Lawrence County History
Lawrence County was created October 21, 1817, by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly from mostly Indian Territory as a result of the Treaty of 1816 with the Chickasaw Indians. A section of Hickman County and a small portion of Giles County were included in its boundaries also. Local government was established in 1818. The county seat, Lawrenceburg, was chosen in 1819 because of its proximity to the center of the county and the fact that Jackson’s Military Road…