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Cumberland Pioneer Settlers
1779 - 1804
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Construction of Bledsoe’s Fort – Bill Puryear, Artist
A collaborative book series by Doug Drake, Jack Masters & Bill Puryear. Many years of study with three years of intensive efforts
directed to this project. We fully expect these books to be the definitive resource for current and future Historians/Genealogists. Results will be published in three books:
Volume I - Cumberland Pioneer Settlers Atlas
Target publication 2009
Not a traditional Atlas however it's
close with much, much more. This work will be a "must" for
those interested in area Pioneer History as well as Genealogists attempting to
solve family existence in this "Gateway to the early American Western Frontier".
- Focus area is all or portions of Davidson, Jackson, Macon,
Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson & Williamson counties
- Introductory summary of North
Carolina Land Grants and how they were awarded
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The Officials and Surveyors
involved in granting of the land
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Pioneer Grant Holders - Over 700 North Carolina land
grants transcribed, complete with surveyor plats
- North Carolina designated "Public
Lick Areas", Nashborough and Davidson Academy
- Maps - Earliest Indian trails, Traces and
Jury Roads
- Signers of the Cumberland Compact with
a biographical sketch of each
- Summary and detailed location of all
known
Pioneer sites
- Maps - detailed location of all grants and public areas on
current topographical maps
- Pictures of trace segments, fords and like images
- All name index
- See Volume I for a more detailed summary of contents
Volume II - Cumberland Pioneer Settlers Atlas
Target publication 2009
A continuation of Part I, expanding the focus to primarily Cheatham, Montgomery &
Robertson counties with additional emphasis on the network of roads to Kentucky
and how they are linked to the road systems in Tennessee.
- Focus area is all or portions of
Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner & Macon counties
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Pioneer Grant Holders - Number of
grants is growing as placements are being made currently
- Maps - Earliest Indian trails, Traces and
Jury Roads
- Summary and detailed location of all
known
Pioneer sites
- Maps - detailed location of all grants and public areas on
current topographical maps
- Pictures of trace segments, fords and like images
- All name index
- See Volume II for a more detailed summary of contents
Volume III - Thoroughfare For Freedom
Target publication 2010
The story of where we came from, how we
got here, the land we settled and the society we created. While many
pioneers planted deep roots in the Cumberland River Valley most continued to
West Tennessee, down the Natchez Trace to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, to
Arkansas and Texas and ultimately to California and the west coast.
- Introduction
- Just Before Dawn
- Treaties, Trinkets and Treacheries
- "I Have Broken Your Land Stealer Against A Tree"
- Sunrise On The Cumberland
- Thunder On The Cumberland
- The Cumberland - Gateway to the West
- Triumph of the Rule of Law - A Society Creating Itself
- Biographies and Pioneer Portraits
- Evidences of Pioneer Life Today
- Conclusion and Summary
- See Volume III for a more detailed summary of contents
Please submit for notification concerning publication of our books to:
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Copyright © 2007 - 2008 by Doug Drake, Bill Puryear & Jack Masters. All rights reserved.
These pages may be freely linked, however use of any Content is protected under Title 17, U. S.
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