Sep. No. Sep.
Dyer 811 116
Gibson 1999 286
Henderson 801 1013
Haywood 930 139
Madison 2751 20
Maury 2731 55
Obion 2996 61
Rutherford 2392 73
On the 6th of May, 1861, the legislature submitted an ordinance to the people of the State which embraced the question of "separation" from the Federal government and of union with the of Confederate States, to be voted on the 8th day of June following. On the 24th of the same month the governor issued his proclamation declaring that it "appears from the official returns that the people of the State of Tennessee have, in their sovereign capacity, by an overwhelming majority, cast their votes for separation, dissolving all political connection with the United States, and adopted the provisional government of the Confederate States of America.
"Now, therefore, I, Isham G. Harris, Governor of the State of Tennessee, do 'make it know and declare all connections by the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dissolved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent government, free from all obligations to or connection with the Federal Government of the United States.'"
[The Athens (Tenn.) Post, Friday, July 5, 1861]