Topographically considered, Tennessee presents eight natural divisions. These divisions are described as follows: First, the Unaka division, including the extreme eastern portion of the State, and embracing a belt of country from Virginia to the Georgia line. It includes the … Continue reading →
County seat, Rutledge, having 126 inhabitants. Other towns are, Tate Springs and Mineral Hill Springs, which are both noted summer resorts. Navigable streams are the Holston and Clinch rivers, which afford water for flat boats. Besides these rivers there are … Continue reading →
At Knoxville: September Term, 1858 Constitutional Law. Town charters granted by the County Court. Const., art. 11, §7. Acts of 1849, ch. 17, and 1856, ch. 254. The act of 1849, ch. 17, authorizing the County Courts, upon certain conditions, … Continue reading →
General Nature of the County Grainger County is in the northeastern part of Tennessee. It is bordered on the north by Claiborne and Hancock Counties, on the south by Hamblen and Jefferson Counties, on the east by Hawkins County, and … Continue reading →
R. B. Bundren is called variations of rhyming names — “Blueford,” “Booth,” “Bluff,” “Bluth,” and Bruce” — by diverse sources. Most people living today (1997) who knew, or knew of, R. B. Bundren, describe him as a “mean man, one … Continue reading →
The following is a listing of acts which once had some effect upon the county road system in Grainger County, but which are no longer operative. Also referenced below is an act which repealed prior law without providing new substantive … Continue reading →
Private Acts of 1929 Chapter 840 SECTION 1. That an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a system of good roads to regulate the laying out, working, changing, opening, closing and maintaining of public roads, culverts and ferries and … Continue reading →
Elections in Tennessee are now governed by the general statutes found in Tennessee Code Annotated title 2, chapters 1 through 19. Of particular interest to county officials is chapter 12, which covers the county election commission. The employment of administrator … Continue reading →
Maps and legal descriptions of the boundaries of the county commissioner districts may be found in one of the following offices: county clerk, county election commission, state coordinator of elections, secretary of state, and the division of local government, office … Continue reading →
The private act has often been used as a means for transferring parcels of land from one county to another, often because the boundary lines would bisect an individual landowner’s property, placing the landowner under the jurisdiction of two counties. … Continue reading →
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