Acts of 1853-54 Chapter 320

COMPILER'S NOTE: Only Section 25 had reference to Scott County.

SECTION 25. That the dividing line between the counties of Anderson and Scott be
changed as follows: To leave new river at two white walnuts on the north bank of said river, at
the mouth of a hollow in William Massingill's field; thence up said hollow to the top of the
mountain, which divides the waters of said river from the waters of Smoky Creek, north eighty,
west 160 poles; thence along the top of said mountain due west 320 poles, to a white oak, James
McGee's west corner; thence south 30, west 600 poles, with the top of the mountain, passing
Lowe's Gap; thence south 80, west 500 poles with the top of the mountain to intersect with the
old line near the head of the Straight Fork; thence with said line to new river; thence down the
same to the beginning.

Passed: February 11, 1854