Good morning Lynda, The questions you present are very easy to answer. The original land grant that you posted to the UsGenWeb was issued by the state of North Carolina. At the end of the American Revolution, many of the patriot soldiers were paid for their service with land grants. Part of what is now Tennessee was once designated as a "North Carolina Military District," which was settled largely by persons who had land grants. In the early part of 1789, the land that is now Tennessee was still part of North Carolina. When North Carolina ceded the land that now makes Tennessee to the US Government in 1789 to form the Southwest Territory, it reserved the right to satisfy further land grants in the region. Tennessee was made a state of the United States on June 1, 1796. Later, the state of Tennessee continued to honor these land grants. North Cross Creek, mentioned in the land grant of Mr. THOMPSON, is in Stewart County, Tennessee. It is almost directly across the Cumberland River from South Cross Creek. Several of my ancestors had land grants on or near North Cross Creek and their lands were in the area of Indian Mound in Stewart County, Tennessee. Just to be sure there wasn't another North Cross Creek in the area I checked my maps and then searched GNIS for another stream by the same name and there isn't one in Tennessee. To help you further, here is the sequence of the county names that North Cross Creek has been in: 1. It was part of the land included in the Transylvania Purchase of March 17, 1775. (In 1783, part of this Purchase was formed into Davidson County, North Carolina.) 2. In 1788 this land became Tennessee County, North Carolina. 3. In 1796, this land became Montgomery County, Tennessee. 4. In 1803, the land that is now Stewart County was taken from Montgomery County. I hope I have helped answer your questions. If not, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll see if we have any more information in the ROOTWALKER library about this region. Now, pertaining to your THOMPSON and PARKER families. You mention they are found in Davidson and Sumner Counties, which are counties that are within the ROOTWALKER region. We have helped research these two families, primarily in Sumner County in and near the communities of New Deal and Halltown, several times. There are several cemeteries in the area that contain the graves of many people from these families. There is a great deal of information on the ROOTWALKER website that pertains to the THOMPSON and PARKER families of northern middle Tennessee. The address for the ROOTWALKER website, if you don't have it, is: www.rootwalker.com <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnnmid/index.htm">Rootwalker Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN--Main Page</A> Thanks for bringing your questions to us. God Bless America! Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 3/17/03 12:04:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, cupido@cchat.com writes: > Subj: Rootswalker Posting > Date: 3/17/03 12:04:00 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:cupido@cchat.com">cupido@cchat.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:Yelowstone@aol.com">Yelowstone@aol.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hello, > > I noticed this posting regarding a land grant to William Thompson. > I had a couple of questions I hope you can help me with. > 1. How can you tell he was from North Carolina? > 2. How did you arrive at the land being in Stewart County, TN > > William Thompson is an ancestor of mine and I have run into a brick wall in > trying to find > out where he came from or how he is connected (if at all) to the other > Thompson's in Davidson and Sumner Co., TN., so of course when I read your > posting regarding the land grant I was thrilled at the possiblity of > learning more about him. I know that he married Polly Parker, daughter of > Nathaniel Parker of Sumner Co., TN and I know the names of his children > from his will. > Any assistance that you can give me regarding your observations on the land > grant would be very valuable. Thank you, Lynda Monnig > > <A HREF="mailto:cupido@cchat.com">cupido@cchat.com</A>