An Act to divide the county of White into two seperated and distinct counties.-Passed, Nov. 26.

Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the county of White shall be divided into two distinct counties, as follows, to wit: Beginning on the Caney Fork, where Smith County line crosses the same; running up the channel of said river to the mouth Rocky River; thence along the top of the dividing ridge between the Caney Fork and Rocky River, to the top of Cumberland Mountain; thence along the extreme height of the mountain, eastwardly, until it strikes the Wilderness road; then with said road to the Jackson County line, including Daniel Alexander's dwelling house, in White County; then with the line of Jackson and Smith Counties to the beginning. And all that part of White County, lying within the described bounds, be and remain the county of White.

Sec 2.. That there be a new county laid off, by the following boundary, to wit: Beginning on the Cumberland Mountain, where the line of White County strikes the same; thence westwardly, with said mountain to the Indian boundary line; then along the said line to the most eastwardly branch of Duck River; thence north to the east boundary of Rutherford County; thence with the lines of Rutherford, Wilson, Smith and White, to the beginning. Which last mentioned bounds shall compose a new county, by the name of Warren.
(Whitney, pp.708-9)