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:<blockquote>"Tennessee is considered a "metes and bounds" state. However, a large portion of it was also set apart in townships and ranges as in public-land states. Tennessee litigated its boundaries with neighboring states until the mid-19th Century. North Carolina and Virginia both claimed portions of Tennessee prior to its statehood. Its eastern lands made up the largest part of the short-lived State of Franklin. Tennessee had to honor North Carolina's unresolved land grants for many years following statehood, and Tennessee was unable to grant its own lands for the first ten years of its existence. Tennessee land (primarily grants) was the basis of the worst land fraud scheme in the history of the United States."</blockquote><blockquote>(McNamara, Billie R. (1996). Book is [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ available from the author]. Also available at the Family History Library,{{FHL|656060|item|disp=FHL film 2055421 Item 2; book 976.8 R2m}}</blockquote> | :<blockquote>"Tennessee is considered a "metes and bounds" state. However, a large portion of it was also set apart in townships and ranges as in public-land states. Tennessee litigated its boundaries with neighboring states until the mid-19th Century. North Carolina and Virginia both claimed portions of Tennessee prior to its statehood. Its eastern lands made up the largest part of the short-lived State of Franklin. Tennessee had to honor North Carolina's unresolved land grants for many years following statehood, and Tennessee was unable to grant its own lands for the first ten years of its existence. Tennessee land (primarily grants) was the basis of the worst land fraud scheme in the history of the United States."</blockquote><blockquote>(McNamara, Billie R. (1996). Book is [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ available from the author]. Also available at the Family History Library,{{FHL|656060|item|disp=FHL film 2055421 Item 2; book 976.8 R2m}}</blockquote> | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2885 North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref>May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, [https://familysearch.org/locations/ | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2885 North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref>May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ click here].</ref>/$) | ||
<br>From "[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/guides/guide10.htm Early North Carolina/Tennessee Land Grants @ the Tennessee State Library and Archives]": | <br>From "[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/guides/guide10.htm Early North Carolina/Tennessee Land Grants @ the Tennessee State Library and Archives]": | ||
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"''[http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/06/20/connect-your-tennessee-ancestor-to-origins-in-north-carolina/ Connect Your Tennessee Ancestor to Origins in North Carolina]''", Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog, accessed 11/16/2010. | "''[http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/06/20/connect-your-tennessee-ancestor-to-origins-in-north-carolina/ Connect Your Tennessee Ancestor to Origins in North Carolina]''", Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog, accessed 11/16/2010. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2882 North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref>May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, [https://familysearch.org/locations/ | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2882 North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref>May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ click here].</ref>/$) | ||
"''[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/guides/guide10.htm Early North Carolina/Tennessee Land Grants @ the Tennessee State Library and Archives]''", available at the Tennessee Department of State, accessed 11/16/2010. | "''[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/guides/guide10.htm Early North Carolina/Tennessee Land Grants @ the Tennessee State Library and Archives]''", available at the Tennessee Department of State, accessed 11/16/2010. | ||
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