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- Before 1783 Dickson County was a part of the "Cumberland country"..that just means an area west of the mountains. In 1783 the county of Davidson was created by an act of the North Carolina legislature, and Dickson County was a part of that subdivision. Three years later the northeastern part of Davidson had grown enough to become a county within itself and the general assembly of North Carolina created Sumner County for it. Two years later in 1788, the legislature carved another division from Davidson, giving it the name of Tennessee County. Clarksville was designated the county seat. This area included all of the territory inside of Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Houston as well as parts of Hickman, Humphreys and Stewart. In the following year North Carolina ceded her western lands to the Federal Government, and the Territory South of the Ohio was established to include all of the Tennessee Counties. A territorial government was organized and by 1795. To be admitted to the union as a separate state, a population of 60,000 people had to inhabit the region. The territory legislature authorized a census and the population was found to be 67,000 Whites and over 10,000 Negros.
Because of Middle Tennessee's fear of East Tennessee's dominance an election was held to determine whether the people of the entire territory favored immediate admission. Over 2,500 people voted against it. Tennessee County, of which Dickson was a part (with a population of 1,941 voted 231 to 58 against immediate admission. East Tennessee heavily favored immediate admission to statehood. Despite Federalist opposition in the nation's capital, Tennessee in 1796 became the 16th state of the union. In that year, a constitutional convention was called and was held in Knoxville. Five representatives attended from Tennessee County. During that time, Tennessee county was abolished and the area became Robertson and Montgomery. Dickson remained a part of these local units of government until it was created by state legislature in 1803.
The Legislature of 1803 convened, and was acted upon passing a bill on October 25, 1803, creating DICKSON COUNTY. The county was named for William DICKSON, a Nashville physician and statesman who served in Congress at that time. Although DICKSON never lived in the county named for him, his cousin Molton DICKSON and other relatives played roles in its early development. The legislature of 1803 also named the first county court and set the convening date for the first session Monday, February 1804. IT was held at the home of Robert NESBITT on Barton's Creek. But, because the roads were in such poor condition due to the weather, the meeting was officially on March 19th as a two day session.
1820 Census Dickson Co., TN
Hand, William with 1 male under 10 (Jacob), 1 male 26 - 45 (William); 3 females under 10 (Mary P., Delilah, and Martha J.), 1 female 26-45 (Wife).
1830 Census Dickson Co., TN Genealogy.com Roll #174, Bk 1, Pg 343a Image 23:
Hand William 1 m 5-10 (Jacob), 1 m 10 - 15 (?), 1 m 40 - 50 (William),
1 f 5 - 10 (Martha J.), 1 f 10 - 15 (Delilah), 1 f 15 - 20 (Mary Polly).
(Wife is missing, dead or divorced)
1840 Census Dickson Co., TN
Hand, William is listed by himself as 1 m 50 - 60 (brother of John Jacob Hand?)
(All children not listed, married and moved out or with someone else)
Hand, Keziah is listed with 1 m 5/10 (John T.W.), 1 m 15/20 (William J.) and 1 m 20/30 (Joseph); 1 f 5/10 (Frances), 1 f 40/50 (Keziah)
(Mary was married and gone, and John Jacob was already deceased)
(Keziah Spicer was the wife of John Jacob Hand, brother of William)
1850 Census Dickson Co., TN Middle Dist enum 2 Sept 1850:
HH #151
Hand, William w m 61 Merchant b. TN,
Nancy w f 36 b. NC,
Same Census:
HH #149
Hand, Jacob w m 26 farmer b TN,
Delilah, w f 21 b. TN,
R.J. w f 4 b. TN,
Keziah w f 1 b. TN,
Williams, Martha w f 19 b. TN. (sister to Deliah)
1870 Census Dickson Co., TN Dist #8 PO White Bluff, enum 2 Aug 1870
HH #142:
Hand, Nancy w f 55 keeping house b. TN,
George w m 17 works on farm b. TN.
Same Census, Dist #7 enum 16 Aug 1870,
HH #88::
Hand, Jacob w m 45 farmer b 1825 TN,
Mary w f 30 keeping house b. 1840 TN,
Jane w f 20 b. 1850 TN,
Timothy w m 18 b 1852 TN,
George w m 16 b. 1854 TN,
Thomas w m 13 b 1857 TN,
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Abt 1789 - Bef 1870 (~ 80 years)