The following are found in "Tennessee Genealogicl Records: Records of Early Settlers From State and County Archives" 1980 by Edythe Rucker Whitley "Davidson Co. Will Book no. 1": Pg 88: Articles of Agreement between Henry Turney of Cumberland, Settlement of North Carolina, and Daniel Chambers of Lincoln Co. VA. Government. Turney sells one-half of his right as a settler in the above said county and settlement of Cumberland, etc. 2 Sept. 1782. "Entries of Sullivan County from 1788: These entries are on file at the Tennessee Land Office in Nashville. They are loose papers in one file with just notations regarding grant, etc". 9 March 1780. Henry Turney enters 400 acres on Big Creek including my own improvements on the north side of Holston River joining Col Evan Shelby's claim. Also an entry that joined Andrew Cowan, Abraham Grub and John Scott's survey. Also, another entry on Clinch River at the mouth of the second creek below the little war gap; also one at the mouth of the first creek that empties in Clinch River below the little war gap, also an entry on the north side of Holston River, joining Col shelby's claim. Nos. 273, 274, 275 and 276 "Deed Book #1, 1793-1797 (the second book of deeds at the court house at Gallatin, Tenn. Due to the length, only names and pages are given)". Turney, Henry to Michael Turnery Pg. 165 Mary, you might check the two sites shown below. There doesn't seem to be an index for documents before 1784 on either site but you might have some success requesting the documents from the Friends of the Metro Archives (second address) since you have the page # for the record of 1782. The linkpendium site has a lot of documents listed by "Strictly by Names" and I see an entry for Henry Turney shown on their index for Davidson Co. records. http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/TN/Davidson/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/index.html/ Hope you have some success with the above. CeCe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:36 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Land of settlers of Ft Nashborough > The first settlers of Ft Nashborough were each given for free 640 acres of > land. Where would I find those records? > > also - does anyone have Will Book I for Davidson Co? > > I have been told in Will Book I of Davidson Co is an article of agreement > between Henry Turney of the Cumberland Settlement NC and Daniel Chambers > of Lincoln Co VA - Henry sells half his right as settler in > Cumberland....dated 2 Sept 1782. > > I would like a copy of the above - and why it was in a will book instead > of land record. I am trying to figure out where Henry Turney's 640 acres > were located and what he did with his 320 acres. > > Thank you > > Mary > > ------------------------------- > 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 >