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- Marsh, Helen Crawford, Land deed genealogy of Bedford County, Tennessee, 1807-1852, c 1988, available from Sistler and Associates.- Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Index, Volumes 1 & 2, 1807-1840. May be purchased on CD-ROM from GSC Associates Historical Records Publications for $14.95 (for both volumes, not just one) plus $2.50 s/h.
- Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Index Searches and copies of Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds: May be purchased from GSC Associates Historical Records Publications for delivery by e-mail for $5.00 and $2.00 each, respectively.
- John Armstrong's Entry Book by Irene M. Griffey, 1993. Entries are statewide and is the earliest land record for most of Tennessee. Covers 18th century, over 2600 entries.
- The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee' First Settlers by Irene M. Griffey, 1989. Exact copy of Middle Tennessee's first land entry book and 1878 militia payroll.
- North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791 by Goldene F. Burgner, 1981, repr. 1990. Contains about 5500 land grants issue by NC for land in Tennessee. Indexed.
Steve Carson Provided information on the Allison Land Deal.
He also provided a tutorials on how to use the deeds and deed indices of Bedford County and the Records of the Second Surveyor's District of Tennessee.
Margaret Lipscomb provided the following from the Bedford County, TN Deed Book, "PP' page 73:
Whereas by the dower of Andrew Presgrove, deceased, Anna Presgrove is legally seized of a life estate in land in Bedford County, Tennessee, in District No. 8 and 9. Borders lands of John Rushing, Lander's land, Widow Allison's land, and heirs of Robert Allison, deceased. Being the same land that Andrew Presgrove her husband died seized and possessed of, conveys her life estate to the legal heirs of Presgrove, deceased, to wit, James Presgrove, Jno. H. and Nancy Featherston his wife, William Presgrove, Elizabeth Short, Harris S. and Ourcille Wilson his wife, Nathaniel M. and Mary Wheeler his wife, and Jno. Presgrove. Wit: John Rushing and Alexander Landers
Reg: 25 Dec.1846
Transcriptions of several deeds may be found online at the Bedford County TN Gen Web Digital Archives Library.
The following deed records are available from Rootsweb:
John Baird to James L. ArmstrongJoseph Brittain & Giles Burdett to John W. McGimsey
Wren Carter to Shrewsbury Payne
Abner Chappel to Malcom Gilchrist
William Crebbs to Edward Roberts, Elijah Holt & Collen Crebbs
Thomas Crosslin Land Survey Entries
Andrew Erwin to Joshua E. White
Mary L. Forsyth to Edward Whitworth
John Gillaspie to Nancy D. King
Newton C. Harris to nephews and nieces
William R. Hess to John W. McGimsey
Robert C. Kennedy to John P. McConnell and George M. Martin
Patton & Erwin to Shrewsbury Payne
John W. & Mary McGimsey to Moses Payne
Abraham B. Morton to John W. McGimsey
James Patton & Andrew Erwin to Wren Carter
Sally Payne to Elizabeth Payne, 15 Apr 1825
Sally Payne to Elizabeth Payne, 30 Apr 1825
Moses & Micajah Payne to Elijah Holt
Sally & Moses Payne to Zebediah Payne
Sally, Moses & Micager Payne to Zebediah Payne
Moses Payne Jr. to Zebediah Payne
Shrewsbury Payne to Wren Carter
James Sample to John Baker, 3 Acres
George Whitson to Moses & Micajah Payne
The Land of Our
Ancestors , a TN Gen Web special project, contains a
wealth of information on various aspects of early land
records, including surveyors districts. Be sure and check it
out!
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