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The 1st Lodge in Tennessee was origninally Chartered by The Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Tennessee Lodge 2 worked
under dispensation from North Carolina. The 1st recorded meeting was March 4th, 1800.
The Tennessee Grand Lodge was formed in 1813 in Knoxville Tennessee.
On December 27, 1813, in Knoxville, representatives for eight Lodges met and formed the Grand Lodge of Tennessee.
The
eight were:
Tennessee #2, Knoxville
Greeneville #3, Greeneville
Newport #4, Newport
Overton #5, Rogersville
Solomon #6, Gallatin
Hiram #7, Franklin
Cumberland #8, Nashville and
Western Star #9, Springfield.
The
Tennessee Grand Lodge was organized in the Lodge room of Tennessee #2, located in the old Court House.
Prior to the
formation of the Tennessee Grand Lodge, the Lodges were under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Grand Lodge, which from
1803 to 1813, was known as the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee. With the formation of the Tennessee Grand Lodge,
a charter was issued from the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, thought to be the only instance where one Grand Lodge chartered
another.
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