----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > the commissioners's guards were the men sent out with the survey team to > protect them from attack..... > > LAND DEED GENEALOGY OF MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE > 1836-1840 Vol I > by Timothy R & Helen C. Marsh > copyright 1998 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. > ISBN # 0-89308-704-1 > page 1-4 > Spring of 1783....Duck and Elk river country that includes the counties > of Bedford, marshall, Lincoln and eastern strip of Giles...large part of > frontiersmen, a contengent of the Commission guard, a group recruited by the > Commissioners Absolum Tatum Isaac Shelby, and Anthony Bledsoe who had been > commissioned by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1782 to lay off the > lands in Middle Tennessee that had been appropriated for the officers and > soldiers of the NC Continential Line of the AM Rev...list reads like a whow > who of the first settlers of the Cumberland. > LIST OF COMMISSIONERS AND GUARDS -1783 > Robert Looney - chain carrier > Peter Turney - surveyor > James Lea - chain carrier > Maj. Daniel Smith - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Henry Hoover - chain carrier > also includes Bledsoe, many Shelby men, Blair, two Cox, Greer, Hay Kasper > Mansker of the Cumberland Station where I think my Henry Turney was, > Benjamin Pettit, James and Mark Robertson, two Ramsey, two Rule, John > Shannon, and others. > > my note - I am of course now sorry I did not copy the entire list.....as I > remember there were guards, a cook, a blacksmith.......I wanted this as > proof that Peter Turney was a surveyor in early TN......Peter Looney had > land next to my Henry Turney which was listed in 1783 and now is part of > Springhaven. One of Henry Turney's daughters married a John Looney. > > Perhaps you can find the entire list from the info. > > Mary Turney Miller > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:48 PM > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > > > > Two deeds registered Davidson Co. in 1788, surveyed in 1785 > > related to tracts of land on both sides of Arrington's Creek, an east > > branch of Big Harpeth River. One deed was for 640 acres purchased; the > > other for 320 acres 3 1/2 miles above the mouth of Arrington's Creek > > was by an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the > > Continental Line, in consideration of the services of William McGuaioh > > (McGavock/McGaugh), one of the commissioner's guards. > > Where is Arrington's Creek located? > > What were Commissioner's Guards? > > Thanks in advance for any help on these two frustrating questions! > > Nona > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > > from AOL at AOL.com. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > >