William R. Baker has several patents for land. Not being familiar with east Jefferson County, I would describe the land as east of the center of the county, but not on the border. Rae Williams www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com

>William R. Baker has several patents for land. Not being familiar with east >Jefferson County, I would describe the land as east of the center of the >county, but not on the border. > >Rae Williams >www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Logon/Logon_Form.asp The above URL takes one to the Government Land Office {federal} where an very large amount of useful information can be found. Homesteading often is thought of as the only way to get a government land grant {patent}. But there were many other kinds of land patents as well, and the GLO site will help you with them. Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee