Now THAT is a lot of fantastic information. We should ALL be so lucky. BGCarwile@aol.com wrote: > > North Carolina State Archives Card Index > Secretary of State Land Grant Office > Warrants, Surveys, Plats and related Documents > Greene Co, TN - S.108.368 > Frames #1071-1075: File #426 (Warrant #428) > > WARRANT #428 > County: Greene > Name: RIGGS, Edward > Acres: 1000 > Grant No.: 428 > Issued: 20 Sep 1787 > Warrant No.: 428 > Entered: 25 Oct 1783 > Book No.: 65 > Page No.: 496 > Location: On the South Side of Holston River below the Indian path > adjoining Geddian MORRIS, Joseph GILBREATH, Swelton's Creek. > > STATE of NORTH CAROLINA, No. 395 > 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 > Harmon Cor?, a tract or parcel of land containing One Thousand Acres, lying > in Green County on a branch of Holston lying below the Indian path that comes > from the head of Dumplin Creek to Robisons? Creek on the Branch where the > path comes through (unreadable) including the Big Spring and running down > following of said Creek for Compliance----- > > 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-- > > I Do assign over all my right and claim of the within warrant to Edward RIGGS > as is witness my hand this 1st day of March 178?. > > Witness Present Herman Cor? > John HARRIS > Samuel COX > > Handwritten Metes & Bounds Survey Unreadable!!!!!! > > ==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== > To Use The Rootsweb searchable Archives > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > You need to know the name of the list you want to search.