Tennessee State Library and Archives
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ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1796 - 1830 : INDEX TO NAMES

From the time Tennessee was a territory of the United States (1790 - 1796), its legislature has passed laws affecting the lives of its citizens. From acts legitimizing children to those granting divorces, from authorizing turnpikes & ferries to compensating a citizen for services rendered the government, the legislature has touched the lives of citizens in thousands of ways in its 200-plus years.

This name index to the Acts passed by the Tennessee legislature is intended to help provide access to this vast source of early Tennessee history & genealogy. Used in conjunction with the journals of proceedings of the Tennessee House and Senate, and the petitions of citizens to the legislature, the index can provide the means to interpret some of Tennessee's richest source material.

The index covers names in the first 50 volumes of the published Acts. The index is divided into two parts: 1796 - 1830 and 1831 - 1850. The names of members of the legislature were not indexed.

Name	Date	Serial No.	Chapter & Section	Description
Small, Harry	1803	10	68.3	Montgomery County Commissioner
Small, Henry	1806	13	43.1	Clarksville Commissioner
Small, Henry	1819	23	64.2	Red River Bridge Company Director
Small, Henry	1826	31	186.1	Trustee of Covington Academy