Hello Willie, Thanks for this info. I don't think I have seen it before (or at least not lately) and it is very interesting. It certainly could have been near the area where the early L2B Beatys settled. Sullivan Co was created from Washington Co. in 1779. In 1783 Green Co. was also formed from Washington Co., and the two counties shared a longer border than they do today for a while. I wonder if this Alexander is an earlier L2 generation. I'm pretty sure that L2A's Alexander M. wasn't born until 1785-94 so that rules him out. My L2B Alexander was born in 1769 and if I read this right, he would have only been 11 when the grant was entered. I guess that is possible if he was REALLY big for his age, but... In his RevWar pension application, Thomas Travis who became L2B Alexander's father in law in 1801 says he lived in Greene Co. for four years from about 1798. That could at least put them all in the same area. Believe Alexander's father Billy lived south of the current Blountville area on Beaver Creek in Sullivan Co. I just got a new book and found the following entry for Alexander Beaty which also mentions Greene Co. I'm sure this one is my L2B Alexander with his brother Andrew listed as a chain carrier. I'm thinking he might have earned some money to pay the fees in 1793-4 when he was in the Indian War. Certainly wish I was smarter when it comes to land grants, etc., but I'm pretty sure some of these early settlers were also confused as to where they were living at any given time. "Tennessee Land Warrants, Vol 4, Greene Co. and Sullivan Co. Warrants" by Dr. A. B. Pruitt, page 59: Warrant # 413 (297). Mar 10, 1780 Alexander Laughlen enters 400 ac; border: joins John Carmack; (L)10; warrant issued, balance issued; [Alex Laughlin "warrant for 400 ac" 320 ac -- on warrant list; for grant see file #1757 in Greene Co.;warrant issued Jan 20, 1796 by Wm Snodgrass; warrant assigned Jan 20, 1796 by Alexander "Laughlin" to Alexander Beaty (Jacob Myers witness); Sept 28, 1796 Jas Gaines certifys entry fees paid; 80 ac surveyed Aug 24, 1796 by Joseph Brown; Andrew Beaty & Burd Deadridge, chain carriers; grant #1434 issued Nov 17, 1797; for grant to A Laughline see file #121 in Sullivan Co; (in same shuck with warrant 296); (see Warrant 296 for other details. Nel In a message dated 5/30/2007 3:23:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: From: "Willie R. Beaty" <[email protected]> Subject: [BP2000] Alexander Beaty Greene County Land Grant To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Nel, Last week I was in Greene and Washington Counties in Tennessee and found a reference to a land grant that was made to an Alexander Beaty and when I came home and looked in my notes under Alexander noticed some possibly disparant information. Without researching it, I can't tell whether a note I have from you regarding land grant in Green County KY on waters of Lick Creek is possibly different from what I found, or what. Here is what I found: In Early East Tennessee Taxpayers, XIV. Greene County, page 160, by Pollyanna Creekmore, the following entry: "page 365 No. 1433, Elizabeth Cameron - 260 acres in Greene County, adjoining Andrew English, Alexander Beaty. Sealed 11 April 1780. " and "page 367 No. 1434, Alexander Beatty - 80 acres on the waters of Lick Creek, adjoing James McBay, James condry. Entered 6 March 1780. Sealed 12 April 1797." Unless you are already aware of this reference, you might want to check it out, to see if it is the same Alexander Beaty. Hope you had a good Memorial Day week-end. Willie ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.