TNGenWeb Archive State Files - Tennessee's 12th and 13th Surveyors' Districts ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Fred Smoot dogtrot@well.com Visit the Tennessee land history project at: http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/ ==================================================================== TNGenWeb Tennessee's 12th and 13th Surveyors' Districts TNGenWeb Project An Archival Map of Tennessee's 12th and 13th Surveyors’ District ~ 1819 ~ © Frederick Smoot, 1998 The 12th District Located in West Tennessee. This “...district beginning where the north boundary line of this State crosses the Tennessee River; thence west with the said north boundary line, thirty-five miles; thence south to the north boundary line of the districts before described; thence east with the said line to the Tennessee River, and down [north] the same to the beginning, which shall be known and distinguished by the name of the Twelfth District. ”66 ~ There is no extant original map of the 12th District. The 13th District Located in West Tennessee. This “...district beginning at the southwest corner of the last mentioned [12th District]; thence running north with the west boundary of the same to the north boundary of the State; thence west with the same to the Mississippi; thence down said river to the northwest corner of District No.11; thence east to the beginning; which shall be called and known by the name of the Thirteenth District.” 67 ~ TSLA map #396 Permanent publication rights granted to TNGenNet Inc., and to USGenWeb Archives.