Acts of 1796 (First Session)

COMPILER’S NOTE: The following is the only section of this act which affects Washington County, the remaining sections have been omitted.

SEC. 1. That the county of Washington be divided by a line as follows, to wit.--Beginning on the line that divides this state from the state of North Carolina, 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 the Buffaloe 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, Junior, now lives, leaving said house in Washington county-- thence a direct line to the south bank of Watauga river, at Jeremiah Dungan's ford--thence due north to the Sullivan line; and all that part lying to the east of said lines, henceforth be erected into a new and distinct county, by the name of Carter.