The middle division comprises the counties of Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson.
Code 1858, § 102 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 8); Acts 1885, ch. 107, § 1; 1899, ch. 150, § 1; 1903, ch. 110, § 1; 1915, ch. 9, §§ 1-3; Shan., § 131; Code 1932, § 149; Acts 1933, ch. 135, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 149; Acts 1965, ch. 354, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-111.