First land owners of Sullivan county, Tennessee (1) Compiled and published by: Mrs.John Vineyard 1974 Introduction: When the court house at Blountville became a casualty of the Civil War, the destruction blasted the hopes of searchers accustomed to tidy sulutions by use of marriage records and of those dealing with estates. In Sullivan county, the only sizeable body of records remaining is the deeds. This compliation is an effort to bring to attention to land owners and those items in the deeds that should further our knowledge of the early settlers of this important county. Only an index to the grantee deeds was planned, but it was soon realized that the wills, family relationships, etc. revealed in the dees themselves are proof of the pudding and so, could not be ignored. Baughman, Jonathan................. Robert Birdwell...1 negro...13 Dec, 1811 Birdwell Benjamin...Jas. Blith & Ruth...100a____18 Feb., 1792 Childress John...............Jane Birdwell...32a......24 Feb 1919 George Birdwell ...100a Fall Cr...8 Dec, 1800 Joseph............. George Birdwell...100a Ken Cr...15 June 1815 Jones Charles........ Robert Birdwell, dec'd by Exr...20a.....25 Jul 1816 Robert Birdwell... 50 a Hhhhhorse Cr... 17 Jan 1812 William... St. N car...100a George Birdwell...118a Hols. R...20 Nov 1795 Waller, John... George Birdwell... 194a Ken. Cr....16 Dec 1800 July 25, 1816. "I, John Chester, on behalf of Robert Birdwell, dec'd., acting for John Birdwell, exr of estate of sd. Robert Birdwell dec...(I) agree that John Birdwell will deliver to Charles Jones title to the following land...near Crawford's old place"... Wit.: Wm Baskett, Thomas Bragg. (BK. 7, p. 280