I believe the early Hawkins deeds books were retranscribed by the county clerk at some point (not sure when). Looking at the actual deeds books in the Hawkins courthouse, they will have a notation at the beginning that says something on the order of "Transcribed from Liber E(or whichever original book it was from), page ___". So yes, it is confusing when looking at references. For instance, a deed I copied from there had the "Transcribed from Liber E" copy at the top, but it is now in Deeds Book 1. Hope that helps. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: hogahl@starpower.net To: TNHAWKIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Early Hawkins deed books This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3396 Message Board Post: Can someone set me straight about references to the early deed registers? I have a number of inconsistent cites. Several -- referring to 1790 and 1793 deeds -- are to Hawkins Co., TN, Deed Books 2 and 3, respectively; yet the county was still in NC at that point. For an 1801 deed, after Statehood, I have another cite to Hawkins Co. Deed Bk 3, but surely that must refer to a diiferent series. For an 1802 grant, the reference is to Hawkins Co. Deed Bk C -- did they change from numbers to letters? And finally, I find a number of cites to "Hawkins County Deed Book No. 1, 1788-1800," which appears to have come out of the WPA project. In that case, does "Book 1" refer to the original record source or to the publishing scehme of the project itself? Any light on this matter would be appreciated.