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  Fentress - History
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Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN Counties > Fentress  
Websitehttps://fentresscountytn.gov/
Established November 28, 1823
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP October 18, 2023 08:00pm
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April 29, 1927 -


FENTRESS gained from PICKETT to accommodate local resident [map depicts net changes in FENTRESS-PICKETT line 1891-1927]. (Tenn. Acts 1927, 65th assy., priv., ch. 776/p. 2551)

April 05, 1911 - April 29, 1927


FENTRESS lost to PICKETT to accommodate local residents. (Tenn. Acts 1911, 57th assy., priv., ch. 244/p. 636)

January 26, 1905 - April 05, 1911


FENTRESS gained from PICKETT to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 39/p. 84)

February 12, 1897 - January 26, 1905


FENTRESS lost to SCOTT. (Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 257/p. 571; repeated in ch. 217/p. 518)

February 23, 1889 - February 12, 1897


FENTRESS gained from CUMBERLAND to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1889, 46th assy., 1st sess., ch. 26/p. 33)

April 30, 1881 - February 23, 1889


FENTRESS lost to creation of PICKETT. (Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 34, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 48-50; Tenn. Acts 1881, 42d assy., 1st sess., ch. 37, sec 1/p. 35; Huddleston, 37)

March 19, 1860 - April 30, 1881


FENTRESS gained from SCOTT. (Tenn. Acts 1859, 33d assy., 1st sess., priv., ch. 135, secs. 1-13/pp. 438-440)

February 17, 1858 - March 19, 1860


FENTRESS gained from CUMBERLAND. (Tenn. Acts 1857, 32d assy., pub., ch. 36/p. 44)

November 16, 1855 - February 17, 1858


FENTRESS lost to creation of CUMBERLAND. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 9)

February 11, 1854 - November 16, 1855


FENTRESS lost to re-creation of PUTNAM; boundaries were slightly different from 1842 county. (Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 320, secs. 1-2, 10, 21, 24-25/pp. 744-754)

December 17, 1849 - February 11, 1854


FENTRESS lost to creation of SCOTT. (Tenn. Acts 1849, 28th assy., ch. 45, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 145, 147)

February 02, 1846 - December 17, 1849


FENTRESS exchanged with MORGAN. (Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 175/p. 260)

March 01, 1845 - February 02, 1846


FENTRESS gained part of PUTNAM; PUTNAM eliminated when OVERTON Chancery Court declared PUTNAM to have been unconstitutionally established. (DeLozier, 21; McBride, 11; Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 75/p. 141)

February 02, 1842 - March 01, 1845


FENTRESS lost to creation of PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1841, 24th assy., 1st sess., ch. 169, sec. 1/p. 186)

November 28, 1823 - February 02, 1842


FENTRESS created from CAMPBELL, MORGAN, and OVERTON. (Tenn. Acts 1823, 15th assy., 1st sess., ch. 302, secs. 1-2/p. 260)

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