North Carolina State Archives Card Index Secretary of State Land Grant Office, Warrants, Surveys, Plats and related Documents Greene Co, TN - S.108.369 Frames #57-61: File #500 (Warrant #650) WARRANT #650 County: Greene Name: RIGGS, Edward Acres: 445 Grant No.: 502 Issued: 20 Sep 1787 Warrant No.: 650 Entered: 28 Oct 1783 Book No.: 65 Page No.: 522 Location: On the North Side of the Knobbs that divide the Waters of French Broad and Holston Rivers. STATE of NORTH CAROLINA, No. 650 John ARMSTRONG Entry Office of Claims for the Western Land To the Surveyor, of Said Land} Greeting, You are hereby required as soon as may be, (to) lay off, and survey for Edward RIGGS, a tract or parcel of land containing Four Hundred & Forty Five acres, lying in Green County on the North side of the Noles that divide the Waters of French Broad and Holston including the Head of a Small (unreadable) Branch and a Birch (Tree?) marked J R - (NOTE: the "J" is written as a "j", which may or may not be the initials of Jesse RIGGS, Edward's son) Observing the directions of the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided for running out lands. Two just and fair plans of such survey, with a proper certificate annexed to each, you are to transmit with this warrant to the secretary's office without delay. Given under my hand this 7th day of June 1784 John ARMSTRONG, C, T-- Handwritten Metes & Bounds Survey Certificate unreadable!!!