Here is a quote from the land document....Thank you for trying to help!!!! "..., and one a part of the same grant being previously conveyed away by said Haynes. also a part of a sixty acre grant that ...?.... to Mead Haile it being also obtained from the state of Tennessee under the ninepenny law. and also one other grant for fifty acres that ...?...by the state of Tennessee to the said Haynes..." Pat Kinsey On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:03:30 -0600 Steve Carson <carson@gscassociates.com> writes: > Pat: > > Afraid I don't have an answer for you but I'm wondering what > documents you > saw this term in? Can you quote me a sentence that uses it. > > I suspect this might refer to one of the laws that allowed occupants > to > gain title to land by paying 10 cents an acre. Give me the example > I > mention above and I can look into it more. > > ______________________________X-Message: #2 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:41:26 -0500 > From: Pat Kinsey <pkinsey@juno.com> > To: TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20020612.092323.-262933.18.pkinsey@juno.com> > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Tenpenny Law > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am still looking for answers as to what the "Tenpenny Law" is in > land > records. This law is mentioned in two different land records I > recently > received from Bedford County recorded in 1831. This law is > obviously > prior to 1831. Can anyone help? > Pat Kinsey > pkinsey@juno.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Steve Carson http://www.gscassociates.com/SteveCarson/ > GSC Associates http://www.gscassociates.com/ > 5272 Redman Road phone:+1-505-521-7399; fax:+1-505-521-9321 > Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA e-mail: carson@gscassociates.com > --------------------------------------------------------- >