Acts of 1809 Chapter 97
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, That so much of Dickson County as lies West of the Tennessee Ridge, be, and the same is a part of Humphreys county, beginning on the said ridge where the dividing line between Stewart and Humphreys counties, strikes the Dickson county line, then south along the top of Tennessee ridge so far as to include the waters of White oak creek, in Humphreys County, then west to said Dickson county line. PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the sheriff of Dickson county from collecting the taxes due thereon.
Passed: November 22, 1809.