SECTION 1. That the boundaries of Humphreys county shall be as follows, to wit, beginning at the mouth of White Oak Creek, on the Tennessee river, where the upper line of Stewart County strikes said river, running thence west four miles and a half, thence south, fortyfive degrees west, ten miles and a half, thence due south to a point, that a line due east, intersecting the west boundary line of Hickman County, and the other boundaries of said Humphreys county, heretofore established by law, will include six hundred and twenty five square miles; thence due east to the west boundary line of Hickman County, thence north and west with the lines of Hickman, Dixon and Stewart as heretofore described by law to the beginning.
SECTION 2. That the territory by this description of boundary thrown off from Humphreys county on the south, shall be, and constitute a part of Perry County.
Passed: July 6, 1820