Bill, It would be hard to nail down this John Porter without more information, but there was no shortage of John Porters in Davidson, Lincoln, Marshall, and Maury counties in Middle TN. Your document would have rightly been signed and dated at Murfreesboro(ugh) TN that year because, for just a brief spell, Murfreesboro was the state capitol of TN. Like you, I have no info on districts or ranges along the Forked Deer but other folks on the LCT list may be able to direct you to "help." If you come up with further info to isolate and pen down John Porter, let me know and I might be able to help you determine exactly which "John" you are dealing with. Donnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Trott" <WTROTT@comcast.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 11:28 PM Subject: [TNLINCOL] Childress - Porter >I hae a photo copy of land grant -- > > ".... certificate no 1893 dated the 19th day of october 1820 isued by > the board of fommissioners for West Tennessee to Childers & Porter for > 5451/2 acres and entered on the 18th day of December 1820 ???180 > ........" > > ".... the said Reps O Childress & John Porter and their heirs ........ > survey bearing date the 31st day of May 1821 lying in the Thirteenth > District in ?????? County in the first section and fourth Range on the > Waters of the Middlefork of Forked Deer River and bounded as follows to > wit ............" > > The last part is the finalization of the grant "........ Reps O > Childress & Jno Porter and their heirs forever. In witness whereof, > William arroll Governor of the stte of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his > hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed , at > Murfreesborough (sic) on the 16th day of February in the year of our > Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five ...." > > My questions ---- what county is this? (Stewart???) I see the Middle > Fork of the Forked Deer River over in Western TN. I don't have a map of > the sections and Ranges. > > Who was John Porter and what was his connection to Reps. > > I am a descendant of Reps Osborn Childress and have considerable > information on him and his descendants. > > Thanks for any information. > > > Bill Trott > Pasadena, TX > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >