Thanks again Melba... you are wonderful to do this! Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eldon Wilkins" <MelEl512@att.net> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Land Grant Look-Up > Marilyn...just realized that I forgot to include the number of > acres in my last entry for Thomas > 945 Thomas - 132 - 1790 Washington on Rones Creek and > waters of Watauga. > Melba > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Eldon Wilkins > Date: 08/25/05 16:59:13 > To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Land Grant Look-Up > > Dear Marilyn, > > pg 147 Payne, Josiah; III 1325, assigned by Martin > Armstrong (section v) > > Pg 108 Payne, Josiah Section IV > 1325 - 640 - 1790 - Davidson - on the fourth fise? of the Cumberland River > > Pg 59 (Section I) Henry Payne > 2812 - Henry Payne -150 - 1790 Eastern District - On the head of McCleary's > Creek no. side of French Broad River > > Pg 32 Charles Payne, Section I > 1461 - Charles Payne - 100 - 1788 - Sullivan - on the north side of Holstein > > Pg 58 Charles Payne (Section I) > 2795 Charles Payne - 200 - 1788 - Eastern District on d@___of d@) if this is > ditto then it is located - on the south side of Holstein. > > pg 32 William Payne ( Section I) > 1458 - William Payne - 300 - 1788 - Sullivan - on the left hand fork of > Dodson's Creek > > Pg 32 William Payne (Section I) > 1463 - William Payne - 300 - 1788 - Sullivan > on d____of d@ (if ditto reads) on Painters Creek the south side of Holstein > (if no Painters Creek look for Pointers Creek) > > Pg 32 William Payne (Sec I) > 1484 William Payne 200 1788 Sullivan - on the waters of Sinking Creek > > Pg 15 Thomas Payne (Section 1) > 628 Thomas Payne 5000 1784 Washington - on Clark's branch > > Pg 15 Thomas Payne (Section 1) > 632 Thomas Payne 450 - 1784 - Washington - On Rones Creek > > Pg 21 Thomas Payne (section 1) > 945 - Thomas Payne - 1790 - Washington - on Rones Creek and waters of > Watauga. > > Melba > -------Original Message------- > > From: kmmarquardt1 > Date: 08/25/05 15:37:47 > To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Land Grant Look-Up > > Melba, > > Could you please look up any Payne/Paines? I have the early land records > book of Jackson County, but just want to check the Smith County records in > case! > > Thanks so much, > Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eldon Wilkins" <MelEl512@att.net> > To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:32 PM > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Land Grant Look-Up > > > > Dear Bobby, > > > > No, I am not burned out but before long 1/2 the book will be > > "out there". Ha. I am happy to help move along any cause > > for our Smith Countians! > > > > There is neither an entry for Goodner/Guetner/Roark/Ruark/etc. > > I carefully scrutinized for any variation of spellings. There are entries > > for Jacob Gardner, Demsey Gardner, James Gardner, Nathan Gardner...that is > > as close to these as I can get. > > > > As I understand this history there were many who filed for > > land grants and never received them. > > > > Apparently there is some information re the Cumberland settlers > > "vividly discussed" within Ramsey's Annals, Putnam' Middle > > Tennessee and Haywoods History ot Tennessee...telling of > > the early struggles of these people to hold on in spite of adverse > > conditions...a matter of equity. Further it is stated that these people > > thought at first that they were in Virginia, but in May 1780 > > when a party was surveying the Virginia-North Carolina line they > > found they were actually in North Carolina. "On arrival in the settlement > > they had scattered far and wide, locating the lands > > of their choice and making improvements, before they realized > > their lack of responsible law and protective forts, then in 1781 and 1782 > > numbers of them had to leave for the protection of their > > families." > > > > History buffs out there - would be interesting to learn more about > > all this. > > > > Melba > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: B & B West > > Date: 08/25/05 12:03:00 > > To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [TNSMITH] Land Grant Look-Up > > > > From: Eldon Wilkins > > My email woke a lot of you up! > > > > > > Yes, it did!!! > > Before you get completely burned out on the look-ups would you check for a > > Conrad Goodner > > and a William Roark? The surname Goodner may be spelled Guetner. > > > > Thanks!! > > Bobby L. 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