The boundaries of this state, as defined by the cession act of North Carolina, and embodied in the Constitutions of 1796, of 1834 and of 1870, article I, § 31, are as follows: Beginning on the extreme height of the Stone Mountain, at the place where the line of Virginia intersects it, in latitude thirty-six […]
The boundary line between this state and the state of North Carolina, as run by commissioners appointed for the purpose of running and marking the same, begins at a stone set up on the north side of Cataloochee Turnpike Road, and marked on the west side, “Ten., 1821,” and on the east side, “N.C., 1821”; […]
The boundary line between this state and the state of Virginia begins on the summit of the White Top Mountain, at the termination of the northeast corner of this state, running thence a due west course to the top of the Cumberland Mountain, where the southwestern corner of the state of Virginia terminates, equidistant from […]
The boundary line between this state and the state of Kentucky, as run by commissioners for this state and the state of Kentucky, appointed for the purpose of running and marking the same, runs as is set forth in detail in Acts 1821, chapter 44; 1857-1858, chapter 26; 1859-1860, chapter 79. All the intervening marks […]
The boundary line between this state and the state of Georgia begins at a point in the true parallel of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, as found by James Carmack, mathematician on the part of the state of Georgia, and James S. Gaines, mathematician on the part of this state, on a rock about […]
The boundary line between this state and the state of Mississippi begins at a point on the west bank of the Tennessee River, six (6) four-pole chains south or above the mouth of Yellow Creek, and about three-quarters (¾) of a mile north of the line known as Thompson’s line, and twenty-six (26) chains and […]
The western boundary of this state is the middle of the stream of the Mississippi River, including within this state all such islands as are held under grants from the states of Tennessee and North Carolina. Code 1858, § 69; Shan., § 80; Code 1932, § 91; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-207.
