I have a question about a deed in Rowan County in 1789 whereby Frederick Miller deeds 300 acres on Farmer's Creek to 6 named grandchildren (all children of his daughter Catherine who married Jacob Miller). My question is this: 1) Wouldn't this land have had to remain in the hands of the guardian (their father), Jacob Grimes, and not been able to be sold until they all reached 21? (Or were laws different at that time?) There was only one grandson (George Grimes) and the others would be daughters who probably would have been married at the time of the sale. So I would be looking for deeds saying "1/6 of land deeded, etc.), right? This entire family ended up in TN - Robertson County by 1825 anyway.(which was formed from Tennessee county in 1796( which brings me to my SECOND Question. 2) Did Rowan County, NC ever contain this land in TN? It seems impossible to me looking at a map because Robertson Co TN is below Kentucky border. 3)If anyone has a published Deed Index for Rowan, could you help me out? Virginia