I FOUND WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE 1878 RUTHERFORD CO, TN PROPERTY OWNER MAPS AND 15 OTHER COUNTIES (and the Sanborn Fire Ins maps). All at the Tennessee State Archives. You can contact them at this email add: reference@mail.state.tn.us Now all we have to do is make a trip to Nashville? Joyce Their web site describes what they have: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/maps.htm#Maps_in_Manuscripts MISCELLANEOUS MAP SERIES Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884 - 1957. Library Film 95. There is an inventory showing the dates and number of map plates for each town in Tennessee. Most county seats and towns of appreciable size, in addition to larger cities, are represented. In general, the central commercial and residential district of the town is platted in great detail, giving the linear dimensions of each lot, houses, outbuildings, etc. On same page, it also refers to the BEERS MAPS: 3) "WHERE DID MY ANCESTOR LIVE? Between 1871 and 1907, the BEERS COMPANY of Philadelphia did a series of maps of Tennessee counties showing landowners' names and the approximate location of their farms. These maps are available for Bedford, Davidson, Gibson, Giles, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Madison, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, RUTHERFORD, Shelby, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties. There are two Civil War maps for Middle Tennessee (Maps #139 and #2519) that show farmers' names on the land. We also have a set of 1939 - 1941 TVA land ownership maps (Record Group 70, mf.) showing the names of property owners and the boundaries of their property over much of the Tennessee Valley. Other than finding their ancestor's name on one of these maps (a rough approximation, at best), the best way for a researcher to learn the precise location of an historic homestead is to do a property title search through careful use of the deeds and related records." It seems these maps may be called Topographical Atlases (some by D. G. Beers) Using a Google search engine, it seems they are described online for Saratoga Co, N. Y., Madison Co, N. Y. Illinois counties (Warner and Beers Atlas 1876); Long Island (F. W. Beers 1873), more for Vermont, Delaware and other places. Did not find any for Tennessee.