Stewart
County Deed Book 1 (typed 1921 version of Deed Books A [1803-1804] & B
[1804-1806])
1 Henry
W. LAWSON (Smith County) to David CHILDRESS, 274a adj. Thomas MALLOY’s S bou.;
references 1787 grant to Arthur Tyner;
wit: George PETTY, Charles
HERRINGTON; 3 Mar 1804
2 Sterling
S. MAY to Gause BRINSON, 100a on E side of Wells Creek, the SW part of 640a
originally belonging to Samuel BARTON; wit:
Jesse DENSON, Nathaniel DENSON; 6 Jun 1804
3 Henry
SMALL (Sheriff of Montgomery County) to Jesse DENSON (Montgomery County), 923a
on Saline Creek, sold for delinquent 1801 taxes on Benjamin SHEPHERD’s 2000a
tract; land was at the SW corner of one of SHEPHERD’s 1000a tracts; wit: Robert NELSON, Thomas CLINTON; 7 Mar 1804
4 Duncan
STEWART (Montgomery County) to Zachariah ONEAL (Robertson County), 274a on Long
Creek (first creek below S Cross Creek), adj. Thomas FERN’s N bou.; originally
granted to Charles GRIGGS by NC grant on 15 Sep 1787, then sold to Benjamin
JONES, then Reucher W. DANIEL, then STEWART; wit: Briant ONEAL, Josiah SMITH; 9 Sep 1803
5 Jacob
HOOBER (Mastick twp., Lancaster Co., PA) to Jacob ESHELMAN (Strasburg twp.,
Lancaster Co., PA), 320a on S bank of Cumberland in BARRETT’s SE corner, part
of Capt. Thomas BARRETT’s NC patent #470; land was conveyed to HOOBER by Thomas
MALLOY on 21 Dec 1796 (see Montgomery Co. Book 6, pg. 190); wit: Hugh McCLUNG, Jacob BEA; 2 Aug 1800
6 John
REEVES (Orange Co., NC) to son Thomas REEVES (Orange Co., NC), 1000a on S side
of Cumberland, on Hickman Creek below Dyers Creek, adj. Capt. HICKMAN’s N bou.;
land was originally granted to Thomas ARMSTRONG and James ARMSTRONG; wit: J. HENDERSON, R. FREEMAN, Henry BEASON; 13
Aug 1804
7 Robert
NELSON (Montgomery Co.) to Thomas REEVES (Orange Co., NC), 950a on Hickman
Creek adj. Capt. HICKMAN’s N bou.; land was sold to NELSON by Montgomery Co.
Sheriff George W. NEVILL in April 1801, for the 1797 delinquent taxes of Thomas
ARMSTRONG; wit: George PETTY, D.
STEWART; 12 Dec 1804
8 William
CONNELL (tax collector) to William P. ANDERSON (Davidson Co.), 1900a on N side
of Cumberland River opposite Wells Creek; land was originally NC grant #10 of
2560a to Lt. William HARGROVES on 18 Sep 1786; land was sold 2 Feb 1801 for
delinquent 1797 taxes; wit: J. WOOLFOLK,
Joseph WIMBERLY, Robert NELSON, Joseph ROBINSON; 13 May 1803
9 Robert
SEARCY and Robert William SEARCY (Mero District) to James BIGGS and Nathan
DAVIDSON (Philadelphia, PA), their ½ acre house lot in Franklin, Williamson
Co.; also 2 acre lots in Nashville (#17 & #147); also 160a on Richland
Creek near Nashville (whereon William KINNEY lives); also 640a in Wilson Co. on
Pond Lick Creek (NC grant #2472 to George WALKER); also 640a in Wilson Co.
including the Pond Lick (conveyed 19 Sep 1798 to SEARCY from Samug HOGG); also
428a in Rutherford Co. on the E fork of Stones River near the mouth of Aceralls
Creek; also 188a in Montgomery Co. on McAdoo Creek (adj. John DRAKE, Jonathan
DRAKE’s heirs, Robert WEAKLEY); also Dyers Island in Stewart County on the
Cumberland River (NC grant #297 to SEARCY); also 640a in Williamson Co. on the
eastern waters of the South Harpeth (adj. Duncan STEWART and granted by NC
#3417 to SEARCY); wit: Robert WHYTE, W.
SEARCY; 29 Feb 1804
12 Lewis
BRYAN, attorney for Edmund HATCH (Jones Co., NC) to Hardy L. BRYAN (Robertson
Co.), 640a on the E side of Wells Creek, adj. Eli WEST’s grant #1387; wit: John W. BRYAN, Edmund HATCH; 1 Aug 1804
13 William
BETTS (Davidson Co.) to Daniel KOEN (Davidson Co.), 380a on Wells Creek adj.
John ESTES, SHEPHERD; land was part of 320a NC grant to Joshua HOWARD and part
of 640a NC grant to Lardner CLARK; wit:
Morgan BROWN, Duncan STEWART; 7 Mar 1803
14 Daniel
ROSS (Davidson Co.) to Henry HIDE (Davidson Co.), 640a on Lick Creek for $300,
adj. Thomas FERN; land was NC grant #3012 to John SMITH, conveyed to Thomas
MALLOY, then to ROSS; wit: George LAMB,
R. C. NAPIER; 20 Nov 1804
15 Robert
NELSON (Montgomery Co.) to Robert LANCASTER, 50a; land was part of 1801 sale by
Montgomery Co. Sheriff George W. NEVILL for delinquent taxes of Thomas
ARMSTRONG; wit: Thomas CLINTON, George
PETTY; 12 Dec 1804
16 Richard
BOYD (Davidson Co.) to William BELL (Montgomery Co.), 274a on Wells Creek, adj.
John REID; land was originally NC grant #1633 to Richard BOYD Sr., assignee of
David MEBBORN; wit: N. A. McNAIRY; 19
Jul 1804
17 Simon
FLETCHER to John Gould FLETCHER, 149a on E bank of Saline Creek at the old
Patent line; wit: Aaron FLETCHER; 4 Dec
1804
18 Duncan
STEWART (Montgomery Co.) to Richard MANLY Sr. (Montgomery Co.), 1144a about 10
miles below the Cross Creeks; land was originally NC grant #88 to Lt. John
WILLIAMS on 14 Mar 1786, conveyed by WILLIAMS to Charles GERARD, then to James
CARRAWAY, then to STEWART; wit: James
WALKER, Hamblin MANLY; 20 Dec 1803
19 William
R. BELL to Robert W. ELLISON (Montgomery Co.), 274a on Wells Creek, adj. John
REID; land was originally NC grant #1633 to Richard BOYD Sr., assignee of David
MEBBORN; wit: Isaac MORGAN, Phillip
HORNBERGER; 7 Nov 1804
21 Thomas
CLINTON to Phillip HORNBERGER, 125a. on S side of Cumberland River for $250;
land was part of NC grant to John REID, sold to CLINTON for delinquent taxes;
wit: W. R. BELL, James COKE; 1804
22 Sterling
MAY (Montgomery Co.) to William LEWIS (Montgomery Co.), 250a on E bank of Wells
Creek; land was part of NC grant #1644 to Samuel BARTON, sold to Robert SEARCY
& William LYTLE, assignee of William TYRREL, in LYTLE’s suit against
BARTON, then conveyed by SEARCY & LYTLE to MAY; wit: Samuel LEWIS, John MAY; 22 Apr 1803
23 Enoch
MORRESETT (Hawkins Co.) to James PINNER, 200a on E fork of Wells Creek; land
was part of 1000a NC grant to Griffith DOUGE and Duncan STEWART; wit: B. MONNTE, James HENDERSON; 14 Dec 1804
24 Daniel
ROSS (Davidson Co.) to James GATLIN, 448a on S bank of Cumberland River, part
of 3840a grant to Thomas BARRETT; wit:
Ephraim GATLIN, Ed RICHARDSON; 20 Mar 1805
25 James
ROBERTSON (Davidson Co.) to Wilson RANDLE, 320a on Long Creek; tract was the
north end of a 640-acre grant to Thomas FERN, heir of John FERN; wit: Jonathan T. ROBERTSON, William CARTER;12 Feb
1805
26 Lewellyn
LEGGETT to George BOYD Sr., 82a. on W side of Wells Creek for $250, adj. FERN,
BETTS, ESTES; wit: Robert COOPER, Thomas
CLINTON; 22 Apr 1804
27 Thomas
CLINTON to John REED, 365a on Wells Creek, adj. REED’s survey; wit: William P. ANDERSON, W. R. BELL; 7 Nov 1804
28 Daniel
KOEN to John SHELBY (Montgomery Co.), 380a on Wells Creek; land was part of
320a NC grant to Joshua HOWARD and part of 640a NC grant to Lardner CLARK;
wit: W. P. ANDERSON, W. C. JAMISON; 14
Jul 1804
29 William
RASCO (Christian Co., KY) to William PRYOR, 640a on S bank of Cumberland River
at the state line; wit: Thomas BRIGHAM,
Benjamin DOWNS, William HUBBARD; 10 Sep 1804
30 John
BOYD Jr. (Davidson Co. Sheriff) to Franklin GORHAM, 137a on Cross Creek, adj.
John WILLIAMS, Joel HOLLAND, Henry HARRIS; land was half of 274-acre NC grant
#3076 on 19 Jul 1797 to William TYRRELL and Stockley DONALDSON; GORHAM and John
SPEARS were executors of James C. GORHAM, who had brought suit against William
TYRRELL; wit: Perry W. HUMPHREYS, Nathan
W. WILLIAMS; 1805
32 Silas
VINSON to Thomas BRIGHAM, 12a adj. BRIGHAM; wit: Benjamin DOWNS, John JONES; 5 Mar 1805
33 William
P. ANDERSON (Federal Bottom) to Robert West ELLISON (Montgomery Co.), 640a on
Wells Creek, adj. John REED, John HOUSE; land was NC grant to Richard
ARMSTRONG; 26 Nov 1805
34 Permenus
WILLIAMS (Pittsylvania Co., VA) to Hendley STONE (Williamson Co.), 1000a on S
side of Cumberland River, part of large survey to William FERN; wit: William M. MARR, Thomas H. PERKINS, Robert
SCALES, John MARR; 10 Aug 1805
35 Permenus
WILLIAMS (Pittsylvania Co., VA) to Hendley STONE (Williamson Co.), 457a on S
side of Cumberland River, part of large survey to William FERN; wit: William M. MARR, Thomas H. PERKINS, Robert
SCALES, John MARR; 10 Aug 1805
36 Thomas
CLINTON to George BOYD Sr., 255a on Wells Creek, adj. WILLIAMS, CROUSE,
HORNBERGER; wit: William HORNBERGER,
Robert COOPER; 22 Apr 1805
37 Duncan
STEWART (Montgomery Co.) to John SEALS (Robertson Co.), 100a near the head of
Wells Creek; land was part of 1000a grant to STEWART; wit: William COTTINGHAM, Charles STEWART; 2 Apr
1803
38 Charles
STEWART (Montgomery Co.) to William COTTINGHAM (Montgomery Co.), 320a on middle
fork of Wells Creek; land was NC grant to STEWART on 22 Sep 1797; wit: D. STEWART, W. STEWART; 2 Apr 1803
39 George
BOYD to Lemuel SMITH, 232a on Wells Creek, adj. FERN, ESTES, SHELBY; wit: John H. HYDE, Robert W. ELLISON; 26 Oct 1805
40 John
REED (Caswell Co., NC) to Simpson HARRIS and W. P. ANDERSON (Davidson Co.),
power of attorney; wit: James BENNETT,
Thomas HARNEY; 19 Jul 1802
40 William
BLAKE (New Hanover Co., NC) to Martin WELLS, power of attorney for his wife’s
inheritance from the will of Martin WELLS, deceased; test: John WARDEN; 23 Dec 1803
41 Robert
NELSON (Montgomery Co.) to George PETTY, 195a on Smith’s Mill Creek and Indian
Creek, about a mile below Dover, adj. SMITH, NELSON, W. Y. WILLIAMS; wit: William JACKSON, Joshua FISHER, Joshua
WILLIAMS; 30 Jan 1806
42 Robert
NELSON (Montgomery Co.) to James KING (Davidson Co.), lots #93 & #94 in the
town of Monroe; 24 May 1805
43 William
PRYOR to John CHURCHILL, 6a on Pryor’s Creek; wit: Thomas BRIGHAM, Benjamin DOWNS; 6 Sep 1805
44 Hendley
STONE (Williamson Co.) to Thomas SMITH, 226a on S side of Cumberland River;
land was part of large survey granted to William FERN; wit: George BOYD, Lemuel SMITH; 23 Feb 1806
45 John
EASTISS (Warren Co., Ky.) to Yancy THORNTON
and Alfred THORNTON, heirs of Owen THORNTON, 30a on S bank of Cumberland
River, part of EASTESS’ 640a tract; wit:
James TAGERT, Thomas EASTISS; 24 Jun 1805
46 Samuel
A. SMITH to Daniel LEWIS, 274a on Cumberland River about 100-300 yds. above the
mouth of Cub Creek; land originally granted to Thomas CAMPBELL; wit: Johnathan MAY, Phillip LEWIS; 17 Jan 1805
47 Thomas
CLINTON to Thomas SMITH, 50a on Wells Creek, adj. John REED, John HUGHES;
wit: Robert COOPER, John H. HYDE; 16 Dec
1805
48 Robert
LANCASTER to Elizabeth CAIN, 50a on S side of Cumberland River; land was part
of 1801 sale for delinquent 1797 taxes of Thomas ARMSTRONG; wit: George PETTY, Jeremiah NORROD; 29 Jul 1805
49 James
ROBERTSON (Davidson Co.) to William McGEE, 320a adj. Wilson RANDLE; land was
part of 640a grant to Thomas FERN; wit:
Peyton ROBERTSON, Ab McGEE; 7 Oct 1805
50 John
REED (Caswell Co., NC) to Thomas CLINTON, 365a on Wells Creek; wit: W. P. ANDERSON, William R. BELL; 7 Nov 1804
51 Elizabeth
CAIN to Richard NUCKOLLS (Robertson Co.), 50a on S side of Cumberland River;
land was part of 1801 sale for delinquent 1797 taxes of Thomas ARMSTRONG;
wit: L. T. JOHNSON, Augustine COOK; 10
Sep 1805
52 William
McGEE to Adam McGEE, 160a adj. William McGEE; land was part of 640a NC grant to
Thomas FERN; wit: Thomas McGEE, William
WHITESIDE; 15 Oct 1805
53 William
PRYOR to William HAYNES, 314a; wit:
Benjamin DOWNS, W. M. HICKS; 4 Mar 1805
54 William
CONNELL (tax collector) to William P. ANDERSON (Davidson Co.), 640a on Wells
Creek adj. John REED, John HAYS; land was originally NC grant #1634 to Richard
ARMSTRONG on 23 Feb 1793; land was sold 2 Feb 1801 for delinquent 1799 taxes;
wit: Etheldred WILLIAMS, Curtis GRAY; 1
Dec 1804
57 Gutheridge
LYONS (Montgomery Co.) to William LYONS, 350a on N side of Cumberland River,
above the mouth of Wells Creek, near a branch that runs into the river at
LYONS’ Landing, nearly opposite where Yancey THORNTON lives; land was part of a
2560-acre grant to Lt. HARGROVES, conveyed by him to LYONS; wit: Yancey THORNTON, James C. BROWN; 7 Sep 1805
58 Henry
SMALL (Montgomery Co. Sheriff) to Robert NELSON (Montgomery Co.), 1000a on S
side of Cumberland River on Bear Creek,
about 6 miles below the first timbered island below _____ Creek; land was sold
for delinquent taxes of John DAVIDSON; DAVIDSON acquired the land 5 Apr 1785 by
grant #1080, as assignee of Thomas BRANDON; wit: William R. BELL, B. W. POLLARD, P. W.
HUMPHREYS; 5 Mar 1805
61 Martin
WELLS to Etherington ROCHEL, 111a on Guices Creek, ; land was part of 500a
tract formerly belonging to Charles THOMPSON & Hardy VOLENTINE; wit: James TAGERT, John WARDEN; 10 Mar 1806
62 George
M. DEADERICK (Nashville) to William OUTLAW (Sumner Co.), 1000a on Lick Creek
about 2.5 miles from the river; 25 Jan 1805
63 David
OUTLAW to William OUTLAW, power of attorney to sell his land in North Carolina;
wit: P. W. HUMPHREYS, Robert WEST; 18
Sep 1805
64 Sampson
WILLIAMS, executor of Peter TURNEY (Smith Co.) to William OUTLAW, 640a in two
tracts: (1) 320a on the S side of
Cumberland River opposite the timbered island below Cross Creeks, adj. Absolam
BURGESS; land was granted by NC #8 to Thomas MALLOY on 18 Oct 1787; (2) 320a
adj. the first tract on the river; land was granted by NC #28 to Thomas MALLOY
on 8 Oct 1787; wit: Dancey McCRUREE,
John H. BROWN; 16 Feb 1806
66 William
P. ANDERSON (Federal Bottom) to Wilson FROST (Montgomery Co.), 250a on Guices
Creek, adj. Robert SEARCY, George WALKER; land was originally granted to Daniel
HILLON then conveyed to ANDERSON; 25 Nov 1805
67 George
BOYD to Thomas ALMOND, 119a on S bank of Cumberland River, adj. FERN; wit: Joel BOYD, Mary BOYD; 24 Jun 1805
68 Duncan
STEWART (Montgomery Co.) to John HARVEY (Montgomery Co.), 242a on Guices Creek,
adj. Lewis BROCK; land was part of 1000a grant to STEWART; wit: Walter STEWART, Lewis BROCK; 11 Jul 1799
70 Samuel
LUTON to Isaac BRUNSON, 500a above & below the mouth of Saline Creek;
wit: George PETTY, Benjamin DOWNS; 6 May
1806
71 George
BOYD to William CROUSE, 21a on Wells Creek, adj. Phillip HORNBERGER, CROUSE’s
30a survey; land was part of the tract BOYD lives on; wit: James TAGERT, Phillip HORNBERGER; 17 Jun 1806
72 Robert
SEARCY (Nashville) and William LYTLE (Nashville) to Sterling MAY (Davidson
Co.), 640a on the east side of Wells Creek, adj. John BOYD; land was originally
granted to Samuel BARTON, then sold by the Montgomery Co. Sheriff on 16 Nov
1799; wit: John CAFFERY, A. McREYNOLDS;
13 Jan 1802
73 John MANN
(Davidson Co.) to Thomas OVERTON (Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC), 640a on
the head of Barrett’s Creek, adj. MANN’s tract #1471 as assignee of the heirs
of Wiatt WARWICK; wit: Edward DELORNE,
James HOLMES, Robert HOLMES; 15 Sep 1800
75 John
REED (by attorney W. P. ANDERSON of Caswell Co., NC) to Thomas SMITH
(Montgomery Co.), 265.25a adj. BOYD’s 375a tract; original tract contains and
excludes 99.75 acres claimed by Carroll SHELBY; wit: Robert BRUNSON; 15 Aug 1805
77 John
POLK (Christian Co., Ky.) to Benjamin W. POLK, two mares and a colt; wit: Charles POLK, John POLK; 25 Aug 1806
77 William
LINDSAY to James POLK, deed of gift of a bay mare & sorrel colt; wit: John ALLEN; 2 Jun 1806