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knoxcotn-digest Wednesday, March 22 2000 Volume 01 : Number 074
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:25:02 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] TN/NC Military Land Grants Fred Smoot, whom I consider to be one of a handful of authorities on this subject, wrote a "nutshell" explanation of TN/NC Military Land Grants on our TNGenWeb project discussion list. I thought it was worth sharing here. For more information on this topic, go to http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/ ======================================================================== NC Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants The warrant would be issued to the veteran or to his heirs. The warrant could be sold. It could be divided into small parts until the warrant was depleted. The warrant could have been issued to the veteran, with the veteran then dying, so the warrant goes to the heir(s). The warrant could go to a daughter. She could be married, with the land grant ultimately ending up in the surname name of her husband, the veteran's son-in-law. It is said that only a small minority of land grants went to the veterans. I suspect that the percentage could be increased a little because of because the woman could lose her "maiden name" in the process. If we not do not see a name connection, we could overlook a change of surname caused by marriage. There was a great business in buying land warrants, claiming land, then selling the land to others. Many a widow woman sold her late husband's land warrant for next to nothing. When the warrant was applied to a real claim, there were three steps. Entry, survey, and the final grant. Either the entry or the survey could both be sold before the state issued perfect title (the grant). Once the grant was issued, the state was out of the picture, the change of ownership would be recorded in the county deed books or sometimes in the probate records. Often though, the deeds did not get recorded. Why pay fifty cents to a clerk? We see that two or three generations of family ownership of a tract without seeing deed book entries. Tax lists come in handy here, but remember that people who "rented" county land also got taxed. County owned "school land" was rented out. Murphy's Law dictates that if the record is missing, it will belong to your family line. Fred Smoot ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:31:09 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: RE: [KnoxCoTN] Kick-starting our list <vbg> Hi, Sue! Congratulations -- and you should've sent it to the whole list...which I'll do right now...so everyone can share your happiness, even if only vicariously! At 01:47 PM 3/22/00 -0600, you wrote: >We are doing a happy dance at my house today, and the population of >Knoxville was increased by two this morning. > >My niece, Cindy Clark Beeler, gave birth to healthy twin boys at 9:45 this >morning. After being married 10 years without children, this truly is a >blessing. > >Cindy is on maternity leave from her English teaching position at Powell >High School. > >I just wanted to share my joy with everyone. > >Sue Maniez >Park Ridge, Illinois ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:07:10 -0800 From: "Tracy Bretz" <tracy_hb@hotmail.com> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Hardwood mill near Knoxville? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BF9418.ADB7E7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I am new to the list, and am hoping that someone can help me. =20 First of all, my question of the day is this: Does anyone have any = information on the existence of an Oak Hardwood Mill near Knoxville = before the Civil War?=20 My uncle remembers various family members discussing that the family = was, at one time, the owners of such a mill near Knoxville. Supposedly = they had over 100 slaves, and were evidently well-off, and well = educated. At least two of my uncles remember seeing pictures, taken = many years later, of what was left of the mill - mostly mounds where the = buildings had once been. Evidently they lost the mill some shortly = before, or during the Civil War. The biggest problem here is that they = can't remember the surname of the mill owners. More than likely Hall or = Kelly. My grandfather's notes mention that my 2gr-grandmother had two = "spinster" sisters who lived in Knoxville, one being a doctor, and the = other keeping house for her. I have no other information on that = family. =20 Here is a brief outline of what I have: =20 William Hall b. 17 Feb 1814, Nash Co, NC & Nancy=20 b. 10 Aug 1819, Rutherford Co, NC | Philip Hall | b. 22 Apr 1836, Newport, Cocke Co. TN | d. 15 Mar 1900, Johnson Co, Ark | brd. Knoxville, Ark. graveyard | & Mary Jane Kelly | b. 1 Dec 1838, TN | d. 12 Oct 1881, Jackson Co, AL | brd. Alison Cemetery, Big Coon Creek, AL | m. 10 Sep 1858, Bride's Fathers Home, TN | | Charles William Calvin Hall | | b. 31 Aug 1859, Cocke Co. TN | | Nancy Loucinda Hall | | b. 11 Jun 1868, Lynchberg, Moore Co, TN | | d. 26 Apr 1958, Port Arthur, Texas | | brd. Clarkesville, Ark | | & William Frank Foshee | | brd. Clarkesville, Ark Cemetery | | m. 22 Sep 1884, Pittsburg TN | | Amanda Bell Hall | | b. 14 Oct 1872, Lincoln Co, TN | | d. 18 May 1957, Los Angeles, CA | | & W. T. "Thad" Vaughn | | m. 19 Feb 1899, Knoxville, Ark | | Pleasant Castiller Hall | | b. 11 Oct 1878, Stevenson, Jackson Co, AL | | d. 29 Apr 1947, Everett General Hospital, Everett, WA | | brd. 3 May 1947, Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, WA | | & Alice Elizabeth Begent | | b. 27 Sep 1882, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS | | d. 28 Mar 1968, Mount Vernon (Hospital) | | brd. 1 Apr 1968, Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, WA | | m. 4 Apr 1907, Everett, WA I do have a bit more info on descendants, but nothing more on ancestors. = What I have can be found on my web site: = http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/PicnicPl/tbretz/ Thanks in advance, Tracy Bretz - ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BF9418.ADB7E7E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3013.2600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hello,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am new to the list, and am hoping that someone can help me. = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First of all, my question of the day is this: Does anyone = have any=20 information on the existence of an Oak Hardwood Mill near Knoxville = before the=20 Civil War? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My uncle remembers various family members discussing that the = family was,=20 at one time, the owners of such a mill near Knoxville. Supposedly = they had=20 over 100 slaves, and were evidently well-off, and well educated. = At least=20 two of my uncles remember seeing pictures, taken many years later, = of what=20 was left of the mill - mostly mounds where the buildings had once = been. =20 Evidently they lost the mill some shortly before, or during the Civil = War. =20 The biggest problem here is that they can't remember the surname of the = mill=20 owners. More than likely Hall or Kelly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My grandfather's notes mention that my 2gr-grandmother had two = "spinster"=20 sisters who lived in Knoxville, one being a doctor, and the other = keeping house=20 for her. I have no other information on that family. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here is a brief outline of what I have: </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>William Hall<BR> b. 17 Feb 1814, Nash Co, NC<BR>&=20 Nancy <BR> b. 10 Aug 1819, Rutherford Co, NC<BR>| = Philip=20 Hall<BR>| b. 22 Apr 1836, Newport, Cocke Co.=20 TN<BR>| d. 15 Mar 1900, Johnson Co, = Ark<BR>| =20 brd. Knoxville, Ark. graveyard<BR>| & Mary Jane=20 Kelly<BR>| b. 1 Dec 1838, TN<BR>| d. = 12 Oct=20 1881, Jackson Co, AL<BR>| brd. Alison Cemetery, Big = Coon=20 Creek, AL<BR>| m. 10 Sep 1858, Bride's Fathers = Home, =20 TN<BR>| | Charles William Calvin Hall<BR>| = | =20 b. 31 Aug 1859, Cocke Co. TN<BR>| | Nancy Loucinda = Hall<BR>| =20 | b. 11 Jun 1868, Lynchberg, Moore Co, TN<BR>| =20 | d. 26 Apr 1958, Port Arthur, Texas<BR>| =20 | brd. Clarkesville, Ark<BR>| | & = William=20 Frank Foshee<BR>| | brd. Clarkesville, Ark=20 Cemetery<BR>| | m. 22 Sep 1884, Pittsburg =20 TN<BR>| | Amanda Bell Hall<BR>| | b. = 14 Oct=20 1872, Lincoln Co, TN<BR>| | d. 18 May 1957, Los = Angeles,=20 CA<BR>| | & W. T. "Thad" Vaughn<BR>| = | =20 m. 19 Feb 1899, Knoxville, Ark<BR>| | Pleasant Castiller=20 Hall<BR>| | b. 11 Oct 1878, Stevenson, Jackson = Co,=20 AL<BR>| | d. 29 Apr 1947, Everett General = Hospital,=20 Everett, WA<BR>| | brd. 3 May 1947, Evergreen = Cemetery,=20 Everett, WA<BR>| | & Alice Elizabeth Begent<BR>| =20 | b. 27 Sep 1882, Burlingame, Osage Co, KS<BR>| =20 | d. 28 Mar 1968, Mount Vernon = (Hospital)<BR>| =20 | brd. 1 Apr 1968, Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, = WA<BR>| =20 | m. 4 Apr 1907, Everett, WA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do have a bit more info on descendants, but nothing more on=20 ancestors. What I have can be found on my web site: <A=20 href=3D"http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/PicnicPl/tbretz/">http://msnhome= pages.talkcity.com/PicnicPl/tbretz/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tracy Bretz</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01BF9418.ADB7E7E0-- ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #74 ***************************** |