Public Acts of 1881 Chapter 37

SECTION 1. That section 2 of an act passed Feb. 25, 1879, be amended as follows: That the county of Pickett shall be bounded as follows:

Beginning at a stone in the Tennessee and Kentucky State line, marked forty-six, the same being the north-east corner of Clay county; thence south with Clay county line seven miles and 220 poles to an ironwood in James Conner's field, at a point eleven miles from Livingston; thence the arc of a circle describing the distance of eleven miles from Livingston, as follows: South 84° east 72 poles, south 82½° east 80 poles, south 81° east 80 poles, south 79½° east 80 poles, south 78° east 80 poles, south 77° east 80 poles, south 75½° east 80 poles, south 74½° east 80 poles, south 73° east 80 poles, south 71½° east 80 poles, south 70° east 80 poles, south 68½° east 80 poles, south 67° east 80 poles, south 65½° east 80 poles, south 64° east 80 poles, south 62½° east 80 poles, south 61° east 80 poles, south 59½° east 80 poles, south 58° east 80 poles, south 56½° east 80 poles, south 55° east 80 poles, south 54° east 80 poles, south 52½° east 80 poles, south 51° east 80 poles, south 49½° east 80 poles, south 48° east 80 poles, south 46½° east 80 poles, south 45° east 80 poles, south 43½° east 80 poles, south 42° east 80 poles, south 40½° east 80 poles, south 39° east 80 poles, south 37½° east 80 poles, south 35° east 80 poles, south 33½° east 80 poles, south 22° east 80 poles, south 20½° east 80 poles, south 29° east 80 poles, south 27½° east 80 poles, south 26° east 80 poles, south 24½° east 80 poles, south 23° east 80 poles, south 21½° east 80 poles, south 20° east 80 poles, south 18½° east 80 poles, south 17° east 80 poles, south 15½° east 80 poles, south 14° east 80 poles, south 12½° east 80 poles, south 11° east 80 poles, south 10° east 80 poles, south 8½° east 80 poles, south 7° east 80 poles, south 5½° east 80 poles, south 4° east 80 poles, south 2½° east 80 poles, south 1° east 80 poles, south 80 poles, south 1½° west 80 poles, south 3° west 80 poles, south 4½° west 80 poles, [sic] south 6° west 80 poles, south 7½° west 80 poles, south 9° west 80 poles to a point near the Ledford place, eleven miles from Livingston; thence east 1,200 poles to a point eleven miles from Jamestown; thence an arc of a circle describing a distance of eleven miles from Jamestown, as follows: North 29½° west 80 poles, south 28° west 80 poles, north 26½° west 80 poles, north 25½° west 80 poles, north 24° west 80 poles, north 22½° west 80 poles, north 21° west 80 poles, north 19½° west 80 poles, north 18° west 80 poles, north 16½° west 80 poles, north 15° west 80 poles, north 13½° west 80 poles, north 12° west 80 poles; north 10½° west 80 poles, north 9° west 80 poles, north 8° west 80 poles, north 6½° west 80 poles, north 5° west 80 poles, north 4° west 80 poles, north 2½° west 80 poles, north 1° west 80 poles, [sic] north 80 poles, north 1½° east 80 poles, north 3° east 80 poles, north 4½° east 80 poles, north 5½° east 80 poles, north 7° east 80 poles, north 8½° east 80 poles, north 10° east 80 poles, north 12½° east 80 poles, north 14° east 80 poles, north 15½° east 80 poles, north 17° east 80 poles, north 18½° east 80 poles, north 20° east 80 poles, north 21½° east 80 poles, north 23° east 80 poles, north 24° east 80 poles, north 25½° east 80 poles, north 27° east 80 poles, north 28½° east 80 poles; north 30° east 80 poles, north 31° east 80 poles, north 33½° east 80 poles, north 35° east 80 poles, north 36½° east 80 poles, north 38°east 80 poles, north 39½° east 80 poles, north 42° east 80 poles, north 43½° east 80 poles, north 45° east 80 poles, north 46½° east 80 poles, north 49½° east 80 poles, north 51° east 80 poles, north 53½° east 80 poles, north 55° east 80 poles, north 57½° east 80 poles, north 59° east 80 poles, north 60½° east 80 poles, north 62° east 80 poles, north 64° east 80 poles, north 65° east 80 poles, north 67½° east 80 poles, north 69° east 80 poles, north 70½° east 80 poles, north 72° east 80 poles, north 73½° east 80 poles, north 75° east 80 poles, north 76° east 80 poles, north 77½° east 80 poles, north 79° east 80 poles, north 80½° east 80 poles, north 82° east 80 poles, to a point eleven miles from Jamestown, 58 poles north of Mrs. Crouch's house on Rotten’s Fork, of Wolf river; thence the arc of a circle describing a distance of eleven miles from Jamestown, twelve and a half miles, to a point north 50° east of Jamestown, at a distance of eleven miles from the same; thence east nine and a quarter miles to the Scott county line; thence with said line north 45° west ten and a half miles to the Tennessee and Kentucky State line; thence west with the State line thirty-two and half miles to the beginning, being the north-east corner of Clay county, containing two hundred and eightyfour square miles.

COMPILER'S NOTE: The remainder of this act did not refer to Overton County and therefore, is not included herein.

Passed: March 28, 1881.