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| Website | https://lawrencecountytn.gov/ |
| Established | October 21, 1817 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP October 24, 2023 05:09pm |
| Description | The Board of County Commissioners are the chief administrative and policy making body of Lawrence County Government. It consists of eighteen members and each board member is elected to a four-year term. Lawrence County is divided into eighteen districts with each district electing one commissioner. The county executive serves as a nonvoting ex officio member of the county legislative body. |
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February 21, 1929 -
LAWRENCE gained from WAYNE to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in LAWRENCE-WAYNE line 1848-1929].
(Tenn. Acts 1929, 66th assy., priv., ch. 262/p. 653)
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April 03, 1901 -
February 21, 1929
LAWRENCE lost to GILES to accommodate local resident [map depicts net changes in LAWRENCE-GILES line 1854-1901].
(Tenn. Acts 1901, 52d assy., ch. 257/p. 556)
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April 06, 1889 -
April 03, 1901
LAWRENCE lost to LEWIS to accommodate local residents.
(Tenn. Acts 1889, 46th assy., 1st sess., ch. 217/p. 436)
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March 26, 1877 -
April 06, 1889
LAWRENCE gained from WAYNE.
(Tenn. Acts 1877, 40th assy., 1st sess., ch. 155/p. 180; ch. 157/p. 182)
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December 07, 1869 -
March 26, 1877
LAWRENCE lost to re-creation of LEWIS.
(Tenn. Acts 1869, 36th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 30, secs. 1-2, 4, 11-12, 19-20/pp. 33-38; McBride, 9)
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February 25, 1869 -
December 07, 1869
LAWRENCE gained from GILES to accommodate local residents.
(Tenn. Acts 1868, 35th assy., 2d sess., pub., ch. 39, secs. 1-3, 5, 15/pp. 53-54, 56; McBride, 8)
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February 19, 1869 -
February 25, 1869
LAWRENCE gained part of LEWIS; LEWIS eliminated [repealed 7 Dec 1869].
(Tenn. Acts 1868, 35th assy., 2d sess., pub., ch. 31/p. 38)
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March 17, 1858 -
February 19, 1869
LAWRENCE lost to LEWIS.
(Tenn. Acts 1857, 32d assy., priv., ch. 136, sec. 4/p. 344)
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March 02, 1854 -
March 17, 1858
LAWRENCE lost to LEWIS.
(Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 89, secs. 1-3, 8, 10, 14/pp. 158-163)
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January 20, 1852 -
March 02, 1854
LAWRENCE lost small area to WAYNE.
(Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 55/p. 57)
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December 21, 1843 -
January 20, 1852
LAWRENCE lost to creation of LEWIS.
(Tenn. Acts 1843, 25th assy., ch. 38, secs. 1-4/pp. 41-42; Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., no. 17/p. 730)
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August 17, 1822 -
December 21, 1843
LAWRENCE gained from HICKMAN.
(Tenn. Acts 1822, 14th assy., 2d sess., ch. 96/p. 83)
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November 08, 1821 -
August 17, 1822
LAWRENCE lost to HICKMAN.
(Tenn. Acts 1821, 14th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 150, sec. 1/p. 146)
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October 21, 1817 -
November 08, 1821
LAWRENCE created from HICKMAN and all of Non-County Area 7 attached to MAURY. Non-County Area 7 eliminated.
(Tenn. Acts 1817, 12th assy., ch. 42/p. 48)
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