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From the "Foreword" to ''Tennessee Land: Its Early History and Laws'':<br> | From the "Foreword" to ''Tennessee Land: Its Early History and Laws'':<br> | ||
:<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. </blockquote><br><blockquote>Tennessee land (primarily grants) was the basis of the worst land fraud scheme in the history of the United States.</blockquote><br><blockquote>[McNamara, Billie R. (1996). [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author].], Also available at the Family History Library,{{FHL|656060|item}}, book 976.8 R2m or film 2055421 Item 2</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. </blockquote><br><blockquote>Tennessee land (primarily grants) was the basis of the worst land fraud scheme in the history of the United States.</blockquote><br><blockquote>[McNamara, Billie R. (1996). [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author].], Also available at the Family History Library,{{FHL|656060|item}}, book 976.8 R2m or film 2055421 Item 2.</blockquote> | ||
<br>Another good article and map to view is Frederick Smoot's [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/survdist.htm "Tennessee's Early Surveyors' Districts and District Boundary Documentation 1806-1836"] . | <br>Another good article and map to view is Frederick Smoot's [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/survdist.htm "Tennessee's Early Surveyors' Districts and District Boundary Documentation 1806-1836"] . | ||
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All except the Walker’s Line series of land grant records are in: | All except the Walker’s Line series of land grant records are in: | ||
Tennessee. Governor. ''Land Grants, 1775–1905, 1911''. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1976. {{FHL|351626|item}}; there are 229 beginning with film 1002725. Indexes are included in some volumes and many years are mixed. Some volumes are missing. The land grants are completely indexed in: | Tennessee. Governor. ''Land Grants, 1775–1905, 1911''. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1976. {{FHL|351626|item}}; there are 229 films beginning with film 1002725. Indexes are included in some volumes and many years are mixed. Some volumes are missing. The land grants are completely indexed in: | ||
Sistler, Byron. ''Tennessee Land Grants, Surnames''. 17 Volumes. Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler, 1997. | Sistler, Byron. ''Tennessee Land Grants, Surnames''. 17 Volumes. Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler, 1997. {{FHL|644770|item}}, book 976.8 R2s; 24 fiche beginning with 6039091. This work provides an alphabetical listing of surnames listing the year of the grant, acreage, district, where the grant is located, book and page number, the grant number, and any additional grantees. | ||
The Walker’s Line series of land grant records are in: | The Walker’s Line series of land grant records are in: | ||
Kentucky. Governor. ''Grants South of Walker’s Line.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962. | Kentucky. Governor. ''Grants South of Walker’s Line.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962. {{FHL|242509|item}}, films 272869–73. This record contains land grants given by the state of Kentucky for land in the state of Tennessee. | ||
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. | *Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. {{FHL|507875|item}}, 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: | ||
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. | 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. {{FHL|760634|item}}, these are on 34 films beginning with film2033011. 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. 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 | 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 & 2, 1787-1819''. Knoxville, Tenn.: B.R. McNamara, 1996. | *McNamara, Billie R. ''Hawkins County, Tennessee Land Grant Books 1 & 2, 1787-1819''. Knoxville, Tenn.: B.R. McNamara, 1996. {{FHL|744933|item}}, book 976.895 R29m, film 2055287 Item 6. [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author]. | ||
=== North Carolina Revolutionary War Warrants === | === North Carolina Revolutionary War Warrants === | ||