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the eastern boundary of Henry County to its inter- 

 section with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; 

 thence easterly along the Louisville and Nashville 

 Railroad through Benton County to the Tennessee 

 River ; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries 

 of Benton and Decatur counties to the nin-thwest cor- 

 ner of Wayne County : thence easterly along the 

 northern boundary of Wayne County to the southeast 

 corner of Perry County : thence northerly, easterly, 

 and southerly along the western, northern, and eastern 

 Ijoundaries of Lewis County to the northern boundary 

 of Lawrence County ; thence easterly along the north- 

 ern boundary of Lawrence County to the northeast 

 corner thereof; thence southerly along the eastern 

 Itoundary of Lawrence County to the southeast corner 

 thereof; thence east along the southern boundary of 

 Giles County to the Elk River: thence northeasterly 

 along said river to the point in Franklin County where 

 Big Hurricane Creek empties into said Elk River ; 

 thence northerly and westerly along Big Hurricane 

 Creek to the eastern boundary of Moore County ; 

 thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of 

 Moore and Bedford counties to Duck River : thence 

 easterly along Duck River to the Manchester and 

 Woodbury public road : thence northeasterly along 

 the Manchester and Woodbury public road to the 

 southern boundary of Cannon County : thence east- 

 erly, northeasterly, and northwesterly along the south- 

 ern, eastern, and northeastern boundaries of Cannon 

 Comity to the west prong of Dry Creek near the 

 southeast corner of the third civil district of Dekalb 

 County; thence northerly along said creek to its in- 

 tersection with the southern boundary of the twenti- 

 eth civil district of said county ; thence easterly and 

 northerly along the southern and eastern boundaries 

 of said twentieth civil district to the southern bound- 

 ary of the tenth civil district of said county near Cap- 

 ling ; thence southeasterly along the southern bound- 

 ary of the tenth and twenty-second civil districts of 

 said county to Big Hurricane (or Harrison) Creek; 

 thence northerly along said creek to Caney Fork 

 River; thence northwesterly along Caney Fork River 

 to the eastern boundary of the eighteenth civil district 

 of said Dekalb County : thence northerly along the 

 eastern boundary of said eighteenth civil district to 

 the southern boundary of Putnam County ; thence 

 northerly along the eastern boundaries of the ninth, 

 eleventh, and tenth civil districts of Putnam County 

 to the southern boundary' of Jackson County ; thence 

 easterly and northerly along the southern and east- 

 ern boundaries of Jackson and Clay counties to the 

 northwest corner of Pickett County ; thence easterly 

 along the northern boundary of Pickett County to the 

 northwest corner of Scott County ; thence southerly, 

 westerly, and southwesterly along the eastern and 

 southern boundaries of Pickett County to the Obey 

 River ; thence southeasterly, southerly, and southwest- 



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