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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 Family History Library {{FHL|484033|item}}, film 1728776. {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | 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 Family History Library {{FHL|484033|item}}, 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}}, 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. 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}}, book 976.8 R2m or film 2055421 Item 2.)</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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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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TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY | TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
Reels of microfilm can be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the [http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/ill-list.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]. The records include early county Land and Property. | Reels of microfilm can be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the [http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/ill-list.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]. The records include early county Land and Property. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Tennessee|Land]] | [[Category:Tennessee|Land]] [[Category:Land and property|Tennessee]] | ||