Until Marshall County was created on 7 April 1836, a portion of that "other" Flat Creek was in the far NW corner of Bedford County. You see some early Bedford County TN deeds that talk about "Flat Creek, a North Branch of Duck River" to distinguish that creek from "Flat Creek, a South Branch of Duck River". In some early deeds, the Flat Creek that is in present day Bedford County is also called "Big Flat Creek" to distinguish it from nearby "Little Flat Creek". Bedford lost land to Rutherford to "accommodate local residents" on 10 January 1844 (NE of Rover), 11 March 1850, 3 December 1867 (W of Midland) and several other later times. I don't have a full copy of the legislative acts that made these changes so I don't know off hand all the locations that were involved. --------------------------------------------------------- Steve Carson http://www.gscassociates.com/SteveCarson/ GSC Associates http://www.gscassociates.com/ 5272 Redman Road phone:+1-505-521-7399; fax:+1-505-521-9321 Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA e-mail: carson@gscassociates.com ---------------------------------------------------------