Montgomery County, Tennessee, Land Entries 1824-1827 The following are entries, or applications, made to the state of Tennessee to purchase the vacant and unoccupied land in Montgomery County. These entries were compiled from state records dating from October 14, 1824 through April 12, 1871. Although compiled numerically from 1 through 597, this may not be a complete list. The list was found among the collection of land records accumulated by Attorney-General Matt G. Lyle and appears to have been compiled for his use in running titles back to the first land owners of the original grants from the State of Tennessee. Since Tennessee land fell at different times under the control of three different governments (1) North Carolina, (2) the United States Government and finally under (3) Tennessee, the struggles for control and disposal of that land left many records which are still not completely categorized. Tennessee land, before statehood, was called North Carolina's western land and was occupied by Indians. North Carolina did not have money to pay the soldiers who served in The North Carolina Continental Line and in order to entice them into service, she promised to pay them with land from the western part of that state (now Tennessee). The final result of the revolutionary war determined North Carolina was owner of this land but first it had to be obtained from the Indians by treaty, which was not easy. This map depicts the various Indian treaties for land in Tennessee as it was obtained from the Indians before it was legally transferred to individuals. The map was copied from Charles C. Royce, The 18th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1896-1897, Government Printing Office, 1904. Montgomery County fell in District One, which was the Military Land District, in the area north and east of the Congressional Reservation Line - the line between East and West Tennessee.
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Montgomery County, Tennessee, Land Entries 1824-1827
The following are entries, or applications, made to the state of Tennessee to purchase the vacant
and unoccupied land in Montgomery County. These entries were compiled from state records dating
from October 14, 1824 through April 12, 1871. Although compiled numerically from 1 through 597, this
may not be a complete list. The list was found among the collection of land records accumulated by
Attorney-General Matt G. Lyle and appears to have been compiled for his use in running titles back to
the first land owners of the original grants from the State of Tennessee.
Since Tennessee land fell at different times under the control of three different governments (1)
North Carolina, (2) the United States Government and finally under (3) Tennessee, the struggles for
control and disposal of that land left many records which are still not completely categorized. Tennessee
land, before statehood, was called North Carolina's western land and was occupied by Indians. North
Carolina did not have money to pay the soldiers who served in The North Carolina Continental Line and
in order to entice them into service, she promised to pay them with land from the western part of that
state (now Tennessee). The final result of the revolutionary war determined North Carolina was owner
of this land but first it had to be obtained from the Indians by treaty, which was not easy.
This map depicts the various Indian treaties for land in Tennessee as it was obtained from the Indians before it was legally
transferred to individuals. The map was copied from Charles C. Royce, The 18th Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology 1896-1897, Government Printing Office, 1904.
Montgomery County fell in District One, which was the Military Land District, in the area north
and east of the Congressional Reservation Line - the line between East and West Tennessee.
Eventually, North Carolina was enticed to cede her land to the United States and the Tennessee
area became known as the United States Territory South of the River Ohio. North Carolina, however,
reserved the right to continue to issue grants to all persons who held outstanding warrants from her for
land and also reserved the right to continue to issue new warrants to any of her revolutionary soldiers
who had not received their warrants. This restriction prevented ANY warrants being issued by the new
Territory South of the River Ohio and the only grant issued by them was for establishment of the town of
Pulaski.
Finally, North Carolina, the United States South of the River Ohio and the State of Tennessee
agreed to the Compact of 1806, which finally allowed Tennessee to issue grants but she still was
hampered by the stagnant land law of North Carolina and was allowed only to issue the grants that
would have been issued by North Carolina had she retained control.
The State of Tennessee passed many land laws before any actual granting took place. The land
left for Tennessee to sell was the vacant and unoccupied land left between the patchwork North Carolina
grants. This land has been referred to as "bits and pieces" but in some cases it amounted to as much as
5,000 acres and in other cases only a few acres. Usually, this land was sold to the person who already
owned adjoining land. In some cases, however, there was sufficient land for a new purchaser to
purchase a large tract and sell off any unwanted acres.
The entries listed below are the first land grants the State of Tennessee made for land in
Montgomery County. To purchase this land, it was necessary for the prospective purchaser to follow the
same method as that previously followed by the state of North Carolina. The purchaser made an entry
for the land and received a warrant from the state to have the land surveyed and eventually received
title issued by the State of Tennessee.
It took a very long time to completely transfer all of the land in Tennessee to individuals. By
legislative act of 1903, chapter 416, the State of Tennessee legislated a disclaimer from making any
further granting of the land as follows:
"...if the State owns any lands, which have never been granted, they should not be given away by
the State, but should be sold at their actual value, and the proceeds turned into the school funds...
"...if the State does not own any lands, it should not be a party to the fraudulently granting of
such lands.
"Therefore. . . all laws and parts of laws authorizing land grants in the State be, and the same are
hereby repealed."
Entry # Locator Grant # Acres Grantee Date
1 Reaves, James 82 160 Reaves, James Oct 15, 1824
2 Brown, James 73 63 Brown, James Oct. 14, 1824
3 Ramsey, Wm. P. 80 50 Ramsey, Wm. P. Oct. 15, 1824
4 Walker, James 79 106 Walker, James Oct. 15, 1824
5 Roark, Charles 82 50 Roark, James Oct. 15, 1824
6 Keesee, John 1633 35 Keesee, John June 24,1825
7 Steele, John 1626 60 Steele, John June 24,1825
8 Grant, Joshua 1625 52 Grant, Joshua June 24,1825
9 Pounds, David 84 160 Pounds, David Oct 15, 1824
10 Stokes, John 65 55 Stokes, John Oct 14, 1824
11 Wilson, Sanford 68 50 Wilson, Sanford Oct 14, 1824
12 Garrett, Wm. 71 38 Garrett, Wm. Oct 14, 1824
13 McCorkle, Robert 64 55 McCorkle, Robert Oct 14, 1824
14 Stark, Adam 67 128 Adam, Stark Oct 14, 1824
15 Lisenby, Henry 66 34 Lisenby, Henry Oct 14, 1824
16 Johnson, Able 1631 100 Johnson, Able June 24,1825
17 Walker, Sandy 3544 152 Walker, Tandy June 26, 1826
18 Parker, William 3538 80 Parker, William June 26, 1826
19 Smith, Joseph 86 80 Smith, Joseph Oct 15, 1824
20 Moody, Martha 1623 152 Moody, Martha June 24,1825
21 Stagner, John 1629 110 Stagner, John June 24,1825
22 White, R. M. 1630 45 White, R. M. Nov 2, 1826
23 Barrett, J. & C. Johnson 3551 300 Barrett, J. & C. Johnson June 26, 1826
24 Keesee, John 2738 65 Keesee, John Nov 2, 1825
25 Martin, Joseph 72 50 Martin, Joseph Mar 20, 1830
26 Marr, G.W.L. 10012 124 Marr, G.W.L. Mar 20, 1830
27 Hatter, David R. 3545 50 Hatter, David R. June 26, 1825
28 McCorkle, Robert 78 64 McCorkle, Robert Oct 15, 1824
29 Rogers, Matthew 1632 60 Rogers, Matthew June 24,1825
30 Nelson, Bazel 1627 50 Nelson, Bazel June 24,1825