New information on Thomas Isbell (son of Benjamin Isbell and Lettice Hickman) September 9, 1808 Carthage Gazette State of Tennessee, Jackson County, By virtue of a writ, Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, from the worshipful Court of said County, I shall Expose to sale, in the Town of Williamsburgh, on the first Saturday in November next, all the right, interest, & claim, that Thomas Isbell has to six hundred and forty acres of land, being on line Creek, of Barren River, said to begin in John Fraines field, taken be an original attachment by Daniel Hilton, to satisfy the sum of two thousand and eighty dollars, unless debt and costs should be previously satisfied. Pr. fee 1 25. 4.3t. James Cook Sheriff. Source: http://www.genealogybank.com In the 1790s, a federal outpost known as Fort Blount was built about 10 miles (16 km) west of Gainesboro along the Cumberland River, in what is now the western part of the county. The fort served as an important stopover for travellers along Avery's Trace. Between 1807 and 1819, Williamsburg, a community that developed on the site of the fort, served as the seat of Jackson County. Early historical records of the county were destroyed by a courthouse fire on August 14, 1872. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_County,_Tennessee The above newspaper article about Thomas Isbell and his 640 acres in Jackson County, Tennessee is mentioned on a scrap of paper I have that reads: "Wm. Isbell can search the records at Gallatin and Carthage and if there is any conveyances from your Father to any person they ought to be registered at one or the other places as the law required deeds to be registered in the county where the land lies or they can't be vallid - December 4th 1816 - Tho. Hickman" This is the same land sold December 18, 1820 by Temple Isbell to Daniel Keith. The deed speccifies it is "a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Jackson, State of Tennessee..being part of a six hundred and forty acre survey granted to Thomas Isbell by the State of No. Carolina and bounded as follows..." This information is also listed in the book, "Genealogy of the Isbell Family" by Mary Isbell Scott on page 115. It shows "Thomas Isbell's War Record. It is directly above information listed for the Thomas Isbell who married Discretion Howard. This information is not for that Thomas Isbell but belongs to the one above. Several years ago I sent off for the Revolutionary War file on the Thomas Isbell who married Discretion and it shows that he served as a private under a Captain Dalton for two years between 1774 and 1776 in the Virginia troops. The first Thomas Isbell mentioned above (whom I believe to be the father of Temple Elliott Isbell Sr. is the one who served under Captain Thomas Walker and Captain William Henderson. The military war records seem to be combing the two as one and claiming all the war service under the second Thomas Isbell (that married Discretion Howard). Has anyone else sent off for these records who can comment on this? I have collected a lot of information over the years that seems to back up what I have found. Sharon Dallman