Obion County was created in 1823 out of Indian Lands and was named for the River that runs through the area. When the 1836 Civil Districts were created as a results of the mandate by the Tennessee Legislature, it also included what is now Lake County. The western border of the county at that time was the Mississippi River. On the map drawn at the time, Reelfoot Lake was noted as Woods Lake which was created in the earth quake of 1811. The 1837 Tax List is one of the earliest taken by the Civil Districts.
James L. Douthat
(?), 2012, 8.5" x 11", paper, redrawn 1836 map, full name index, 28 pp.
ISBN: 9780788486432
101E-TN1350
