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    Tennessee’s 12th and 13th Surveyors’ Districts

    ~ 1819 ~

    © Frederick Smoot, 1998
    With special thanks to Norman T. McGee, mentor.
    And Dr. Wayne C. Moore, Archivist, TSLA, Nashville


    12th and 13th Surveyors’ Districts


    The 12th District

    Located in West Tennessee. This “...district beginning where the north boundary line of this State crosses the Tennessee River; thence west with the said north boundary line, thirty-five miles; thence south to the north boundary line of the districts before described; thence east with the said line to the Tennessee River, and down [north] the same to the beginning, which shall be known and distinguished by the name of the Twelfth District. ”66 ~ There is no extant original map of the 12th District.

    The 13th District

    Located in West Tennessee. This “...district beginning at the southwest corner of the last mentioned [12th District]; thence running north with the west boundary of the same to the north boundary of the State; thence west with the same to the Mississippi; thence down said river to the northwest corner of District No.11; thence east to the beginning; which shall be called and known by the name of the Thirteenth District.” 67 ~ TSLA map #396



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