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  Wayne - History
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Websitehttp://www.waynecountytn.org/
Established November 24, 1817
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP November 07, 2023 06:56am
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February 21, 1929 -


WAYNE lost to LAWRENCE to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in WAYNE-LAWRENCE line 1848-1929]. (Tenn. Acts 1929, 66th assy., priv., ch. 262/p. 653)

April 10, 1925 - February 21, 1929


WAYNE lost to LEWIS. (Tenn. Acts 1925, 64th assy., priv., ch. 385/p. 1442)

May 01, 1909 - April 10, 1925


WAYNE lost small area to PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1909, 56th assy., ch. 441/p. 1653)

April 29, 1897 - May 01, 1909


WAYNE lost to LEWIS. (Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 164/p. 372)

March 26, 1877 - April 29, 1897


WAYNE lost to LAWRENCE. (Tenn. Acts 1877, 40th assy., 1st sess., ch. 157/p. 182)

December 07, 1869 - March 26, 1877


WAYNE 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)

February 19, 1869 - December 07, 1869


WAYNE gained part of LEWIS; LEWIS eliminated [repealed 7 Dec 1869]; WAYNE lost small area to DECATUR. (Tenn. Acts 1868, 35th assy., 2d sess., pub., ch. 31/p. 38)

February 29, 1856 - February 19, 1869


WAYNE lost to PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 159/p. 243)

February 21, 1852 - February 29, 1856


WAYNE gained from PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 220/p. 329)

January 20, 1852 - February 21, 1852


WAYNE gained small area from LAWRENCE. (Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 55/p. 57)

February 01, 1850 - January 20, 1852


WAYNE gained from HARDIN. (Tenn. Acts 1849, 28th assy., ch. 197/p. 404)

February 07, 1846 - February 01, 1850


WAYNE lost to PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 5/p. 31 and ch. 62, sec. 2/p. 122)

December 21, 1843 - February 07, 1846


WAYNE 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)

December 26, 1837 - December 21, 1843


WAYNE gained small area from PERRY [clarified 27 Jan 1840]. (Tenn. Acts 1837, 22d assy., ch. 273/p. 403)

November 19, 1833 - December 26, 1837


WAYNE gained Beech Creek Island in the Tennessee River from PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1833, 20th assy., priv., ch. 127/p. 69)

August 17, 1822 - November 19, 1833


WAYNE gained from HICKMAN. (Tenn. Acts 1822, 14th assy., 2d sess., ch. 96/p. 83)

January 01, 1822 - August 17, 1822


WAYNE lost to PERRY. (Tenn. Acts 1821, 14th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 143, sec. 1/p. 138)

November 08, 1821 - January 01, 1822


WAYNE lost to HICKMAN. (Tenn. Acts 1821, 14th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 150, sec. 1/p. 146)

October 08, 1819 - November 08, 1821


WAYNE reauthorized; part of WAYNE implicitly reverted to Non-County Area 4 that became part of HARDIN on 13 Nov 1819 [see 24 Nov 1817 for original authorization]. (Tenn. Acts 1819, 13th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 19, secs. 1, 4-6/pp. 24-26)

November 24, 1817 - October 08, 1819


WAYNE created from HICKMAN and Non-County Area 4; act was technically not valid, but citizens proceeded with the organization of the county [see 8 Oct 1819 for reauthorization]. (Tenn. Acts 1817, 12th assy., ch. 174, sec. 1/p. 209)

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