Tennessee County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Tennessee County was organized in 1788 on land in the modern state of Tennessee, but which at the time was part of North Carolina. It was formed from part of the old Davidson County. In 1789 when North Carolina ratified the new Constitution and entered the union, North Carolina ceded its western Tennessee area to the federal government.

In 1796 the modern state of Tennessee was admitted to the union. It was at that time that Tennessee County gave up its name for use by the new state. At that time Tennessee County was divided into Montgomery and Robertson counties. The land of the extinct Tennessee County now forms the modern Robertson, Montgomery, and Robertson counties and portions of Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham, and Houston counties.