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From: "gildent" <>
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] TEAS
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:09:13 -0600
References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030129075340.017a92d0@mail.cwnet.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20030129195321.0159e498@mail.cwnet.com>


Just wondering if you know if your Teas had any connections with the
Gilmore's??
Caroline
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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] TEAS


> Thanks Caroline for looking. I'll take the crumbs.
> Patricia
>
>
>
> At 07:07 PM 1/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Patricia,
> > Sorry there were no Teas listed. There was an Abraham Teal
> >listed in Davidson COunty as having been in the 1787 Chicamauga Indian
> >Expedition and I wondered if perhaps his name could have been Teas
instead
> >of Teal, but that is the only crumb I found in the book on the Teas or
any
> >name close to it.
> >Sorry!
> >Caroline
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:54 AM
> >Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] "Preemptors" of Rev. War Grants Look ups
> >
> >
> > > Are there any Teas in the book?
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help
> > > Patricia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:03 PM 1/27/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >Hello!
> > > > I've noticed it's been a little slow on the list lately and I
thought
> >I'd
> > > >take a minute and tell ya'll about a book I've been reading. It
> > > >is called "The Preemptors, Middle Tennessee's FIrst Settlers"
> > > >Vol.1,of a series of Early Tennessee Land Records by Irene
> > > >Griffey. According to the book when North Carolina promised to pay
the
> >Rev.
> > > >War soldiers in land and in 1782 made most of Middle Tennessee
including
> > > >what is now Dickson County a Miliatary Reservation, the goverment
found
> >that
> > > >settlers were already living on some of the land before it could be
given
> >in
> > > >"land grants" to the soldiers. So, the state of North Carolina sent
three
> > > >men, Anthony Bledsoe, Isaac Shelby and Absalom Tatum
> > > >to survey the boundaries and to settle up with the current settlers
by
> > > >granting them "pre-emption" certificiates. Each head of family and
single
> > > >male over the age of 21 and living on the land before JUne of 1780
was
> > > >entitled to a grant of 640 acres. The author cautions that it may not
> >even
> > > >have been the "original" settler on the land, but it was the persons
that
> > > >the appointed trio found on the land in 1782-3 and determined that
person
> >to
> > > >be eligable.The second part of the book lists the PAYROLL OF MILITIA
> > > >OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS ON AN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CHICAMAUGA INDIANS
IN
> > > >1787 from what was to be Davidson and Sumner Counties. If any of you
are
> > > >researching HUGH HENRY, I found he was living on Cedar Creek in the
book
> >and
> > > >was granted 640 acres in 1782!!!!! If any of you have ancestors you
have
> > > >traced back to that time period in this area I will be glad to look
it up
> > > >and see if they are in the book for you, I don't think that this book
is
> >a
> > > >complete listing of every person, but it does have 484 listings of
> > > >preemptors. Well,
> > > >have a great night everyone!
> > > >Caroline
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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