Joy and I were discussing how interesting Andrew Jackson is to try to figure out what he was thinking. Someone sent me a couple of pages of a book, and it is really good. Volume II Of A Series of Early Tennessee land Records by Irene M. Griffey "John Armstrong's Entry Book" October 21, 1783 - May 25 1784 If you had relatives on the Holston River ca 1774-1783, or in the Watauga group. Lost State of Franklin.....you will want to get your hands on this. I plan on getting my own copy, it explains so much what those guys were up to. Seems they were the first in the area and scrambling to get their names on as much land as they could. Regardless if it still belonged to Indians or not. Some of them had to wait several years to get a good claim, until the land was open for white settlement. But of course my ancestor was in there, staking his claim to land. Some of the men lost everything when the land they claimed was not availble for so long, others made a mint. Some were killed by Indians, it was a real gamble all the way around. And when other people arrived later and claimed some of the land already claimed by these first men, of course it meant they fought it out in court. Explains why I find my ancestor in so many court cases. Just thought I would recommend it if your family was an early one to what became Tennessee. Mary