Tennessee Company Land Grant
Collection consists of an original document confirming the sale of land (four million acres, much of which already had Cherokee and Creek Indian inhabitants) from the state of Georgia to the Tennessee Company, owned by Zachariah Cox and Matthias Maber. The item was signed on January 24, 1795. It specifies the amount of land and its boundaries, marking beginning and ending areas with waterways like Bear Creek and the Tennessee River.
Dates
- 1795 January 24
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Colletion consists of an original document confirming the sale of land (four million acres, much of which already had Cherokee and Creek Indian inhabitants) from the state of Georgia to the Tennessee Company, owned by Zachariah Cox and Matthias Maber. The item was signed on January 24, 1795. It specifies the amount of land and its boundaries, marking beginning and ending areas with waterways like Bear Creek and the Tennessee River.
Biographical / Historical
The Tennessee Company was created by Zachariah Cox in an attempt to settle Northern Alabama and Georgia and East Tennessee. Cox was likely born in 1765 and acted as a land surveyor before moving on to larger business ventures. He was involved in several political schemes in Georgia and Tennessee, eventually leading to his arrest in Nashville. He moved back to Virginia in his later years and died in 1838. No biographical information is available for Matthias Maber.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository