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Thoroughfare For Freedom
1779 - 1804
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Gateway to the West – David Wright, Artist
Volume II - Thoroughfare For Freedom
Target publication 2011
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 the majority 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
- Ghostly presences
- Wandering Animals, prehistoric peccaries, buffalo, deer
- Wandering Tribesmen - Shawnees, and other northern tribes, and the Southern Tribes - Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Chickamauga, Choctaw, Creek
- Wandering Europeans - British, French, and Spanish
- Wandering Americans - The Long Hunters and the Land Hunters
- Treaties, Trinkets and Treacheries
- Who owns the land?
- To the Promised Land
- Tribute and Tribulations - The tribesmen contest the occupancy of the valley -
A Dark and Bloody Ground
- "I Have Broken Your Land Stealer Against A Tree"
- Squatters, Soldiers, Surveyors and Speculators
- The Melting Pot
- The Lay of the Land
- Sunrise On The Cumberland
- The Rule of Law and the Cumberland Compact
- The Rule of Terror
- United States or Spain - The Mero District Gambit
- Thunder On The Cumberland
- A Conflict of Cultures
- Forting Up
- The Lost, The Leavers and the Left - the Immortal
Four Hundred
- "We Are On Our Own"
- The Indians
- Retribution at Nickajack
- The Cumberland - Gateway to the West
- Ashers Trace - Ashers and its feeders as the first road system of Cumberland Country
- Holston Trace
- Fort Blount
- Other Traces
- Triumph of the Rule of Law - A Society Creating Itself
- A Litigious Bunch
- Commerce on the Cumberland
- The Role of the Militias
- Women of the Cumberland
- Schooling on the Cumberland
- Politics on the Cumberland
- Horses on the Cumberland
- Slavery on the Cumberland
- Agriculture along the Cumberland
- Demographics of the Cumberland
- Religion on the Cumberland
- Biographies and Pioneer Portraits
- Famous families including biographies of leading members
- Some not so famous
- Signers of the Cumberland Compact - what is known and how they fared
- Evidences of Pioneer Life Today
- Houses
- Known Descendants of Pioneers
- Stone Walls
- Springs
- Old Roads and Traces
- Language and Words
- Diet
- Customs and Hospitality
- Strong Family Traditions
- Defense of the Home
- Land Ownership
- Suspicion of Regulators
- Independence
- Conclusion and Summary
Book
Supplement 3 & 4
Projected to be completed 2011
Book Supplements 3 & 4 will be a continuation of our efforts in location and
transcription of North Carolina Land Grants - the increased area of focus is
noted below the red line. Additional map pages will be printed
to supplement the areas already developed and included in Parts 1 & 2.
Prior purchasers of our work will be able to enjoy the maps furnished with a seamless addition and transition to the additional areas. The
new focus area is being expanded to all or portions of 15 counties of the original
Cumberland and Duck River Region.
Surveyors and Grantees are being added below as they are placed in the additional counties.
- Land Grant officials: Martin Armstrong - Surveyor
Continental Line, Daniel Smith - Davidson County Surveyor, John Armstrong - Entry Officer and Samuel Barton - Entry Officer. The
following men were designated Deputy Surveyors in the expanded area of
coverage noted above:
Walter Braly, James Brock, Joseph Brock, Morgan Brown,
John Buchanan, Ephraim Davidson, John Davis, John Donelson, James Graham, Edward Harris, David Hay, Robert Hays, Edwin Hickman, Thomas Hickman,
William Maclin, John Mann, Ephraim McLean, David McRee, Thomas Molloy, James Mulherin, William Murray, William Nash, Robert Nelson, Ezekiel Polk, William Polk, B. William Pollock, Isaac Roberts,
Robert Russell, Henry Rutherford, James Sanders, Robert Searcy, Howell Tatum, William Tyrrell, David Vance, George Walker, Robert Weakley, Haydon Wells, Sampson Williams, George Winchester
- Pioneer Grants - 488 men
and women receiving 875 North Carolina land grants. (This portion commenced June 1, 2009 and as grants
are placed they will be added here) Images of each grant & surveyor plats included as well as transcriptions - each placed on modern day maps.
Timothy Acuff, Jacob Adams, David Adkins, Ebenezer Alexander, Ezekiel Alexander, George Alexander,
Matthew Alexander, Robert Alexander, Stephen Alexander, Capt William Alexander, John Allen, Mary Allen, Lt. Walter Allen, William Allen, Thomas Allison, David Anderson, William Anderson, Jonathan Anthony,
Thomas Archer, Robert Archibald, Col James Armstrong,
Col John Armstrong, Martin Armstrong, Capt Thomas Armstrong, Capt William Armstrong, Joseph Atkins,
Charleton Atkinson
John Baker, Hezekiah Barnes, Robert Barnet, Sherrod Barrow, Redmond Dillon Barry, Samuel Barton, Amos Baulch, John Lewis Beard, Lewis Beard, William Beck, William Bell, David Bizzell, Anthony Black heirs, William Black, William Blackfan, James Blair,
John Blair, Benjamin Hodges Blount, John Gray Blount,
John Gray & Thomas Blount, Major Reading Blount, Thomas Blount, William Blount, John Bond,
Surgeon Joseph Blyth, James Robertson Bosley, Major Robert Bowman, John Boyd, William Boyd, Andrew Boyd & John Hackett, Capt Gee Bradley, Capt James Bradley, James Bradshaw Charles McCommon & Amos Balch, Charles Braiden,
James Bradshaw - Charles McCommon & Amos Balch, Walter Braly, Col James Brandon, Robert Brank & William McLean, Alexander Breckenridge & David Looney,
James G. Brehon, Stephen Brooks, John Brown & John Davis, James Brown, Morgan Brown, John Buchanan, Samuel Buchanan, Samuel Budd, Eusebus Bushnell & William Dobbins,
John Butler, William Buxton, James Byrnes
John Caffery, James Campbell, Stephen Cantrell, Robert Caper, Andrew Carnahan, James Carson, Capt Benjamin Carter, Landon Carter, Robert Casbol, Jacob & Jeremiah Casteele, Benjamin Jacob & Joseph Castleman, William Caswell,
George Cathey Sr., William Cathey, Daniel Chambers, Lardner Clark, John Clendening, Joseph Cloud,
John Coart, Jesse Cobb, William Cocke, William Cockran, John Cockrill, Benjamin Coleman, Nicholas, Conrad, Nicholas Conrod, Thomas Cotton,
Edward Cox, Thomas Cox, Raiford Crumpler
Richard Dallain, Enoch Dauge, George Davidson, William Davidson, John Davidson, Elisha Davis, John Davis, Thomas Davis, Lt. Col. William Davis, Cosimo De Medius, Thomas Dickey, Edward Dickson, James Dickson,
John Dickson, Joseph Dickson, Tilman Dixon, Major George Doherty, John Donelson, John & Samuel Donelson, Stockley Donelson,
Stockley Donelson & William Tyrrell, James Douge, Ezekiel Douglas, Morgan Drury, Guilford Dudley, Peter Dunnick
Capt John Eburn, John Elliot, John Elliott, Simon Elliott
Richard Fenner, James Flack, John Ford, Elias Fort, John Foreman, Anthony Foster, George Francesco
Anthony Gains, James Gallaspie, William Gallaspie, Thomas Gallispie, James Galloway, Charles Gerrard, William Gilbert, William Gilbreath, William Gilbreath & Jeremiah Chamberland, Charles Gerrard, James Gill, James Gillingham,
David Gilston, John Ginnings, Jonathan Gise, James Glasgow, William Goad, William Good,
Robert Goodlow, William Goodman heirs, Soloman P. Goodrich & Sterling Wheaton, Chloe Goodwin, John Graham, Joseph Graham, Capt Richard Graham, Samuel Graham, John Granberry, James Grant, Jonathan Graves, Alexander Green & James Robertson, Andrew Green,
Dr. James West Green, General Nathanael Greene, Thomas & Alexander Greer, Christopher Guice, Edward Gwin
Capt Joshua Hadley, Thomas Hamilton, William Hardin, Frederick Harget, William Hargrove, Israel Harmond, James Harris, Samuel Harris, Capt Thomas Harris, Anthony Hart, Cumberland Hart, Chinai Hart, John Hart, Joseph Hart, Mary Ann Hart, Nathaniel Hart, R. G. Hart,
Simpson Hart, Susannah Hart, Thomas Hart, John Hays, Robert Hays, John Haywood, Robert Heaton, Joseph Hendricks, John Herley, Benjamin Herndon, Daniel Hicks, Henry Hiland, Dan Hill, Green Hill, Daniel Hilton, Joseph Hinds, Thomas Hogg, James Holland, Lt Hardy Holmes,
John Hord, Archibald Houston, James Houston, Joseph Howard,
James Huggins, Anderson Hunt, Memucan Hunt, James Hunter, Theophilies Hunter
James Ives, Joseph Irwin
William Jackson, Dempsey Jenkins, Willoughby Jervis, Benjamin Johnston, James Johnston, Ambrose Jones, Hardy Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Shadrack Jones, Tignall Jones, Daniel Joslin, David Justice
Joseph Kemp, Abraham Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, John Kerr, Joseph Kerr, Samuel Kerr, Thomas Kilgore, Joseph Kilpatrick, John Kirkpatrick, Michael Kirkpatrick
Joel Lain, Col. Gideon Lamb, Abraham Landers, William Lanair, John Lancaster, John Larkin, Lt. Nathaniel Laurence, Hugh Leeper, James M. Lewis, Joel Lewis, William Terrel Lewis, Silas Linton,
Mathew Lock, John Locke, Hugh Logan, William Loggins, Nicholas Long, Thomas Love, James Lyndzey, Lt Col Archibald Lytle, William Lytle
John Mann, Robert Marley, Archibald Marlin, John Marshall, William Marshall, Governor Alexander Martin, George Martin Richard Martin & Amos Balch, Joseph Martin, Thomas Massey, William Matlock,
Samuel Maxwell, Samuel McCleary, Robert McConnel, Robert McCormick, James McCrory,
Thomas McCrory, Benjamin McCulloh, James McCusster Jr., Thomas McDavid, Joseph McDowell, John McFarland, James McKissick, Ephraim McLean, John McNairy, William McNeeley, Maj Griffith John McRee, John McRorey,
James Mebane, Col William Mebane, Adam Meek, James Mences, Thomas Micajah, James Middleton, John Milligan, John Mitchell, Joseph Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, William Mitchell, Thomas Molloy,
Thomas Moncrieff, Capt Joseph Montfort, John Moran,
Joseph Mosley, John Motherell, James Cole Mountflorence, James Mulherin, John Mulherin, Melone Mullin, Col Hardy Murfree, Jacob Myers
Sarah Nash heiress of Frances Nash, William Nash, Andrew Neal, Lt Alexander Nelson, Maj John Nelson, Robert Nelson, Eli Newland, Anthony Newman, John Nichols, Joshua Nichols & John Webb, William Norton
William Overall, John Overton, Christopher Owens
Rebecca Parkerson, David Parkes, George Parks, Hugh Parks, Harrison Parsons, Elijah Patten, Samuel Patten Jr., Samuel Patten Jr. & Thomas Nichols, Samuel Patten Sr.,
Samuel Patterson, James Pearsall, Thomas Person, Caleb Phifer,
Martin Phifer, Martin Phifer Sr., David Phillips, Philip Phillips, Philip Phillips & Michael Campbell, John Pierce,
Ezekiel Polk Jr., James Polk, Thomas Polk, Thomas & Ezekiel Polk, Maj William Polk, William Ponder, Rees Porter, Reese Porter, John Porterfield, John Potter,
Demsey Powell, Thomas Powell, John Province, Peter Pyette
Patrick Quigley
Mills Ramsey, Benjamin Fitz Randolph, James Reace, Nancy & Elizabeth Reardon, Jordan Reaves, George Reese Jun, Jesse Renfroe, Peter Rhem, Capt Joseph Rhodes, John Rice, John & Harriet S. Rice, John Rice - Abraham Riston & Elisha Rice,
John Rice - Sapington & Company, James Richardson, Francis Right, Alexander Robertson, David Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Felix Robertson & John Jackson, James Robertson, James Robertson & John Davis,
James Robertson & Joseph Greer, James Robertson & Hugh Leeper, James Frier Robertson, James R. Robertson, Mark Robertson, Michael Robertson, Mary Rogers heiress, James Royal heirs, Cornelius Ruddell, James Russell,
Samuel Russell, Robert Spotswood Russell, Henry Rutherford, Sarah Rutledge, Thomas Rutledge, Thomas Rutledge Jr.
Abraham Sanders, William Sanders, Samuel Sanford, Miller Sawyers, Sampson Sawyers, James Scott, Marmaduke Scott, Robert Searcy, John Sevier, Anthony Sharpe, Anthony Sharpe & Thomas Dugan, Robert Shaw, Evan Shelby, Col Isaac Shelby,
Moses Shelby, William Sheppard & James Robertson, William Sherrin,
Peter Short, Jesse Shute, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith, David Smith, John Smith, Oliver Smith,
Robert Smith, Col Robert Smith, Robert Washington Smith, William Smith &
John Davis, Robert Stamland, Jesse Steed, Charles Stewart, Duncan Stewart, Duncan Stewart & James Robertson,
George Augustus Sugg, Brig Gen Jethro Sumner, Bailey Sutton
Thomas Talbott, Maj Absolom Tatum, Bainard Tatum, Bernard Tatum, Howell Tatum, Howell Tatum & William Lytle, William Taunt, James Thaxton, Benjamin Thomas, James Thompson, Jason Thompson, Robert Thompson, Rosiah Thompson,
Thomas Thompson, Thomas & Samuel Thompson, Roger Topp, William Toteville, Richard Trotter, James Tucker, Oliver Tuton, William Tuton, Owen Tyler,
William Tyrrell, William Tyrrell & James Easton, William Tyrrell & William Lytle
David Vance
George Walker, James Wallace, Ennis Ward, George Ward, James Watt, Robert Weakley, Robert Weakley & Thomas Bedford, Robert Weakley & James Weakley, Henry Welburn, John Welch, Hayden Wells, Daniel Wheaton,
Mourning Wheeler & Elizabeth Underwood, Ezekiel White, James White, John White, Bryant Whitfield, Daniel Williams,
Cap't Daniel Williams, Willoughby Williams,
Doctor Hugh Williamson, Thomas Williamson, John Wills, David Wilson, David Wilson & William Wilson,
James Wilson, James Wilson Jun'r, John Wilson, Samuel Wilson, John Womble, William Wood, William Wykoff & Lardner Clark
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