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Indian Land Cessions

Indian Land Cessions

Part I Introduction The Aboriginal People of Tennessee The Carolina Charter, 1665 Peace Treaty in Virginia, 1677 Colonial North Carolina’s Indian Policy Shawnee, ca 1714-1715 Boys for Sale : the Business of Selling Indians The Yamasee War, 1715 The Indian Traders Treaty of Savannah, 1733 Treaty of Lancaster, 1744 The Land Companies Dr. Thomas Walker’s Journal, 1750 Treaty of Logstown, 1752 Treaty with the Catawba and Cherokee, 1756 Captain Jack and a Tennessee Land Purchase, 1757 French and Indian War,…

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Introduction

Introduction

  It started as a trickle and became a flood; European settlement of America. The English “Adventurers” (investors) watched the Spanish plunder the New World, and so they dreamed of riches. Then there was just that short trip from America’s eastern seaboard, over the mountains, to the Pacific Ocean, on then to the south seas, and to the East Indies – the Spice Islands – with all that Nutmeg,1 and of course, even more riches. First came the Roanoke settlement in…

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Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section III – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section III – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section II – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section II – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section I – Revolutionary War

Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section I – Revolutionary War

Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records. Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.

The Battle of King’s Mountain 7 Oct 1780

The Battle of King’s Mountain 7 Oct 1780

by C. Hammett, Coordinator Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War   Did you know that nearly half the men who fought at the Battle of King’s Mountain were Tennessee “Overmountain Men?” That the Battle of King’s Mountain is credited with having turned the tide of the Revolution? That without King’s Mountain, America might have had only ten colonies? That the battle was not Americans against the British, but Americans against Americans? That the American Whigs bested the American Tories in only…

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Shelby’s Fort and Squabble State

Shelby’s Fort and Squabble State

A TNGenWeb Land History Project, Co-authored by Carole Hammett and Fred Smoot, (Second Draft – Jun 2001) The authors’ research into Shelby’s Fort and the “mysterious” Squabble State began with several Revolutionary War pension affidavits:Revolutionary War veteran Nicholas COMBS of Perry Co, KY, b 1761-4, stated in his 17 Aug 1853 affidavit in support of the Revolutionary War pension application of John FIELDS, also of Perry, COMBS declared that “The old Block house known as Selby’s fort was in Wilkes…

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Doctor Thomas Walker’s Journal 1750

Doctor Thomas Walker’s Journal 1750

(6 Mar 1749/50 – 13 Jul 1750) A Record of His Travels in Present-day Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky Introduction From 1729 to 1749, the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina was based on the 1728 survey “from the Sea to Peters Creek” by the Honorable William Byrd, William Dandridge and Richard Fitzwilliams, Commissioners, and Mr. Alexander Irvine and Mr. William Mayo, surveyors. During this period, white settlements on both sides of the line had already extended much further west…

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SQUABBLE STATE LAND

SQUABBLE STATE LAND

This report is a “work-in-progress,” and only just begun.” The authors particularly thank Russel/Washington Co, VA researcher Rhonda Robertson for her survey abstracts: “Washington County, VA Survey records abstracts, 1781-1797, pages 001-500,” submitted to the USGenWeb Archives 1999, copyright Rhonda Robertson. Some additional land records, including VA, NC and TN have been added here and more will be added over time. The 1749 Survey included a number of errors, including locating Laurel Creek on New River instead of the Holstein: Washington…

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The State of Tennessee 1796

The State of Tennessee 1796

This, the first Constitution of the State of Tennessee, was adopted on 6 February 1796, and became effective 1 June 1796 upon Tennessee’s admission by Congress to statehood : We the People of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio, having the right of admission into the General Government as a member State thereof, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the act of cession of the State of North Carolina, recognizing the ordinance for the…

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