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== 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}}.{{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | ||
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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]. | ||