When North Carolina gave up her claim to TN, the Secretary of State of the U.S. requested a list of the lands that had been granted in that territory so the right of ownership could be protected. Microfilm # 68, Roll # 1 is a microfilm copy of this report as it was reported to the President by Thomas Jefferson. ( The original report from NC has not been found). There is also a note that 2,275 more warrants had been issued to officers and soldiers of the Continental Line for which grants had not yet been made.
From Goodspeed's History of TN -1887- the following information was given on the grants. A soldier received 640 acres; Non Commissioned Officer 1,000 acres; Lt Col. 5,700; Commandant 7,200; Col. 7,200. Brig. Gen. 12,000; Chaplin 6,200; soldier who had fallen in the defense of his country received the full amount of his grant.
Any family that had previously moved into the area reserved for grants was given a grant of 640 acres. Nothing indicated that residence was required to receive a grant, therefore, it is possible grants were given to many people who never were residents of TN. There were also many peolpe who lived in TN but received the title to their property in some other manner and do not appear on this list; i/e purchase or other land acts.
Location of grants was very vague, such as on the back of Lick Creek.
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2702-2708. Stokeley Doneldson 2709-2713. Stokeley Donaldson 2714-2715. Stokeley Donaldson 2716-2723. Thomas Hutchings 2724. Thomas Cox, William Hankins 2725. Moses Poor 2726. Seth Johnson 2727-2730. John Adair 2731. Francis Maberry 2732. Spruce McCoy 2733-2734. Joseph Hinds 2735. Levy Hinds 2736. Jesse Harper 2737.John Rhea 2738. Augusty Wilson 2739. Ebenezer Byrum 2740. William Gailey 2741-2742. Ebenezer Byrum 2743. David Campbell 2744. Alexander Caswell 2745. Martin Armstrong 2746. Martin Armstrong, Stokeley Donaldson 2747. David Kincaid |
2748-2752. Martin Armstrong, Stokely Donaldson 2753. Martin Armstrong 2754-2765. Martin Armstrong 2766. Stokeley Donaldson 2767-2768. Thomas Amiss 2769. Nathaniel Lyon 2770. John Barrett 2771. Thomas Coldwell 2772. Gideon Morris 2773. Robert Demott 2774. Matthew Willaba 2775. Hugh Johnston 2776. Joseph Rogers 2777. David Shultes 2778.Joseph McCulloh 2779. John Ireland 2780. Simon Fletcher 2781. James Manasco 2782. same 2783-2784. Stokeley Donaldson 2785-2786. John Crawford 2787. Mark Chambers 2788. Moses Justice |
2789. John Parten 2790. William Roseberry 2791-2792. Mark Chambers 2793. Thomas Caldwell 2794. George Mooney 2795. Charles Payne 2796. Francis Maberry 2797. Andrew Crockett 2798. James Dixon 2799. Thomas Jackson 2800. Thomas Caldwell 2801. Joseph McCulloh 2802. John Adair 2803. William Barnett 2804. James Teenan 2805. Adam Peck 2806. Elijah Patten 2807. missing 2808. David Adair 2809. James Lea 2810-2811. David Walker 2812. Henry Payne 2813. Mary Ann Elizabeth Armstrong |
Most of the missing grants were missed when two pages were put together for microfilming and may be found in original grant papers
