Public Acts of 1819 Chapter 2

SECTION 1. That the boundaries and lines hereinafter described, shall be and constitute the limits of Humphreys County, 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 a due west course to the top of the ridge dividing the waters of Sandy river from the water of the Tennessee; ---- thence southwardly on the top of said ridge, to a point thereon which will be at least twenty five miles south of the north boundary line of Humphreys county, hereinbefore mentioned, or so much farther, as that a line therefrom due east to the west boundary line of Hickman county and the other boundaries of said county of Humphreys which are herein after mentioned, 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, Dickson and Stewart counties as heretofore described by law, to the beginning.

SECTION 2. That Robert Jarmon, David Wells, John Thompson, Dawsey P. Hudson, and Harmon Lytle, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with authority to employ a surveyor, and have the lines of the county of Humphreys, as above described, run out and marked as soon as may be convenient; and the county court of said county are hereby authorized to pay said commissioners and surveyor, such sum as said court may deem a sufficient compensation, for the services required of them by this act, out of any monies belonging to said county, not otherwise appropriated.

SECTION 3. That this act shall be in force from and after the passing thereof.

Passed: November 15, 1819.