| Name of County
|
Date Formed
|
Parent County
|
Progeny County
|
| Anderson
|
06 Nov 1801
|
Knox
|
divided to Campbell 1806, Scott 1849, Union 1797
|
| Bedford
|
03 Dec 1807
|
Rutherford
|
Coffee 1836, Franklin 1807, Lincoln 1809, Marshall 1836, Moore 1817
|
| Benton
|
19 Dec 1835
|
Henry, Humphreys
|
none
|
| Bledsoe
|
30 Nov 1807
|
Roane
|
Cumberland 1855, Van Buren 1840
|
| Blount
|
11 Jul 1795
|
Knox
|
Christiana 1870, Roane 1801
|
| Bradley
|
10 Feb 1836
|
Indian lands
|
Polk 1839
|
| Campbell
|
11 Sep 1806
|
Anderson, Claiborne
|
Union 1797
|
| Cannon
|
31 Jan 1836
|
Coffee, Warren, Wilson
|
DeKalb 1837
|
| Carroll
|
07 Nov 1821
|
Western District
|
none
|
| Carter
|
09 Apr 1796
|
Washington
|
Johnson 1836, Unicoi 1875
|
| Cheatham
|
28 Feb 1856
|
Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery
|
none
|
| Chester
|
04 Mar 1875
|
Hardeman, Henderson, Madison, McNairy
|
none
|
| Christiana
|
02 Jun 1870
|
Blount, Monroe, McMinn, Roane
|
renamed Loudon 1870
|
| Claiborne
|
29 Oct 1801
|
Grainger, Hawkins
|
Hancock 1844, Union 1797
|
| Clay
|
24 Jun 1870
|
Jackson, Overton
|
none
|
| Cocke
|
09 Oct 1797
|
Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox
|
none
|
| Crockett
|
20 Dec 1845
|
Dyer, Madison, Gibson, Haywood
|
none
|
| Cumberland
|
16 Nov 1855
|
Bledsoe, Morgan, Roane
|
none
|
| Davidson
|
18 Apr 1783
|
Washington
|
Cheatham 1856, Rutherford 1803, Sumner 1786, Williamson 1799
|
| Decatur
|
Nov 1845
|
Perry
|
none
|
| DeKalb
|
11 Dec 1837
|
Cannon, Warren, White
|
Putnam 1842
|
| Dickson
|
25 Oct 1803
|
Montgomery, Robertson
|
Cheatham 1856, Hickman 1807, Houston 1871
|
| Dyer
|
16 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
Crockett 1845, Lauderdale 1835
|
| Fayette
|
29 Sep 1824
|
Shelby, Hardeman
|
none
|
| Fentress
|
28 Nov 1823
|
Morgan, Overton
|
Pickett 1874, Scott 1849
|
| Franklin
|
03 Dec 1807
|
Bedford, Warren
|
Coffee 1836, Moore 1817
|
| Gibson
|
21 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
Crockett 1845
|
| Giles
|
14 Nov 1809
|
Maury
|
none
|
| Grainger
|
22 Apr 1796
|
Hawkins, Knox
|
Claiborne 1801, Hamblen 1870, Union 1797
|
| Greene
|
18 Apr 1783
|
Washington
|
Jefferson 1792, Knox 1792
|
| Grundy
|
29 Jan 1844
|
Coffee, Warren
|
none
|
| Hamblen
|
08 Jun 1870
|
Grainger, Hawkins
|
none
|
| Hamilton
|
25 Oct 1819
|
Rhea
|
Meigs 1836, Sequatchie 1857
|
| Hancock
|
07 Jan 1844
|
Claibrone, Hawkins
|
none
|
| Hardeman
|
16 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
Chester 1875, Fayette 1824
|
| Hardin
|
13 Nov 1819
|
Western District
|
McNairy 1823, Shelby 1819
|
| Hawkins
|
18 Nov 1786
|
Sullivan
|
Claiborne 1801, Grainger 1795, Knox 1792, Hamblen 1870, Hancock 1844, Jefferson 1792
|
| Haywood
|
03 Nov 1823
|
Western District
|
Crockett 1845
|
| Henderson
|
07 Nov 1821
|
Western District
|
Chester 1875
|
| Henry
|
07 Nov 1821
|
Western District
|
Benton 1835
|
| Hickman
|
03 Dec 1807
|
Dickson
|
Lawrence 1817, Lewis 1843, Perry 1821, Wayne 1817
|
| Houston
|
23 Jan 1871
|
Dickson, Stewart
|
none
|
| Humphreys
|
19 Oct 1809
|
Steward, Smith
|
Benton 1835
|
| Jackson
|
06 Nov 1801
|
Smith
|
Clay 1870, Overton 1806, Putnam 1842, White 1806
|
| Jefferson
|
11 Jun 1792
|
Greene, Hawkins
|
Cocke 1797, Sevier 1794
|
| Johnson
|
02 Jan 1836
|
Carter
|
none
|
| Knox
|
11 Jun 1792
|
Greene, Hawkins
|
Anderson 1801, Bledsoe 1807, Blount 1795, Grainger 1796, Roane 1801, Union 1797
|
| Lake
|
24 Jun 1870
|
Obion
|
none
|
| Lauderdale
|
24 Nov 1835
|
Dyer, Tipton
|
none
|
| Lawrence
|
21 Oct 1817
|
Hickman, Maury
|
Lewis 1843
|
| Lewis
|
21 Dec 1843
|
Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, Wayne
|
none
|
| Lincoln
|
14 Nov 1809
|
Bedford
|
Marshall 1836
|
| Loudon
|
02 Jun 1870
|
renamed from Christiana
|
none
|
| Macon
|
18 Jan 1842
|
Smith, Sumner
|
Trousdale 1870
|
| Madison
|
07 Nov 1821
|
Western District
|
Chester 1875, Crockett 1845
|
| Marion
|
20 Nov 1817
|
Indian lands
|
none
|
| Marshall
|
20 Feb 1836
|
Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury
|
none
|
| Maury
|
16 Nov 1807
|
Williamson
|
Giles 1809, Lawrence 1817, Lewis 1843
|
| McMinn
|
13 Nov 1819
|
Indian lands
|
Christiana 1870, Meigs 1836, Polk 1839
|
| McNairy
|
08 Oct 1823
|
Hardin
|
Chester 1875
|
| Meigs
|
20 Jan 1836
|
Hamilton, McMinn, Rhea
|
none
|
| Monroe
|
13 Nov 1819
|
Roane
|
Christiana 1870
|
| Montgomery
|
09 Apr 1796
|
State of Tennessee
|
Cheatham 1856, Dixon 1803, Stewart 1803
|
| Moore
|
14 Dec 1817
|
Bedford, Franklin
|
none
|
| Morgan
|
15 Oct 1817
|
Roane
|
Cumberland 1855, Fentress 1823, Scott 1849
|
| Obion
|
24 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
Lake 1870
|
| Overton
|
11 Sep 1806
|
Jackson
|
Clay 1870, Fentress 1823, Pickett 1879, Putnam 1842, White 1806
|
| Perry
|
14 Nov 1821
|
Hickman
|
Decatur 1845
|
| Pickett
|
27 Feb 1879
|
Fentress, Overton
|
none
|
| Polk
|
28 Nov 1839
|
Bradley, McMinn
|
none
|
| Putnam
|
02 Feb 1842
|
DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, White
|
none
|
| Rhea
|
30 Nov 1807
|
Roane
|
Hamilton 1819, Meigs 1836
|
| Roane
|
06 Nov 1801
|
Knox, Blount
|
Bledsoe 1807, Christiana 1870, Rhea 1807, Cumberland 1855, Monroe 1819, Morgan 1817
|
| Robertson
|
09 Apr 1796
|
State of Tennessee
|
Dixon 1803
|
| Rutherford
|
25 Oct 1803
|
Davidson
|
Bedford 1807
|
| Scott
|
17 Dec 1849
|
Fentress, Morgan, Anderson
|
none
|
| Sequatchie
|
09 Dec 1857
|
Hamilton
|
none
|
| Sevier
|
27 Sep 1794
|
Jefferson
|
none
|
| Shelby
|
24 Nov 1819
|
Hardin
|
Fayette 1824
|
| Smith
|
26 Oct 1799
|
Sumner
|
Humphreys 1809, Jackson 1801, Macon 1842, Trousdale 1870, White 1806
|
| Stewart
|
01 Nov 1803
|
Montgomery
|
Houston 1871, Humphreys 1809
|
| Sullivan
|
18 Oct 1779
|
Washington
|
Hawkins 1786
|
| Sumner
|
18 Nov 1786
|
Davidson
|
Macon 1842, Smith 1799, Wilson 1799
|
| Tipton
|
29 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
Lauderdale 1835
|
| Trousdale
|
21 Jun 1870
|
Macon, Smith, Wilson
|
none
|
| Unicoi
|
23 Mar 1875
|
Washington
|
none
|
| Union
|
09 Oct 1797
|
Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox
|
none
|
| Van Buren
|
03 Jan 1840
|
Bledsoe, Warren, White
|
none
|
| Warren
|
26 Nov 1807
|
White
|
Cannon 1836, Coffee 1836, DeKalb 1837, Franklin 1807, Grundy 1844, Van Buren 1840
|
| Washington
|
15 Nov 1777
|
colonial lands
|
Carter 1796, Davidson 1783, Greene 1783, Sullivan 1779, Unicoi 1875
|
| Wayne (old)
|
1785
|
colonial lands
|
abolished 1788
|
| Wayne (new)
|
24 Nov 1817
|
Hickman
|
Lewis 1843
|
| Weakley
|
21 Oct 1823
|
Western District
|
none
|
| White
|
11 Sep 1806
|
Overton, Jackson, Smith
|
DeKalb 1837, Putnam 1842, Van Buren 1840, Warren 1807
|
| Williamson
|
26 Oct 1799
|
Davidson
|
Maury 1807
|
| Wilson
|
26 Oct 1799
|
Sumner
|
Trousdale 1870
|