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Maury County was named in honor of Major Shaw Maury, of
Williamson County, who represented Williamson County in the
lower house of the General Assembly in 1823-24, and again in
1842-43. He also saw military service under Gen. Jackson in 1812
and was connected with one of the best families of the county.
The act creating the county passed the General Assembly November
16, 1807, and was entitled “An act to reduce Williamson county
to its constitutional limits.” Section 2 reads: “Beginning at
the above described point, it being the southwest corner of
Williamson County; thence south to the Columbia road; thence
with said road as it meanders to a point where the Indian
boundary line saves the same; thence with said line to the
dividing ridge that divides the waters of Duck River from the
Elk; thence with said ridge to a point thirteen miles and
fifty-six chains and a half east of the line of the
congressional reservation hitherto run and marked; thence north
to the Williamson County line; thence with said line, to the
place of beginning, to be called Maury County.”
The survey was made by Henry Rutherford in the fall of 1807, by
order of Peter R. Booker, Gideon Pillow, John B. Porter and John
Lindey. These boundaries embraced a much larger area than now
belongs to Maury County, it originally embraced parts or all of
Lewis, Lawrence, Giles, Marshall and Bedford counties; as it is
now limited it contains 386,309 acres. Section 11, of the act
above quoted, declared Maury County to be a part of the Mero
District, with as full and ample owners as other parts of said
district. Another section of the same act appointed James Gideon
to run the line between Maury and Williamson. He was allowed $2
per day for is services and was empowered to employ two chain
carriers, the expenses of the above named work to be borne
equally by Maury and Williamson Counties.
What's New in Maury County
Towns
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Business and Business Men in Columbia <NEW>
Columbia Mini Gazetteer <NEW>
Settlement of Spring Hill<NEW>
Jury List Members<NEW>
Maury County
Land Sales<NEW>
List of
Land Buyers<NEW>
Physicians of Maury County<NEW>
Epidemics
and Disease of Maury County<NEW>
Judges, Lawyers and Jury Members Maury County<NEW>
Maury County Districts<NEW>
Towns, Villages and Settlements
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