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  Overton - History
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Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN Counties > Overton  
Websitehttps://overtoncountytn.gov/
Established September 11, 1806
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP October 31, 2023 04:24pm
DescriptionThe Overton County Commission meets in regular session at 5:00 p.m. the second Monday of every month at the Overton County Courthouse, located at 100 E. Court Square in Livingston.

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July 01, 1989 -


OVERTON gained small area from PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1989, 96th assy., 1st reg. sess., pub., ch. 456/p. 793)

March 17, 1961 - July 01, 1989


OVERTON lost to PUTNAM to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in OVERTON-PUTNAM line 1931-1961]. (Tenn. Acts 1961, 82d assy., priv., ch. 364/p. 1263)

March 10, 1939 - March 17, 1961


OVERTON lost to CLAY to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in OVERTON-CLAY line 1889-1939]. (Tenn. Acts 1939, 71st assy., priv., ch. 561/p. 1766)

June 22, 1931 - March 10, 1939


OVERTON gained from PUTNAM to accommodate local residents [locations unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in OVERTON-PUTNAM line 1887-1931]. (Tenn. Acts 1931, 67th assy., priv., ch. 450/p. 1194))

June 01, 1881 - June 22, 1931


OVERTON lost to CLAY to accommodate local residents. (Tenn. Acts 1881, 42d assy., 1st sess., ch. 132/p. 181)

April 30, 1881 - June 01, 1881


OVERTON 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 24, 1873 - April 30, 1881


OVERTON lost to PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1873, 38th assy., ch. 80/p. 118; ch. 76/p. 110)

December 07, 1870 - March 24, 1873


OVERTON lost to creation of CLAY. (Tenn. Acts 1870, 36th assy., 2d sess., ch. 29, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 51-52; Moore and Foster, 1:843)

February 11, 1854 - December 07, 1870


OVERTON lost to re-creation of PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 320, secs. 1-2, 10, 21, 24-25/pp. 744-754)

December 09, 1847 - February 11, 1854


OVERTON gained small area from JACKSON. (Tenn. Acts 1847, 27th assy., ch. 36/p. 65)

March 01, 1845 - December 09, 1847


OVERTON 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


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

November 28, 1823 - February 02, 1842


OVERTON lost to creation of FENTRESS. (Tenn. Acts 1823, 15th assy., 1st sess., ch. 302, secs. 1-2/p. 260)

January 01, 1820 - November 28, 1823


OVERTON lost to MORGAN. (Tenn. Acts 1819, 13th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 63/p. 70)

January 01, 1818 - January 01, 1820


OVERTON lost to creation of MORGAN. (Tenn. Acts 1817, 12th assy., ch. 38, secs. 1, 18/pp. 41, 45 and ch. 81/p. 89)

September 24, 1817 - January 01, 1818


OVERTON lost to CAMPBELL. (Tenn. Acts 1817, 12th assy., ch. 20/p. 24)

September 11, 1806 - September 24, 1817


OVERTON created from JACKSON. (Scott, ch. 27, sec. 8/p. 950)

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