By private mail from a list person, I've discovered that John Brown was deeded 640 acres on Barton's Creek (not Barlow as the Kentucky record indicated) in Davidson County, TN, in 1797. At the time, John lived in Garrard County, KY. However, the deed gives his location as Madison Co., VA. (Kentucky became a state in 1792, but was part of Virginia at the end of the Revolutionary War.) I'm wondering if this 640 acres was some kind of payment for service in the Revolution. Does anyone know how that worked and if 640 acres sounds reasonable for such things? And does anyone know where Barton's Creek is located? This would have been back in 1804 and earlier. If someone has answered this on the list, I'm sorry. I'm on digest and won't get it until tomorrow probably. But thanks! Rita <rfox@mis.net>