In a message dated 3/5/99 7:41:42 PM Central Standard Time, rfox@mis.net writes: << 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? >> Rita, John Brown did not receive that land as a grant. He purchased it. I did not note the persons name from whom he bought it. It probably was a grant to someone but not to John Brown. Yes, 640 acres was a common acreage given as a grant for different reasons. One of the reasons being payment for services during the Revolution but grants were made for other service as well. In 1792, Barton's Creek was in Davidson Co. According to Morris' Tennessee Gazeteer 1834, Barton's Creek was "a south branch of the Cumberland, in Dickson and Montgomery counties on which are several iron works and forges." Debie Cox