Jesse McLane Land Grants (1827)
Middle Tennessee Land Grant Book 6, page 387 Grant # 5064
Jesse McLane’s grant for twenty four acres
{SEAL} THE STATE OF TENNESSEE-No. 5064
To all to whom these presents shall come=greetings
KNOW YE, That, for and in consideration of the sum of twelve & 1/2 cents per acre, paid into the office of the Entry-Taker of Lincoln county, and entered on the 7th day of July 1824 pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said state, passed on the twentysecond day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, by No. 474
there is granted by the State of Tennessee, unto Jesse McLane
a certain Tract or Parcel of LAND, containing Twenty four acres
by survey bearing date the 23rd day of September 1824 lying in said county, On the head of the middle fork of Cane Creek and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a black Locust, the North West corner of a seven acre tract in the name of said McLane. Running thence North 39 poles to the county line cornering on an Ash therein, thence East with the county line Seventy three poles to a Chinquapin Oak and Sugartree in George Cummings line, thence South with said Cummings line 13 poles to two Hickories and Dogwood still on the county line, thence East with Cummings line and the county line 33 poles to a Hickory, the North West corner of a Ten acre tract in the name of P. McLane, thence South 34 poles to a Sugartree, the South West corner of said 10 acre tract and in the North line of a 50 acre tract of his, thence West with the said North line seventy seven poles to the North West corner thereof, a Lynn, thence North 7 poles to a Lynn, the North East corner of his 7 acre tract, thence West 22 poles to the Beginning.
With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To HAVE and to HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of LAND, with its appurtenances, to the said Jesse McLane
and his heirs forever.
In Witness Whereof, WILLIAM CARROLL, Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 15th day of January in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, and of the independence of the United States, the fifty first.
BY THE GOVERNOR: Wm Carroll
Daniel Graham
SECRETARY
Middle Tennessee Land Grant Book 6, page 288 Grant # 5065
Jese McLane grant for twenty eight acres in Lincoln Co., Tennessee
{SEAL} THE STATE OF TENNESSEE-No. 5065
To all to whom these presents shall come–greetings
KNOW YE, That, for and in consideration of the sum of twelve & 1/2 cents per acre, paid into the office of the Entry-Taker of Lincoln county, and entered on the 7th day of July 1824 pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said state, passed on the twentysecond day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, by No. 475
there is granted by the State of Tennessee, unto Jese McLane
a certain Tract or Parcel of LAND, containing Twenty eight acres
by survey bearing date the 23d day of September 1824 lying in said county,
on the head of the middle fork of Cane Creek and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a sugar tree , the South East Corner of Widow Whitsett’s 50 acres. Running thence South six poles to a stake, thence East 25 poles to a stake, thence North six poles to a sugar tree stump, McAdams North West cornerof his 60 acre tract, thence East with McAdams’ North boundary line 79 poles to an Ash, his South East corner, thence North with the West boundary line of the tract said McLane now lives on 33 poles to a Sugar tree stump in the south boundary line of a 50 acre tract in the name of said McLane, thence West with the South boundary line of said 50 acre tract 82 poles to the South West corner thereof, a Buckeye, thence North with the West line of said 50 acre tract 48 poles to a Sugar tree, the South East corner of a Seven acre tract in the name of said McLane, thence West with the South line of said seven acre tract 22 poles, the South West corner thereof, a Lynn and two Buckeyes in the East line of the widow Whitsetts’ 50 acres, thence South with Widow Whitsett’s line 81 poles to the Beginning.
With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To HAVE and to HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of LAND, with its appurtenances, to the said Jese McLane
and his heirs forever.
In Witness Whereof, WILLIAM CARROLL, Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 15th day of January in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, and of the independence of the United States, the fifty first.
BY THE GOVERNOR: Wm Carroll
Daniel Graham
SECRETARY
contributed by Dick Wood (date unknown)