Caswell County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Caswell County

Caswell County was created as part of the abortive, short-lived State of Franklin in March 1786. It was created out of Greene County, and seems to have extend south to the confluence of the French Broad and Holston rivers, and westard. It was named for the newly elected Governor of North Carolina, Richard Caswell. The Franklin statehood effort collapsed by 1789. This county existed only briefly, its legality is questionable, and little trace remains.

The records of Caswell County are now found at ???

In 1792 the Southwest Territory (proto-Tennessee) created Jefferson County out of Greene County, and in 1870 Tennessee created Hamblin County from Grainger, Greene, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties. The land on which the lost county of Caswell was located is now most of Jefferson and the southern part of Hamblen counties in Tennessee.