Thanks for the info. Fred The chain carrier was probably Tavner Martin, Edmund's son-in-law. Tavner was recorded next door to Edmund in the 1820 census. Paul R.L. Vance, g-g-g-grandson of Edmund League ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Smoot Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] Edmund League This from TSLA microfilm, RG50, Roll 26, p 552 (near the very end of the roll). West Tennessee First District ------------------------------------ By Virtue of an Entry No. 3857 dated September 2nd. 1809 founded on a Military Warrant No. 3913 for 640 Acres I have surveyed for Edmund League assignee of Joshua Hadley of William Winewrights heirs Seventy acres of land lying in Warren County on the head waters of Holmes Creek a branch of the Caney fork river Beginning on a Cheery tree & white oak running thence East one hundred and twenty poles to a Chestnut and white oak thence South ninty three & half poles to a Post Oak thence West one hundred and twenty poles to a black Jack saplin, thence North Ninety three & half poles to the beginning. December 14th 1810 John Boon } S.C.C. Patrick MacEachern D.S. Tavener Maclin } Retd. March 12th 1811 ************************* Comments: 1.) I would place the tract north of Smithville in DeKalb county. 2.) Edmund League probably purchased the rights to seventy acres from Joshua Hadley. 3.) Joshua Hadley may have been a heir of William Winewright *or* he may have purchased the warrant. 4.) S.C.C. = Sworn Chain Carrier(s) 5.) D.S. = Deputy Surveyor 6.) Sidebar on survey says: "Plat &c. taken out July 19th 1811 by Joshua Hadly." 7.) Winewright may have been a misspelling of Wainwright. 8.) West Tennessee later became Middle Tennessee. ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. No commercial activities are allowed on this list. Please see full list rules here: http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237