Land tenure -- Tennessee -- Jefferson County.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fifth Survey District of Tennessee's Land Survey Book
Collection
Identifier: MS-2424
Abstract
This collection consists of the Fifth Survey District of Tennessee's land entry survey book for the years 1811- 1815. It includes sketches and descriptions of land bought and sold in the area, names of land owners and descriptions of their property, and sketches of land plots in Knox, Claiborne, Anderson, Jefferson, Grainger, and Sevier Counties during these years.
Dates:
1811-1815
Joseph W. Headrick Land Grant
Collection
Identifier: MS-0921
Abstract
This land grant gives Joseph W. Headrick and his heirs a tract of 231 acres in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It includes a handwritten description of the boundaries (surveyed on April 27, 1837) and was witnessed by James K. Polk on November 23, 1839.
Dates:
1839 April 15
William Doherty, James Doherty, and S. Johnson Ledger
Collection
Identifier: MS-0259
Abstract
In 1796, William Doherty began using this ledger to keep track of the sales he made in his general store. The items he carried included corn, whiskey, venison, beef, horse feed, fabric (including silk), casket ornaments, and sundries. James Doherty took over his business in 1800 and continued the ledger until February of 1803. The ledger then remained unused until 1870, when an otherwise unknown S. Johnson of Bellefonte (Jackson County) Alabama began using it to keep track of the business...
Dates:
1796 September 1-1803 February 8, 1870-1881 November 20