beginning on the Virginia line ; thence, south, along Sumner County to the dividing ridge between Cumberland River and Red River; thence, westwardly, along said ridge to the head of the main south branch of Sycamore Creek ; thence, down the said branch to the mouth thereof; thence, due south across Cumberland River to Davidson County line. All that part of Davidson County, west of this line, was erected into a county called Tennessee.
Jefferson County .- The line follows. Beginning on Nollichucky River at the place where the ridge, which divides the waters of Bent and Lick Creek, strikes it; thence, with that ridge to Bull's Gap of Bay's Mountain ; thence, a direct line to the place where the road that leads from Dodson's Ford to Perkin's Iron Works, crosses the watery fork of Bent Creek; thence, down that road to the head of Panther Creek ; down the meanders of that creek to the River Hol- ston : thence, a north-west course to the River Clinch. Again : from Nollichucky River, where the ridge that divides the waters of Bent and Lick Creek strikes it, a direct course to Peter Fine's Ferry, on French Broad; thence, south, to the ridge that divides the waters of French Broad and Big Pigeon, and, with said ridge, to the eastern boundary of the territory. Southward and westward of the line thus described, two new counties were to be established. The one, Jefferson County, to be butted and bounded by the above line, from the eastern boundary . of the territory, to the River Holston, and down that stream to the mouth of Creswell's Mill Creek ; thence, a direct line to the mouth of Dumplin Creek, on French Broad ; thence, up the meanders of French Broad, to the mouth of Boyd's Creek ; thence, south, twenty-five de- grees east, to the ridge which divides the waters of Little Pigeon and Boyd's Creek ; and, with the said ridge, to the Indian boundary, or the eastern bounding of the territory, as the case may be, and by the east- ern boundary.
Knox County .- The other county, Knox, to be butted and bound- ed by the lines of Jefferson county, from the mouth of Creswell's Mill Creek, to the eastern boundary of the territory, or the Indian boun- dary, as the case may be. Again : from the mouth of the said Creek, up the meanders of the River Holston, to the mouth of Panther Creek ; thence, north-west, to the River Clinch ; thence, by the River Clinch to the place where the line that shall cross Holston at the ridge that
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divides the waters of Little River and Tennessee, according to the treaty of Holaton, shall strike it, and by that live.
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Retention of Limits of Knot County- In consequence of the ces- tion of Cherokee lands at the Tellico Treaty, the Knox county line was Catended from the end of Clinch Mountain "a north-west course to. . Clinch River ; down that river, opposite the end of the Crow Moan- tain ; theace, with said mountain, to the Indian boundary at Cumber- land Mountain, and with the Cumberland Mountain, agreeable to the Treaty of Tellico, to Emery's. River ; thence, down its memders to the River Chinch, and down the same to the point where the line of the sid treaty strikes it, and with that line to the Tennessee ; thenco, up the meanders of the same to: the point formed by the junction of the Holston therewith; thence, up the meanders, of the Holston, on the south side, to the mouth of Little River .. .
. . Sevier County .- Beginning on the eastern boundary of this terri -. tory ; from thence, a direct line to the ridge that divides the waters. f. Little from the waters of Big Pigeon; thence, along the same to the head of Muddy Creek ; thence, a direct line to the lower end of an inland in French Broad River, formerly known by . the name of Hub. bert's Island ; thence, a direct line to the mouth of Creswell's Mill Creek ; thence, with the Knox County line to the top of Bay's Moan- tain ; thence, along the said mountain, to where the French Broad rum through the same; thence, along the said mountain, and with the ex- treme height thereof, to the place where the ridge dividing the waters of French Broad from those of Little River, intersects the same ; thencs; with said ridge to the Pigeon Mountain ; thence, along said mountain to the Indian boundary, and with the same to the eastern boundary of the territory ; thence, to the beginning.
Blount County .- The line began on the south side of the River Holston, at the mouth of Little River; thence, up its meanders, on the south side, to the mouth of Stock Creek ; thence, up its meanders, on the south side, to the head of Nicholas Bartlett's mill-pond, at high water; thence, a direct line to the top of Bay's Mountain, leaving the house of James Willis to the right, within forty rods of the same line ; thence, along Bay's Mountain, to the line of Sevier County ; thence, with that line, to the eastern boundary of the territory ; thence, southwardly, to the line of the Indian boundary, according to the Treaty of Holston, and with that line, to the River Holston, and up its meanders, on the south side, to the beginning.
Carter County .- Beginning on the North-Carolina line, at a point from which a line, to be drawn due north, will strike the house of George Haines; thence, the nearest direction to the top of Buffalo Mountain; thence, along the heights of the said mountain, to the high knob on the same, near the north end thereof; thence, a direct line to the house where Jonathan Tipton, Jr., now lives, leaving said house in Washington County ; thence, a direct line, to the south bank of Wa- tanga River, at Jeremiah Dugan's Ford ; thence, due north, to the Sulli- van line. All the territory, east of this boundary, was established as Carter County.
Grainger County .- Beginning on the Main Road, leading from Bull's
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Gap to Haine's iron works, on Mossy Creek, at the house of Felps Read; running a direct course to the Kentucky road, on the north side of Holston River: thence, north, fifty degrees west, to the Virginia line ; thence, west, with said line, to a point north-west of the end of Clinch Mountain ; thence, a direct course, to the end of Clinch Moun- tain ; thence, with the ridge that divides the waters of Richland and Flat Creek, to Holston River, at the upper end of the first bluff above Boyle's old place ; thence, up the meanders of the river to the mouth of Panther Creek ; thence, up said creek to the head spring thereof, near the house of John Evans; thence, along the main wagon road, to the beginning.
Montgomery and Robertson Counties were formed out of Tennessee County, by a line beginning at the upper end of the first bluff, above James McFarlin's, on Red River, near Allen's cabins ; running from thence, a direct course to the Sulphur Fork, a quarter of a mile below Elias's Forts; thence, up the creek, as it meanders to the mouth of Brush Creek ; thence, up the same, as it meanders to the head : thence, a direct course to the Davidson County line, at the mouth of Sycamore Creek ; thence, with the Davidson line, up said creek, to the Sumner County line; thence, with the extreme height of the dividing ridge, eastwardly, to the Kentucky road, leading from Nashville ; thence, northwardly, with said road, to the Kentucky State line ; thence, west, with said line, to such place as a south-east course, leaving Joseph French in the lower county, will strike the beginning. Within this boundary was established the new County of Robertson. The remain- ing part of Tennessee County was to become a separate county, by the name of Montgomery.
Cocke County .- Beginning on the North-Carolina boundary, on the south side of French Broad River, one mile from said river ; thence, down the river, one mile, to where it intersects the line.of Greene County ; thence, with that line, to Nollichucky River, a small distance below Captain William White's house; thence, down the said river, to French Broad, leaving all the islands to Jefferson County ; thence, down French Broad, in the same manner, to the bent of said river, opposite Colonel Parmenas Taylor's ; and, from thence, a direct line, to the top of English's Mountain, within one mile of Sevier County line ; thence, parallel with that line, to the uppermost house on Cozby's Creek ; and, from thence, an easterly line, to a point on the boundary line of North- Carolina, as to leave six hundred and twenty-five square miles in Jeffer- son County ; and, from thence, with the North-Carolina line, to the beginning.
Smith County .- Beginning upon the south bank of Cumberland River, at the south end of the eastern boundary of Sumner County ; thence, north, with the said eastern boundary, to the northern boun- dary of the State; and, with the said boundary, east, to where it is intersected by the Cherokee boundary ; thenc., with that boundary, to the Cany Fork of Cumberland River; thence, with said fork, according to its meanders, to the mouth thereof; thence, down the south bank of Cumberland River, according to its meanders, to the beginning.
Wilson County .- Beginning upon the south bank of the River
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Cumberland, at low water mark, at the mouth of Drake's Lick Branch, the north-eastern corner of Davidson County; thence, with the line of Davidson County, to the Cherokee boundary, and, with said boundary, to the Cany Fork ; and, down the Cany Fork, according to its mean- ders, to the mouth thereof; thence, down the meanders of Cumberland River, by the south bank, to the beginning.
Williamson County .- Beginning at a point forty poles due north of the dwelling-house of Thomas MeCrory, on the waters of Little Har- peth ; running, thence, east, two miles and one hundred and four poles; thence, south, seventy degrees, east, sixteen miles and two hundred and seventy poles ; thence, due east sixteen miles and two hundred and seventy poles ; thence, due south to the Indian boundary ; thence, with said line, westwardly, to the Robertson County line ; thence, with that line, north, to a point due west from the mouth of Little Harpeth ; thence, a direct line to a point on South Harpeth, south-west from the mouth of said Little Harpeth ; thence, north-east, to the mouth of said little Harpeth ; thence, a direct line to the beginning.
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