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Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850
Acts of TN 1796-1850 is an index to the names that appear in the early legislation of Tennessee. When a bill is passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed by the governor, the final version of the bill appears in the publication Acts of Tennessee. This index lists over 22,500 names that have appeared in the public acts and private acts between 1796 and 1850.
Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850
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| View Entry | First & Middle Name(s) | Last Name | Year of Act | Chapter & Section | Serial # | Notes | Database - TN Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | William B. | Potter | 1847 | 91.4 | 49 |
Andrew College Board of Visitors |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Powell | 1822 | 97.1 | 27 |
Land grant |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | W. M. | Price | 1847 | 203.1 | 49 |
Rome and Round Lick Crick Turnpike Company |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Price | 1811 | 55.1 | 17 |
Elktown established on his Giles County land |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Price | 1819 | 5.18 | 22 |
Election held at his home |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Price | 1827 | 70.1 | 32 Private |
Williamson County - authorized to hawk & peddle |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Price | 1835 | 3.1 | 41 Private |
Railroad Commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Prichard | 1845 | 104.1 | 48 |
Davidson County - Nashville Horticultural Society |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Proudfit | 1847 | 118.14 | 49 |
TN Central Railroad Commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purdy | 1837 | 224.1 | 43 |
Chester County - TN and Jackson Central Railroad Company |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purnell | 1811 | 55.4 | 17 |
Giles County - Elktown commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purnell | 1812 | 10.2 | 18 |
Pulaski Academy Trustee |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purnell | 1819 | 8.1 | 23 |
Giles County - reimbursed for lawsuits |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purnell | 1821 | 214 | 26 |
Giles County - overseer of public road |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Purris | 1817 | 113.1 | 21 |
Knoxville Library Company |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Pyburn | 1821 | 143.2 | 26 |
Wayne County - Waynesboro commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Pybus | 1849 | 13.1 | 50 |
Buena Vista Turnpike and Ferry Company incorporated |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Pye | 1821 | 95 | 26 |
Name changed to William Pye Clarke |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Quarles | 1817 | 8 | 21 |
Deceased--White County |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Quarles | 1829 | 240.3 | 33 Private |
Land grant to be issued |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Quarls | 1829 | 116.1 | 33 Private |
Land grant issued |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William M. | Quesenbury | 1819 | 106.1 | 23 |
Winchester Masonic Hall lottery superintendant |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William Minor | Quesenbury | 1803 | 74.3 | 10 |
Wilson County commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Questenberry | 1811 | 10.1 | 17 |
Ran a line from TN to Duck River |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William M. | Questerberry | 1809 | 18.1 | 15 |
Ran boundary according to Cherokee agreement |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William M. | Quisenberry | 1823 | 228.1 | 28 |
Surveyor - Winchester |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | Wm. | Quisenberry | 1825 | 188.2 | 30 |
To mark Franklin County boundary |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Ragland | 1829 | 65.1 | 33 Private |
White County - mentioned in land warrant |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William H. | Ragsdale | 1825 | 145.1 | 30 |
Mentioned in land warrant |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | Wm. | Ragsdale | 1823 | 309.4 | 28 |
Concerning a land grant |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainey | 1821 | 116.1 | 26 |
Bledsoe/Warren County turnpike proprietor |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainey | 1823 | 287.2 | 28 |
Warren County |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainey | 1824 | 39.2 | 29 |
Exempt from repairing road |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainey | 1825 | 235.1 | 30 |
Turnpike proprietor |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainey | 1843 | 224.1 | 47 |
Mentioned concerning previous act |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | W. H. | Rains | 1849 | 52.1 | 50 |
Davidson County - Washington Institute trustee |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | Wilford H. | Rains | 1832 | 146.1 | 37 Private |
Williamson County - Trustee of Porter Female Academy |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Rainy | 1817 | 142 | 21 |
Opened turnpike roads |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | W. B. A. | Ramsay | 1831 | 5.1 | 34 |
Knox County - Bank of TN commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Ramsay | 1833 | 48.1 | 38 |
Hardeman County - commissioner of turnpike road |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | W. B. A. | Ramsey | 1843 | 162.6 | 47 |
Knox County - East TN Manufacturing Company commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William B. A. | Ramsey | 1826 | 101.1 | 31 Private |
Trustee of East TN College |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William B. A. | Ramsey | 1826 | 81.1 | 31 Private |
Trustee for Masonic Hall lottery |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William B. A. | Ramsey | 1831 | 207.2 | 35 Private |
Virginia - appointed commissioner of railroad company |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William Jr. | Ramsey | 1835 | 25.1 | 41 Private |
Nolensville Turnpike Company commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Ramsey | 1827 | 227.2 | 32 Private |
Overton County - to be divorced |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Ramsey | 1833 | 96.1 | 39 Private |
Hardeman County |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | William | Ramsey | 1837 | 251.3 | 43 |
Hardeman County - Savannah, Purdy, and Bolivar Turnpike Company |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | Wm. B. A. | Ramsey | 1835 | 3.1 | 41 Private |
Knox County - Railroad commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |
| View Entry | Wm. B. A. | Ramsey | 1835 | 6.4 | 41 Private |
Middle and East TN Railroad commissioner |
Acts of Tennessee 1796 - 1850 |