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    1. Deeds, Vol 1, page 133
    2. Rose Birdwell
    3. >From "Register's Office, Land Entry Book" Vol 1, Apr 1824-May 1831, page 133: No 667 $.10 10 acres Benjamin Weeks enters ten acres of land Beginning on sd. Weeks south corner Running east with Charles Weeks 20 poles to Joseph Barrs corner, thence with said Bars line 58 poles south thence west 25 poles to b. Weeks north corner of his old survey and from thence to the place of beginning Jany 9 1826. No 668 $1.24 124 acres Richmond Hill enters one hundred and seventy four acres of land on the head waters of Praerie Creek of Elk river on the second district in Franklin County, Beginning at a black jack, the north west corner of the widow McGowns place running thence along the north boundary of the same east to a stake & pinters at the foot of the mountain, thence north along the meanders of the mountain to Stewart Cowans So. east corner, thence west with his So. boundary to his So. west corner & So. binding on John G. Blounts to the beginning 7 January 1826. Richard Hill, Locator **Note: Amounts of land are as written in Deed No 669 $2.00 200 acres Sherrod Williams enters two hundred acres of land bench of Cumberland Mountain and adjoining the tract whereon he now lives. Beginning at a large double poplar it being the beginning corner of a 40 acre tract he bought of David Shannon. Running from thence south east to his still house, thence south west to include the spring where John Holder lived thence north west, with the first ledge of rocks to the south west corner of an entry made in the name of LeRoy May thence to intersect the west boundary line of his two hundred acres, thence with sd. line to the beginning so as not to interfere with prior legal claims. Jany 9, 1826. No 670 $1.50 150 acres Joseph Farris enters 150 acres of land in Franklin County on the heat of Paint rock Beginning at the south Wt. corner of Wm. Matlocks 100 acres and runs Et. with the same & round with the mountain for complement. 9 January 1826. J. Farris, Locator No 671 $.50 50 acres Sherrod Williams enters fifty acres of land in Franklin County Beginning at the head of a spring about half a mile south of N. Davis's mill upon two little gums, running from thence west, thence south thence east & north to the beginning to be oblong north & south and to include the cove and improvements made by James Stewart so as not to interfere with any prior legal claim January 1826. No 672 $.37 1/2 37 1/2 acres LeRoy May enters thirty seven and a half acres of land in Franklin County Tennessee on the head waters of Elk river beginning at a hickory the north corner of John Rutledges upper 5,000 acre tract thence with said McLorays to the corner of George De___tys 500 acre tract thence with his line south forty five degrees west thence southwardly to Rutledges line & with the same north east to the beginning 9 January 1826. LeRoy May, Locator

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