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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Tennessee Company Land Grant, 1795 January 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

Collection consists of an original document confirming the sale of land 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 starting and ending areas with waterways like the Tennessee River and uses latitude and longitude. The document was created a year and a half before Tennessee became a state.

Dates: 1795 January 24