Our list member passed this along. Interesting reading and lots of Coffee related families. Thanks Greg. Jess Lewis > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg and Ginger Keeling [mailto:fandral@charter.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 7:29 PM > To: Jess Lewis; Loretta Kelldorf > Subject: [Fwd: [TNBEDFOR] Records of the Allison Land Deal] > > My transcription of the records of the Allison Land Deal has > been posted to the web site: > > > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/ > > > > You can go directly to the records at this URL: > > > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/Allison_Land_Deal.htm > > > > or find the under "Land Records" on the main page. I thank > Charles Reeves for posting them > > > > These records describe a series of transactions in 1823 that > cleared the title to many properties in the Three Forks area of > Bedford County, Tennessee. They contain descriptions of the > property involved, listing the name of the owner(s), the number > of acres, the watercourse on whose drainage the land was located, > and the names of the owners of abutting property. This > information is very useful for understanding who the neighbors of > a given family were, and therefore in the search for hard to find > information such as the maiden names of wives. > > > > Here is a list of all the names, spelled as found in the records: > > > > Acres James L. Armstrong John Arnold > > Edward Ashley William Ashley Widow Baker > > John B. Bates Benjamin Belt T. H. Bernard > > William Blanton Shaybe Booth Stephen Booth > > John Bowers Brown Puree Bullin > > James Burkes William Burnham Freeman Burrow > > Philip Burrow Edward Cage John Carigan > > Joseph Carny William Carothers Captain Clay > > Samuel Clay Nicholas Cobb Jacob Coble > > Ballard Coldwell J. C. Coldwell N. E. Coldwell > > Joseph Conway James Couch Joseph Couch > > Thomas Couch William Crabbs William Crittenden > > Richard Cunningham Andrew Davidson Hugh Davidson > > John Davidson Daniel Davis Jesse Davis > > Henry Davis John Davis Thomas Davis > > Thomas Drake Enoch Eaton Samuel Eaton > > Richard Elkins William Ellison Colonel Andrew Erwin > > John Ewell John Ewing Burwell > Featherstone > > Will B. Finch Mrs. Frazier Nathan Frizzel > > John Ewell E .B. Galalegy William Gallegley > > Peter Garron James Gibson Willis Green > > > > John Gregory Mrs. Gunn Fergus Hall > > George Hall Jesse Hall Robert Hannah > > Samuel Hannah William Hannah Mosley Harris > > John Harrison Robert Harrison George Hill > > John Hodge William Hodge Elijah Holt > > James Hooper Edward Hord Jesse Horton > > Doctor Howe John Hufman Joseph Jacobs > > John A. Johnston Joseph Johnston Laben Jones > > Matthew Jones James Keele John Keele > > Philamon Keele Richard Keele Richard R. Keele > > Francis H. Keller Joseph Keller Kelly > > John Kennedy George Kimbro Thomas Kindal > > Samuel King Allen Knight Will Knot > > Witheral Latimore Peter Lee Charles Lewis > > Porter Lewis Gray Lynch Reuben Manly > > John Marlow Samuel Marr Matt Martin > > John McBride John M. McCrory Anna McGee > > William McGee McIntosh > Margaret McMichael > > Thomas Merritt Minton Blan Moppin > > Thomas B. Mosley James Nall Duncan Neal > > George Newton Norman Newton Mrs. Nichols > > Henry W. Norton John Norville William Norville > > > > Anne Robison David Patton Sr. James Patton > > James E. Patton Jane Patton Neely S. Patton > > Moses Payne Sally Payne Zebediah Payne > > Baxter Ragsdale John W. Ragsdale Widow Robbins > > Drury Rogers Thomas Rushing School Tract > > William Sample John Scott Sely? > > Ewell Semple Edward Sims Shellor > > Walter Sorrels Thomas Smith Vincent Smith > > Widow Stave William Stephens Harbert Suggs > > John Sutton James Tate Edward Tatum > > John Taylor David Thomas B. Tillman > > John Tillman Charles Timmons Jacob Troxler > > Joel Vannoy George Waite William Waite > > Robert Wallace Walker James Walker > > William S. Watterson Colonel Webster William Weaver > > Thomas Wharton Doctor White Jenkin White > > George Whitson Jacob Whitworth Jesse Whorter > > Richard Wilkins Robert Wilson Medler Williams > > John Wood Zadoch Woods Elias Yates > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >