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| Website | https://www.hawkinscountytn.gov/ |
| Established | January 06, 1787 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP October 23, 2023 01:20pm |
| Description | The Hawkins County Board of Commissioners Regular Meetings, and all Special Called meetings, will be held at the Hawkins County Courthouse located at 100 East Main Street, Room #214 Rogersville, TN. unless otherwise noted or announced. |
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February 02, 1897 -
HAWKINS exchanged with HANCOCK along entire boundary when line was surveyed and relocated.
(Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 193/p. 409)
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May 13, 1895 -
February 02, 1897
HAWKINS exchanged with HAMBLEN to accommodate local residents [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in HAWKINS-HAMBLEN line 1873-1895].
(Tenn. Acts 1895, 49th assy., ch. 189/p. 386)
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September 01, 1885 -
May 13, 1895
HAWKINS lost to HANCOCK when Tennessee Supreme Court overturned act of 16 Dec 1871.
("Hancock County v. Hawkins County" in Tenn. Rpts., 83:266-273)
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March 11, 1881 -
September 01, 1885
HAWKINS exchanged with HANCOCK [repealed act of 1 Apr 1879]; HAWKINS lost to HANCOCK [repealed act of 26 Mar 1879].
(Tenn. Acts 1881, 42d assy., 1st sess., ch. 6/p. 8; ch. 5/p. 7)
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April 01, 1879 -
March 11, 1881
HAWKINS exchanged with HANCOCK [repealed 11 Mar 1881].
(Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 258/p. 298)
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March 26, 1879 -
April 01, 1879
HAWKINS gained from HANCOCK [repealed 11 Mar 1881].
(Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 161/p. 204)
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December 16, 1871 -
March 26, 1879
HAWKINS gained from HANCOCK [overturned by Tennessee Supreme Court Sep 1885]. HAWKINS exchanged with HAMBLEN to accommodate local residents [HAMBLEN's gain from HAWKINS repealed 19 Mar 1883].
(Tenn. Acts 1871, 37th assy., 1st sess., ch. 91/p. 82; Tenn. Acts 1872, 37th assy., call sess., ch. 19/p. 42)
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January 24, 1871 -
December 16, 1871
HAWKINS lost to HAMBLEN.
(Tenn. Acts 1870, 36th assy., 3d sess., ch. 92/p. 115)
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January 31, 1854 -
January 24, 1871
HAWKINS lost to JEFFERSON [repealed act of 16 Feb 1852].
(Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 130/p. 204)
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February 16, 1852 -
January 31, 1854
HAWKINS gained from JEFFERSON [repealed 31 Jan 1854].
(Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 299/p. 570)
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January 29, 1846 -
February 16, 1852
HAWKINS lost to creation of HANCOCK; creation upheld by Tennessee Supreme Court, Sep. 1848.
(Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 126/p. 200; "Ford v. Farmer" in Tenn. Rpts., 28:151-161 [Humphreys, vol. 9])
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October 15, 1824 -
January 29, 1846
HAWKINS exchanged with CLAIBORNE.
(Tenn. Acts 1824, 15th assy., 2d sess., ch. 121/p. 118)
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September 11, 1806 -
October 15, 1824
HAWKINS gained from GREENE.
(Scott, ch. 53/p. 975)
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December 06, 1801 -
September 11, 1806
HAWKINS lost to creation of CLAIBORNE.
(Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 46, secs. 1, 13, 17/pp. 279, 281)
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January 05, 1799 -
December 06, 1801
HAWKINS gained from GRAINGER.
(Tenn. Acts 1798, 2d assy., 2d sess., ch. 21/p. 172)
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October 28, 1797 -
January 05, 1799
HAWKINS lost to GRAINGER.
(Tenn. Acts 1797, 2d assy., 1st sess., ch. 13/p. 129)
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April 22, 1796 -
October 28, 1797
HAWKINS lost to creation of GRAINGER; all that part of HAWKINS south of GRAINGER implicitly reverted to non-county area status, and became part of Non-County Area 2.
(Tenn. Acts 1796, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 95)
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June 15, 1792 -
April 22, 1796
HAWKINS lost to creation of JEFFERSON and KNOX.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 4:448-449)
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January 06, 1787 -
June 15, 1792
HAWKINS created by North Carolina from GREENE and SULLIVAN. That part of GREENE west of HAWKINS implicitly reverted to non-county status [Non-County Area 1 (Cherokee Res.) and Non-County Area 2].
(N.C. St. Recs., 24:ch. 34/pp. 830-832)
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