Hello Fellow Researchers, I recently sent for some deeds from the Metro Archives. One of the deeds mentions a land grant and has a Circuit Court petition attached. I would like to find the land grant and also all court actions relating to my ancestors Robert C. MOBERLY (MOBLEY) and his wife Delilah DRAKE, including the one mentioned in the deed. I believe that any records pertaining to them would be between 1830-1840, but I would want to search a few more years in either direction, of course. I do not see anything about court records or land grants on the Metro Archives site. Could someone please tell me how to go about having these deed searched and obtaining copies? The mention of the land grant in the deed reads a certain tract piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Davidson containing three hundred and eighty nine acres founded on a Grant No 13259 issued 25th day of November 1835 The court action attached to the deed reads: Registered Febuary 11th 1840 R. C. MOBLEY appointed Trustee (in margin) State of Tennessee. Davidson County. Circuit Court Sept. Term 1840 Delilah W. MOBLEY Ex parte petition It happening to the satisfaction of the Court Henry EWING the Justice mentioned in the petition has never acted and now refuses to act, the court at the request of the cestui que appoints Robert C. MOBLEY to carry into effect the design of said Deed [&c?]. A copy from the records of said Court. attest. R. B. TURNER clerk By her deputy W. GARRETT I would like to know how a married woman obtained a land grant in her own right at this period. It would also be interesting to know why Henry EWING refused to act. Apparently the land was sold because the family was moving (had already moved?) to Indiana, as they are listed there on the 1840 census. As far as I can determine, they lived in Lincoln Co., TN between 1825 and 1830. Before their marriage in about 1824, both lived in Warren Co., KY. Thank you for your assistance! Carol ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php