Giles County Genealogy

Giles County was created by the Tennessee General Assembly when at the specific urging of General Andrew Jackson, they passed an Act to establish a county south of Maury County in 1809. The County was named after William Branch Giles, who during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, had strongly supported the 1796 statehood of Tennessee. Present-day Giles County became part of the Carolina Colony under the 1665 Charter of the King, that colony extending westward in a direct line. During 1775, part of the new Washington District, North Carolina was added.

The land of Giles was part of the hunting grounds for both the Chickasaw and Cherokees, remaining free of whites until 1783, the year the North Carolina legislature passed the Land Grab Act.