That from and after the passing of this act, the county of Blount shall be contained within the following described bounds. Beginning upon the south side of Holston, at the mouth of Little River, thence up the meanders of Little River on the south side, to the mouth of Stock creek, and up the meanders of Stock creek upon the south side, to the head of Nicholas Bartlett's mill pond at high waters; thence a direct line to the top of Bay's mountain, leaving the house of James Willis to the right, within forty rod of the said line; thence along Bay's mountain to the line of the county of Sevier; thence with that line, to the eastern boundary of the state; thence southwardly with the said eastern boundary, to the line lately run and marked agreeably to the late treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, and with that line to the river Tennessee; thence down the Tennessee, with the meanders thereof, to the mouth of Holston; and thence up the meanders of the said river Holston, to the beginning.
December 28, 1798.