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[[Image:{{GreatSmokey}}|<center>View of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.<center></center>]] 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 [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for&nbsp;ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County].&nbsp;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.  
[[Image:{{GreatSmokey}}|View of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.]] 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 [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for&nbsp;ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County].&nbsp;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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The ultimate resource guide for Tennessee land up to 1891 is Henry Whitney's ''Land Laws of Tennessee''.&nbsp; It's about 20MB, but it's downloadable from [http://books.google.com/books?id=I7kZAAAAYAAJ Google Books].&nbsp;This book is also located at the Family History Library {{FHL|484033|item|disp=FHL film 1728776}}.{{Adoption TNGenWeb}}  
The ultimate resource guide for Tennessee land up to 1891 is Henry Whitney's ''Land Laws of Tennessee''.&nbsp; It's about 20MB, but it's downloadable from [http://books.google.com/books?id=I7kZAAAAYAAJ Google Books].&nbsp;This book is also located at the Family History Library {{FHL|484033|item|disp=FHL film 1728776}}.{{Adoption TNGenWeb}}  


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=== Land Grants  ===
=== Land Grants  ===


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. 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>
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*North Carolina land entries in what is now the State of Tennessee (beginning 1777) are held at the North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina continued issuing land entries in Tennessee even after it became a independent state, well into the 1820s. The following table presents MARS IDs for that facility, which will enable users to view free online abstracts of these records, using the instructions provided below the table:
*North Carolina land entries in what is now the State of Tennessee (beginning 1777) are held at the North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina continued issuing land entries in Tennessee even after it became a independent state, well into the 1820s. The following table presents MARS IDs for that facility, which will enable users to view free online abstracts of these records, using the instructions provided below the table:


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*McNamara, Billie R. ''Hawkins County, Tennessee Land Grant Books 1 and 2, 1787-1819''. Knoxville, Tenn.: B.R. McNamara, 1996. {{FHL|744933|item|disp=FHL 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. {{FHL|744933|item|disp=FHL film 2055287 Item 6; book 976.895 R29m}}. [http://tngenealogy.net/books/ Available from the author].
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=== North Carolina Revolutionary War Warrants  ===
=== North Carolina Revolutionary War Warrants  ===


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The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were then recorded in the new county, while the parent county retained the records previously created. Most of the county deeds, town lot certificates, and other important land records from many counties are on microfilm at the Family History Library.  
The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were then recorded in the new county, while the parent county retained the records previously created. Most of the county deeds, town lot certificates, and other important land records from many counties are on microfilm at the Family History Library.  


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=== Websites  ===
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=== References  ===
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