DEKALB COUNTY, TENNESSEE CENSUS, 1920 Located in central TN east of Nashville, DeKalb County was created in 1837 from Cannon, Warren, and White Counties. Compiled from records published by the federal government. >From Ancestry free database: info included: district & house number, name, relation to head of house, sex, race, age, marital status, & birth state: Smithville Town #19 - SHANNON, Elliott - head, M, W, 42, M, TN Smithville Town #19 - SHANNON, Mattie - wife, F, W, 31, M, TN