Pickett County Public and Private Legislative Acts – County Lines
Public Acts of 1883, Chapter 122
SECTION 1. That the county line between Clay and Pickett county be so changed as to include the lands of F. M. Taylor and the lands of the Taylor heirs, to wit: Commencing on the north boundary line of F. M. Taylor, at the Clay county line, and run westward with his line to his western boundary line, about ten poles; then south with his line about fifty poles so as to include all the lands of said F. M. Taylor and the lands of Taylor heirs in Pickett county, the amount of said lands not being more than about thirty acres, and that all laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: March 23, 1883.
Private Acts of 1927, Chapter 776
SECTION 1. That the line between the counties of Fentress and Pickett, in the State of Tennessee, be so changed as to detach the lands of S. R. West from the County of Pickett, and attach the same to the county of Fentress. Said lands bounded as follows: Beginning on a sycamore on the northwest side of Wolf River, the same being the corner of Ed. Jones, running thence southwestwardly with the Ed Jones line to the corner of Ed. Stories Horsehoe Bottom tract; thence running still southwestwardly with the said Ed Stories line to the corner of the George Dukie Conataer [Conatser?] tract of land; running thence southwestwardly with said Conatser old line to Joe Henis corner; thence northwardly with said Joe Henis line to the line of Green Moody tract of land; thence eastwardly with said Moody line to the Lillian Gilbreath, now Gilbreath heir line; thence said Gilbreath line to the county line on the north side of Wolf River; containing 350 acres, be and the same more or less.
SECTION 2. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: April 17, 1927.
Private Acts of 1963, Chapter 211
SECTION 1. That the boundary line between the counties of Overton and Pickett be and is hereby changed as follows:
- That portion of F. F. Sells’ farm approximately three acres, in the Eleventh Civil District of Overton County, Tennessee, as evidenced by Deed Book No. 2, Page 287, Register’s Office, Overton County, Tennessee, be removed from Overton County to Pickett County. For a detailed description of the three acres transferred from Overton to Pickett County see Deed Book referred to above.”
- “That portion of Hallie Padgett Brown’s farm now located in the Eleventh Civil District of Overton County, Tennessee, as evidenced by Deed Book No. 82, Page 101, Register’s Office, Overton County, Tennessee, be removed from Overton County to Pickett County. For a detailed description of this parcel of land, about _______ acres, see the Deed Book referred to above.”
SECTION 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: March 19, 1963.
Public Acts of 1974, Chapter 421
COMPILER’S NOTE: The following act is a public act of special application and is not codified in Tennessee Code Annotated.
SECTION 1. The boundary line between the counties of Pickett and Clay is hereby changed by detaching from the county of Clay, and attaching to the county of Pickett, all of the hereinafter described territory, to wit:
A tract or parcel of land now lying in the 4th Civil District of Clay County adjacent to the existing line between Clay-Pickett County line, and beginning at the corner of tract D-81 in the division property line of G-404A; thence, north 86 degrees, 30 minutes West 920 feet; thence, north 13 degrees, 45 minutes West, 1225 feet; thence, north 38 degrees, 00 minutes East, 920 feet; thence, north 69 degrees, 15 minutes East, 335 feet; thence, north 14 degrees, 30 minutes West for 490 feet; thence north 56 degrees, 30 minutes East for 660 feet; thence, north 67 degrees, 30 minutes East for 80 feet, to the Pickett-Clay County line, south to the point of the beginning; containing approximately 48 number of acres.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: January 28, 1974.
Source: https://privateacts.ctas.tennessee.edu/content/public-acts-1883-chapter-122 and https://privateacts.ctas.tennessee.edu/content/private-acts-1927-chapter-776 and https://privateacts.ctas.tennessee.edu/content/private-acts-1963-chapter-211 and https://privateacts.ctas.tennessee.edu/content/public-acts-1974-chapter-421-0