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1810 - October

Circuit Court for Hawkins County Established
The circuit court for Hawkins County was organized on the first Monday in October, 1810, by William Cocke, judge of the First Judicial Circuit, who appointed Thomas Cocke, Clerk. The first Grand Jury empaneled was as follows: Joseph McMinn, foreman; John Johnson, Hezekiah Hamblen, George Hale, John Critz, John Hamben, Robert McMinn, John remes, Jacob Miller, James Haygood, Joel Gillenwater, Gabriel McGraw, Samuel Smith, Rodham Kenner and David Bagler. Michael Rork, constable, was appointed to wait upon them.

County: Hawkins County

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