In December 1811 (I accidentally said 1812 earlier), the lodges in Tennessee had a convention in Knoxville and decided to ask the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee for permission to form the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. A letter/petition was drawn up and submitted to the Grand Lodge at its communication in November 1812. A committee was appointed to look into it. At the annual communication in Raleigh in 1813, the GM authorized it.
(Quotes are direct from the proceedings but shortened in the interest of getting to the point.)
"...the number of Lodges and the interest of the Craft require the establishment of a Grand Lodge in the State." "...we confidently hope that our proceedings will meet the cordial approbation of our Mother Lodge." "We solicit also in the genuine spirit of fraternal affection the friendly assistance and advice ... aid to the organization of our Grand Lodge."
What Tennessee received wasn't technically a "charter" as much as just an official relinquishing of authority of the lodges west of the mountains.
"...they are hereby authorized and empowered ... to constitute a Grand Lodge for the State of Tennessee." "...the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, thus constituted, shall be vested with all the powers and authorities which any other Grand Lodge, known among our Craft, has a right to use and exercise; and they they may make and constitute new Lodges at their discretion within their jurisdiction..."
Then, on Dec. 27, 1813, dignitaries from both states met in Knoxville, had a ceremony, and symbolically laid the cornerstone of the GLoT.