North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1778-1791 Introduction When North Carolina gave up her claim to Tennessee the Secretary of State of the United States requested a list of the lands that had been granted in that territory so the rights of ownership could be protected. Microfilm # 68, Roll # 1 is a microfilm copy of this report as it was reported to the President by Thomas Jefferson. ( the original report from North Carolina has not been found). There is also a note that 2,275 more warrants had been issued to officers and soldiers of the Continental Line for which grants had not yet been made. From Goodspeed's History of Tennessee- 1887- the following information was given on the grants. A soldier received 640 acres; non Commissioned Officer 1,000 acres; Subaltern 2,560; Captain 3,840, Major 4,800; Lt. Col. 5,760; Lt. Col. Commandant 7,200; Col. 7,200; Brig. Gen. 12,000; Chaplain 6,200; Surgeon 4,800; Surgeon's Mate 2,560. Heirs of any soldier who had fallen in the defense of his country received the full amount of his grant. Any family that had previously moved into the area reserved for grants was given a grant of 640 acres. Nothing indicated that residence was required to receive a grant, therefore, it is probable grants were given to many people who never were residents of Tennessee. There were also many people who lived in Tennessee but received the title to their property in some other manner and do not appear on this list, purchase or other land acts. Location in the county is very vague, such as on the bank of Lick Creek. (NOTE: I will send these lists in several installments. Ginny Keefer) First Installment: Washington County, 1776 1. John Wallace 2. David Reeves 3. William Sharpe 4. David Reeves 5. Samuel Harris 6. David Reeves 7. Charles Robinson 8. William Sharpe 9. John Wallace 10. Samuel Harris 1782 11-16 Richard Caswell 17 & 18 William Caswell 19 John Newlin 20 Andrew English 21 Drury Morris 22. Thomas Talbot 23. Willliam Runnells 24. James Coward 25. Elias Hawkins 26. William Griffin 27. William Patterson 28. Michael Massingale 29. Charles Hays 30. James Richardson 31. James Delaney 32. Jonathan Tipton 33. Uriah Hunt 34. Nathaniel Davis 35. James Wheeler 36. William Odell 37. William Murphy 38. James English 39. Dutton Lain 40. Godfrey Carder 41. Robert Allison 42. James Martain 43. & 44. William Richey 45. Daniel Durham 46 & 47. James English 48. John Howard 49. Alexander Campbell 50. John McMahan 51. Thomas Houghton 52. Alexander Cavatt 53. Daniel Henderson 54. Alexander Campbell 55. Daniel Stewart 56. Jacob Mires 57. Henry Goacher 58. Andrew English 59. Joseph Fowler 60. Ambrose Hogges 61. James Grimes 62. John B. McMahan 63. Lanthy Armstrong 64. Robert Wilson 65. Abednego Enman 66. Samuel Flanakin 67. James English 68. Nathan Davis 69. Alexander Campbell 70. Robert Campbell 71. Jones Little 72. Dutton Lain 73. Thomas Stewart 74. William Berry 75. James English 76. Thomas Hardeman 77. James English 78. Baptist McNabb 79. James Grimes 80. Joseph Brown 81. Edmond Williams 82. Joseph Bullar 83. Thomas Baker 84. Samuel Tate 85. Uriah Hunt 86. Vauch Dillingham 87. Adam Shirrell 88. John Holebrook 89. Michael Highder 90. Abednego Enman 91. Martin Webb 92. William Sharpe 93. Nicholas Fain 94. Nathan Gragg 95. John rice 96. Samuel Henry 97. Robert Irwin 98. David Campbell 99. Michael Smith Peter 100. Joshua Houghton 101. Thomas Stuart 102. John Carter 103. Thomas Gillaspie 104. George Gillaspie 105. James Stuart 106. James Moore 107. Drury Morris 108. Benjamin Gost 109. Abraham Bradley 110. Nicholas Fain 111. John Honeycutt 112. Peter McNemee 113. Joseph Bullar 114. William McNabb 115. James Denton 116. Jesse Walton 117. John Hoskins 118. John B. McMahan 119. John Wheeler 120. Adam Wilson 121. John Webb 122. John Honeycutt 123. Hosea Rose 124. Peter Plemon 125. Thomas Mitchell 126. David McCord 127. James W. Harris 128. John Richey 129. John Waddle 130. John McCarrell 131. Joseph Hardin 132. William Hues 133. Gideon Morris 134. John Pickens 135. Jonathan Holly 136. James Wilson 137. Isaac Lommas 138. William Murphy 139. John McAdon 140. Andrew Taylor 141. Samuel Williams 142. James Delaney 143. Phillip Shelly 144. Willliam Murphy 145. William White 146. Samuel Sherrell 147. William Randels 148. James Keykendale 149. James Reddy 150. Jeremaih Faik 151. Samuel Currey 152. John Hues 153. Daniel Keith 154. Edward Swetain 155. Abraham Keykendale 156. John Wheeler 157. Simon Bundy 158. Samuel Henry 159. William Watson 160. Martha Sherrell 161. Edward King 162. John Blair McMahan 163. Garrat Vinzant 164. Robert Susk 165. Drury Gooden 166. Matthew Talbot 167. John Mosely 168. John King 169. William Murphy 170. Charles Duncan 171. Andrew Taylor 172. Joseph Bullar 173. Henry Earnest 174. Josiah Hamilton 175. Charles Allison 176. John Pemberton 177. George Russell 178. Robert Ellison 179. James Wry 180. William Murphy 181. Amos Bird 182. Joshua Houghton 183. Samuel Culbertson 184. Andrew Martin 185. Thomas Jonakin 186. George Gray 187. William McBride 188. John Lain 189. Mesech Hale 190. Robert Campbell 191. Thomas Brown 192. Caleb Hunter 193. Robert Wilson 194. Andrew English 195. David Hughes 196. Samuel Jobe 197. Charles Roberson 198. William Stockton 199. John Holley 200. Thomas Johnstone 201. Andrew English 202. Charles Genrty 203. Jonathan Tipton 204. Barthelomew Woods 205. Christopher Taylor 206. Titer Neave 207. Robert Blackburn 208. Robert Stinson 209. Isaac Bullar 210. George Russell 211. Shadrach Morris 212. Martin Didwell 213. John Richey 214. James Moore 215. John Kuykendale 216. Abraham Kuykendale 217. Robert Sevier 218. Christopher Cunningham 219. George Taylor 220. Samuel Harris 221. Robert Irwin 222. Edmond Williams 223. Mathew Talbot 224. Shadrach Morris 225. John Tirey 226. John Torbitt 227. Thomas Tolbert 228. Matthew Tolbert 229. Thomas Hardeman 230. Joseph Hardin 231. Thomas Hardeman 232. John Waddle 233. James Patterson 234. Andrew Reed 235. William Russell 236. Robert Been 237. Joseph Martin 238. Jacob Wamack 239. Jesse Hoskins 240. Adam Wilson Jr. 241. Edmond Williams 242. Alexander McFarlan 243. James Grimes 244. John Shelby 245. James English 246. James Young 247. Leonard Adcock 248. Daniel Keith 249. James Ray 250. Moses Brock 251. Charles Harrington 252. James Harris 253. Samuel Henry 254. James Charter 255. Charles Gentry 256. Richard White 257. Aaron Burleson 258. John Bullar 259 & 260 Robert Wilson 261. William Dale 262. Leonard Adcock 263. Isaac Wilson 264. George Gillespie 265. James Harris 266. Samuel Culberson 267. Thomas Bales 268. Aaron Lewis 269. Francis Hughes 270. William Berry 271. John Chesolmy 272. Andrew English 273. William Bell 274. William Durrum 275. Richard Humphry 276. Henry Lyle 277. David Perry 278. Francis Allison 279. Thomas Fletcher 280. Samuel Jobe 281. George Gillespie 282. John Lyle 283. Martin Didwell 284. John Holley 285. William Ellison 286. Leonard Adcock 287. David McCord 288. Joshua Houghton 289. James Fulgham 290. Alexander Morrow 291. Nicholas Haile 292. Stephen Easley 293. Abednego Enman 294. Nicholas Haile 295. William Trimble 296. Thomas Jonakin 297. James Stuart 298. Henry Clarke 299. Richard Cocks 300. Moses Cavill 301. William Nelson 302. Evans Huetherley 303. Ebenezer Byrum 304. Evan Shelby 305. John Waldrupe 306. William Nelson 307. Adam Wilson 308. James Pearce 309. Robert Irvine 310. William Campbell 311. Joseph Goodwin 312. David Hues 313. James McCord 314. Thomas Brown 315. Davis Nance 316. Joseph Penson 317. Joseph Martain 318. William Hues 319. Joseph Young 320. William Richey 321. Martain Webb 322. Edmond Roberts 323. John Patterson 324. George Gray 325. Cleavers Barksdale 326. John Potter 327. John Robertson 328. Shadrach Morris 329. Robert Stevenson 330. Evan Heatherly 331. Robert Rodgers 332. Cornelius Bowman 333. John Rice 334. Daniel Kennedy 335. Joseph Wilson 336. John Fain 337. Robert Allison 338. Evan Heatherly 339. James McAdams 340. Robert Bailey 341. Christopher Cunningham 342. Thomas Samples 343. Robert Blackburn 344. Mathew Perrimore 345. William Wills 346. Samuel Lyle 347. Baptist McNabb 348. Samuel McFeeters 349. John Williams 350. John Richey 351. Joseph Harder 352. William Beasley 353. and 354. John Huneycutt 355. Alston Huneycutt 356. and 357. John Huneycutt 358. Charles Hayes 359. Thomas Williams 360. Jonathan Bird 361. Isaac Johnston 362. Daniel Rawlings 363. Andrew Reed 364. Nathaniel Tracey 365. Thomas Randolph 366. Henry Massingale 367. Patrick Carr 368. William Semmons 369. James Willson 370. Daniel Harrison 371. James McCord 372. John Smyth 373. John English 374. William Ritchey 375. William Berry 376. Daniel Reed 377. John Dunham