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.
| 2814. James Brown 2815. William Gilbreath 2816. Griffith Rutherford 2817. James Hardin 2828. Ezekiel Polk 2829. George and Richard Martin and one unable to read. 2830. John Sevier 2831. Alexander Robertson 2832. James Bradshaw, Charles McCannon, James Balch 2833. Elijah Robertson 2834. Robert Carmick 2835. William Rainey 2836. Amos Balch 2837. Hezekiah Balch 2838. Joseph Kerr 2839. James Polk 2840. Thomas Polk 2841. Thomas Temple Armstrong 2842. Joseph Dickson 2843. William Hardin 2844. James Watt 2845. Martin Armstrong 2846. Thomas and Samuel Thompson and John Coots 2847. Matthew Lock 2848. David Vance 2849. Richard Loche 2850. Michael Robertson 2851. Martin Phifer 2852. Thomas Polk 2853. Samuel Pattens 2854. Thomas and Alexander Greers 2855. John Marr 2856. Ebenezer Alexander 2857. James Robertson |
2858. Thomas Pollk 2859. Wickoff & Clarke 2860. William Sherrin 2861-2862. Thomas Polk 2863. Thomas Sharpe 2864. Stokeley Donaldson 2865. John Nelson 2866. George Doughterty 2867. Thomas and Robert King 2868. Robert Fanner 2869. John ___un sure 2870. Samuel Patten 2871. Robert Weakley 2872. Joseph Hardin 2873. Samuel Lockhart 2874. John Graham 2875. William Galbreath 2876. Theophilus Hunter 2877. Anthony Sharpe 2878. Charles Polk Jr. 2879. William T. Lewis 2880. Samuel Lockhart 2881. William T. Lewis 2882. Martin Armstrong 2883. Mark Robertson 2884. Robert & Thomas King 2885. Martin Armstrong 2886. Joseph Kilpatrick 2887. James Howard 2888. Ezekiel Polk Jr. 2889. Joshua Nichols, John Webb 2890. Anthony Sharpe, Thomas Dugin 2891. listed twice Benjamin Herndon 2892. Henry Montford 2893. Thomas Gillaspie 2894. Robert Hays 2895. Joseph Hinds |
2896. James Brandon 2897. Joseph Kerr 2898. Thomas Gill 2899. William T. Lewis 2900. David Vance 2901. Richard Graham 2902. Henry Montford 2903. James Brandon 2904. James Kerr 2905. Thomas and Ezekiel Polk 2906. Walter Braley 2907. Thomas Allison 2908. Elijah Robertson 2909. Martin Armstrong 2910. James Robertson, Hugh Leeper 2911. David Wilson 2912. George Hamilton 2913. Nathaniel Jones 2914. Samuel Barton 2915. Caleb Phifer 2916. Richard Trotter 2917. Martin Phifer 2918. Robert Hayes 2919. Elijah Robertson 2920. George Cathey Sr. 2921. Robert Weakley 2922. John Rutherford 2923. William Gilbert 2924-2925. Thomas Polk 2926. William Cocke 2927. James McKissick 2928. John Nelson 2929. John Armstrong 2930. Thomas Polk 2931. John Nelson 2932. Micajah G. Lewis 2933. William Terrel Lewis 2934. William Cathey 2935. Robert Walker |
| 2936. Felix Robertson, John Jackson 2937. Martin Armstrong 2938. William Lanier 2939. Anthony Nunan 2940. Martin Armstrong 2941. Thomas Sharpe 2942. William Hardy Murfree 2943. Tignall Jones 2944. Peter Short 2945. George Cathey Sr. 2946. Joel Laine 2947. Thomas Polk |
2948. John Wilson 2949. Henry Rutherford 2950. William Terrell Lewis 2951. George Davidson 2952. James McCueston 2953. James Huggins 2954. Samuel Graham 2955. Thomas Templeton Armstrong 2956. Robert Irvin 2957. Nicholas Long 2958. John Armstrong 2959. Jesse Maxwell |
2960. William Polk 2961. William Dobbins 2962. Robert Beak, William McLain 2963. Ephraim McLain 2964. Stokeley Donaldson 2965. Richard Dallam 2966-2967. Stokeley Donaldson 2968. James Grant 2969. William Polk 2970. Robert Irwin 2971. John Bigham |
| 2972. John Cooper 2973. Gilbert Christian 2974. Henry Conway 2975. John Porterfield 2976. Landon Carter |
2977-2978. Caleb Tate 2979-2980. James Cooper 2981. Edward Armstrong 2982. Elias Langham |
2983. John Haywood 2984. Martha Sheppard 2985. Thomas Routhledge Sr. 2986. William Sheppard, Joseph Phillips |
Most of the missing grants were missed when two pages were put together for microfilming and may be found in original grant papers
