In the book, Tennesseans before 1800 - Davidson County, by Marjorie Hood Fischer, Frontier Press, Galveston, 1997: Matthias Kerlin's name is found in Vol. C on pages 107, 256, & 258, all dated 1792. Matthias Kerlin Jr's name is found in Vol. C on pages 105, 109, & 111, all dated 1792. No records found under the spelling "Kirlin". This book is merely an index of names in Davidson County records and notations of what type of records and pages therein.

Found the post by JJ of the deed book and page number and looked up the records in book C. The ones I checked were proven in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and this probate was written along with the deed into the Davidson County deed book. In deed book C, page 107, the probate stated that Innskeep and Lardner Clark by his attorney Elisha Clark appeared before William Brasford a Justice of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to acknowledge "the above their act and deed"... The scans that I am viewing are poor quality but it appears all the deeds in book C witnessed by Innskeep and Kerlin were proven in Pennsylvania. It did not appear that Kerlin came before the Justice to confirm his signature, only Innskeep. The deed recorded in deed book C, page 107 was written on Jan. 14, 1792 and proven or probated, which was a verification of the signatures, on Jan. 26, 1792. Kerlin and Innskeep witnessed the signature of the grantor on Jan. 14, 1792 and Innskeep appeared before the justice on Jan. 26, 1792, to say that he had witnessed the signing of the deed. The law probably only required the oath of one witness to prove the signature of the grantor and it happened to be Innskeep. The deed and the accompanying probate (which had been signed a year before) were recorded on Jan. 3, 1793 in Davidson County. The witnesses were in Pennsylvania when they signed the document. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM, jj <jj@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > In the book, Tennesseans before 1800 - Davidson County, by Marjorie Hood > Fischer, Frontier Press, Galveston, 1997: > > Matthias Kerlin's name is found in Vol. C on pages 107, 256, & 258, all dated > 1792. > Matthias Kerlin Jr's name is found in Vol. C on pages 105, 109, & 111, all dated > 1792. > > No records found under the spelling "Kirlin". > > This book is merely an index of names in Davidson County records and notations > of what type of records and pages therein. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNDAVIDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >