Bounty Land in Tennessee was always for the War of 1812. The Rev. War Grants were done before TN was a state so they are listed as North Carolina Rev. War Land grants in Tennessee. The Hiwassee Purchase formed McMinn and Monroe Countys. That was the first time a grid system had laid out parcels of land. They were 6 square miles...36 sections. Each section was 1 sq mi. Each section was laid out in 'corners'. The corners were northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast. Each corner could have been divided also. They were in 40, 80, 120, 160 or 320 acre portions. Several of these were set aside as military grants. Some were already laid out in 1817-1819 as Cherokee Indian Reservations of 640 acres each (a sq. mi.) So, if the emigrants from Wayne Co, KY were coming into McMinn and Monroe to move onto Bounty Land grants this would have been the reason why. Joyce Gaston Reece
I'm going to have to dig out my paper to see which & what mine is......this subject has answered a few questions ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] heritage > Bounty Land in Tennessee was always for the War of 1812. The Rev. War > Grants were done before TN was a state so they are listed as North > Carolina > Rev. War Land grants in Tennessee. The Hiwassee Purchase formed McMinn > and > Monroe Countys. That was the first time a grid system had laid out > parcels > of land. They were 6 square miles...36 sections. Each section was 1 sq > mi. > Each section was laid out in 'corners'. The corners were northwest, > northeast, southwest, southeast. Each corner could have been divided > also. > They were in 40, 80, 120, 160 or 320 acre portions. > Several of these were set aside as military grants. Some were already > laid > out in 1817-1819 as Cherokee Indian Reservations of 640 acres each (a sq. > mi.) > > So, if the emigrants from Wayne Co, KY were coming into McMinn and Monroe > to > move onto Bounty Land grants this would have been the reason why. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain chatting is > required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message