Hi: Who is this John Hinds/Hines who is a chain carrier for some and also a representative of Frederick Smith in these land transactions in early MS Territory?. And, who is the Edward Hinds below? There is a Tombigbee River in Washington Co. AL and in Lowndes Co. MS. They have the same longitude and latitute so the river crosses a state line. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com =================================================== Found at Ancestry.com Land Claims in Mississippi Territory, 1789-1834 Description: This database gives information about public land claims made by early settlers of the Mississippi Territory. Information was compiled and published in the American State Papers by Walter Lowrie, who was secretary of the senate at the time, and encompasses volumes I and II of that series. Entries include the register's number, name of claimant, name of original grantee or claimant, quantity of land, and date of the patent. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Land Claims in Mississippi Territory, 1789-1834. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: Lowrie, Walter, edit. Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken From Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory: American State Papers. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1834. ===================================== Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory John Hinds , chain carrier for the preceding survey, was sworn before John Brewer, Esquire , Justice of Peace. ========================================== Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory Certificate Entered: 29 Dec 1806 Certificate: 300 Certificate Date: 29 Dec 1806 Claim Name: Edward Hinds Orig Name: William Gardner Quantity: 200 Situation: Cole's creek Comment: assignee of Major O'Dier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory Notice Date: 28 Mar 1804 Notice #: 167 Recorded: vol. 1 Page 500 Claim Name: John Hines Orig Name: Fred. Smith Situation: Tombigbee Adverse Quantity: 640 Derived: Occupancy 1797 Comment: Rejected --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory Personally appeared before me John Hines and Edmund Smith , and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposed, and said, that they carried the chain for a tract of land surveyed for Howel Dupree , and that they effected the duty to the best of their skill and judgment, as directed by the surveyor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory John Hines 's case, No. 135 on the docket of the Board, and No. 167 on the books of the Register. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory Please to take notice, that the following tract of land, situated on the west side of Tombigbee , in the county of Washington , beginning at James Denley 's, and running south, twenty degrees west, one hundred and fifteen chains; thence, north, seventy degrees west, twenty-five chains fifty links; thence, north, twenty degrees east, one hundred and thirty chains, to a sweet gum; thence, with a straight line, twenty-five chains fifty links, to a sweet gum on the river; thence, with the river, to the beginning; containing six hundred and forty acres; having such shape, form, and marks, both natural and artificial, as are represented in the plot annexed: is claimed by John Hines , representative of Frederick Smith , in and by virtue of the second section of the act, as a donation, and is now exhibited to the Register of the Land Office established east of Pearl river , to be recorded as directed by said act. To all which he begs leave to refer, as also to a copy of the plot herewith filed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory John Denley , for John Hines , Representative of Frederick Smith . --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory For and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars, to me in hand paid, I do sell unto John Hines the within bill of sale, and all and every thing claimed thereby, as given under my hand this 14th of March, 1804 . --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory Surveyed 14th March, 1804 , by Robert Ligon . Chain carriers, John Hines and Howel Dupree . --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory John Hines , representative of Frederick Smith : case commenced in page 671.