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*'''1783-1843''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2885 North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843] at Ancestry - index ($) | *'''1783-1843''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2885 North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843] at Ancestry - index ($) | ||
*'''1934-1953''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4903 U.S., Tennessee Valley, Family Removal and Population Readjustment Case Files, 1934-1953] at Ancestry - index ($) | *'''1934-1953''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4903 U.S., Tennessee Valley, Family Removal and Population Readjustment Case Files, 1934-1953] at Ancestry - index ($) | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | |||
== Tennessee Land Records == | == Tennessee Land Records == | ||
The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [https://assessment.cot.tn.gov/RE_Assessment/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for | The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [https://assessment.cot.tn.gov/RE_Assessment/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County]. You can use land records primarily to learn where an individual lived and when. They often reveal family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues. Sale of the land may show when he left, and may mention where he was moving. | ||
Tennessee was a “state-land” state, meaning the state government appropriated all land within its borders. Land was surveyed in odd-sized lots in much of the state, but west of the Tennessee River, it was surveyed in townships. Warrants authorizing surveys of the desired land were issued to persons qualified to receive grants for military service (military warrants) or cash payments (treasury warrants). | Tennessee was a “state-land” state, meaning the state government appropriated all land within its borders. Land was surveyed in odd-sized lots in much of the state, but west of the Tennessee River, it was surveyed in townships. Warrants authorizing surveys of the desired land were issued to persons qualified to receive grants for military service (military warrants) or cash payments (treasury warrants). | ||
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See [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/ "The Land of our Ancestors"] for multiple articles and maps on pre-1900 Tennessee land topics. | See [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/ "The Land of our Ancestors"] for multiple articles and maps on pre-1900 Tennessee land topics. | ||
The ultimate resource guide for Tennessee land up to 1891 is Henry Whitney's ''Land Laws of Tennessee''. | The ultimate resource guide for Tennessee land up to 1891 is Henry Whitney's ''Land Laws of Tennessee''. It's about 20MB, but it's downloadable from [http://books.google.com/books?id=I7kZAAAAYAAJ Google Books]. This book is also located at the FamilySearch Library {{FSC|484033|item|disp=FS Library film 1728776}}. | ||
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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 FamilySearch Library,{{FSC|656060|item|disp=FS Library 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 FamilySearch Library,{{FSC|656060|item|disp=FS Library 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 FamilySearch Center. | *[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 FamilySearch Center. [https://locations.familysearch.org/en/search Find a FamilySearch location] near you.</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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A list of preemptions can be found in: | A list of preemptions can be found in: | ||
*Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. {{FSC|507875|item|disp=FS | *Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. {{FSC|507875|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.8 R2g}}. Notes if grants were made to the resident (at the time that the commissioners visited in 1782-3) or to an assignee.<br> | ||
A source for finding families and communities that were relocated during the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project is: | A source for finding families and communities that were relocated during the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project is: | ||
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Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee). ''Tennessee Population Relocation Files, 1934–1954'', Tennessee Valley Authority. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996. Originals are at the National Archives Record Office, East Point, Georgia. {{FSC|760634|item|disp=FS Library film 2033011 (first of 34 films)}}. The record contains the name of the head of family, wife, address, marital status, birthplace of parents, number and ages of children, occupation, brief description of the real estate, and religion. | Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee). ''Tennessee Population Relocation Files, 1934–1954'', Tennessee Valley Authority. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996. Originals are at the National Archives Record Office, East Point, Georgia. {{FSC|760634|item|disp=FS Library film 2033011 (first of 34 films)}}. The record contains the name of the head of family, wife, address, marital status, birthplace of parents, number and ages of children, occupation, brief description of the real estate, and religion. | ||
The laws of North Carolina (and, subsequently, Tennessee) permitted land instruments to be recorded in '''any''' Register's Office in the state. | The laws of North Carolina (and, subsequently, Tennessee) permitted land instruments to be recorded in '''any''' Register's Office in the state. Record books at the Register's Office for Hawkins County, for example, contain scores of North Carolina grants for land all over the state. For a discussion and abstract of those grants, see | ||
*McNamara, Billie R. ''Hawkins County, Tennessee Land Grant Books 1 and 2, 1787-1819''. Knoxville, Tenn.: B.R. McNamara, 1996. {{FSC|744933|item|disp=FS Library film 2055287 Item 6; book 976.895 R29m}}. [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author]. | *McNamara, Billie R. ''Hawkins County, Tennessee Land Grant Books 1 and 2, 1787-1819''. Knoxville, Tenn.: B.R. McNamara, 1996. {{FSC|744933|item|disp=FS Library film 2055287 Item 6; book 976.895 R29m}}. [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author]. | ||
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The records from 1783 to 1837 of North Carolina military bounty warrants to land in Tennessee are at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]] and the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. Some warrants no longer exist, although the names are mentioned in various indexes. Sources for North Carolina Revolutionary War warrants are: | The records from 1783 to 1837 of North Carolina military bounty warrants to land in Tennessee are at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]] and the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. Some warrants no longer exist, although the names are mentioned in various indexes. Sources for North Carolina Revolutionary War warrants are: | ||
Pruit, Albert Bruce. ''Tennessee Land Entries Military Bounty Lands.'' Seven Volumes. Whitakers, North Carolina, 1997. {{FSC|734414|item|disp=FS | Pruit, Albert Bruce. ''Tennessee Land Entries Military Bounty Lands.'' Seven Volumes. Whitakers, North Carolina, 1997. {{FSC|734414|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.8 R2pa}}. Contents include abstracts of location books, warrants, military bounty land warrants, and indexes by name, location, and number. They include the MARS number that ties them to the land warrants and surveys in the North Carolina State Archives. See the [[North Carolina Land and Property]] for information on the MARS index. | ||
North Carolina. Secretary of State. ''North Carolina and Tennessee; Revolutionary Warrants, 1783–1837.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1978. {{FSC|410233|item|disp=FS Library films 1013361–75}}. This contains handwritten warrants, a description of the land, names, and some hand-drawn maps. The folders are in alphabetical order. | North Carolina. Secretary of State. ''North Carolina and Tennessee; Revolutionary Warrants, 1783–1837.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1978. {{FSC|410233|item|disp=FS Library films 1013361–75}}. This contains handwritten warrants, a description of the land, names, and some hand-drawn maps. The folders are in alphabetical order. | ||
Rice, Shirley Hollis. ''The Hidden Revolutionary War Land Grants in the Tennessee Military Reservation.'' Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: Family Tree Press, 1992. {{FSC|557048|item|disp=FS | Rice, Shirley Hollis. ''The Hidden Revolutionary War Land Grants in the Tennessee Military Reservation.'' Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: Family Tree Press, 1992. {{FSC|557048|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.8 R2r}}. The record lists the warrant number, grantee, county, book and page number where the deed is entered, and who the land was assigned to. It is indexed. | ||
For information about the Glasgow land fraud, see: | For information about the Glasgow land fraud, see: | ||
Pruitt, Albert Bruce. ''Glasgow Land Fraud Papers, 1783–1800: North Carolina Revolutionary War Bounty Land in Tennessee.'' N.p.: A.B. Pruitt, 1988, 1993. {{FSC|667568|item|disp=FS | Pruitt, Albert Bruce. ''Glasgow Land Fraud Papers, 1783–1800: North Carolina Revolutionary War Bounty Land in Tennessee.'' N.p.: A.B. Pruitt, 1988, 1993. {{FSC|667568|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.8 R2p}}. This work contains letters, reports, and warrants found to be suspect or fraudulent. The introduction explains the history of the Glasgow land fraud and how to obtain original warrants. The record contains an index. | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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