Acts of 1871 Chapter 148

SECTION 1. That hereafter the county line between the counties of Rutherford and
Williamson shall be changed so as to run as follows:
Beginning at the Harpeth River where the College Grove and the road to Williamson
Jordan's homestead crosses; thence running north with the meanderings of said river to the
northwest corner of Joseph M. Haley's; thence east with the said Haley's and McCord's line to
the southwest corner of the toll gate lot; thence north to the Northwest corner of the toll gate lot
thence east with said lot to the Eagleville, Unionville and Shelbyville turnpike; thence north with
said turnpike to Spot Covington's north boundary line; thence east to Spot Covington's northeast
corner, and thence so as to include the tract of land owned by C.A. Hill, purchased of Jordan's
estate; thence south with the line between C.A. Hill's tract and John Floyd's tract to J.K.P.
Barrett's north boundary line; thence east with said Barrett's line so as to include W.T.J. Wood
and Susan Wood's tract; thence east, between John Haley's and Newton McCord's tracts, to the
Franklin and Versailles road; thence south with said road to the Rutherford County line, all the
parties effected having petitioned for said change, and it not reducing Williamson County below
its constitutional limits.
SECTION 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after it passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Passed: December 13, 1871.