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Thoroughfare For Freedom
The Second Atlas of the Cumberland Settlements
1779 - 1804

Gateway to the West
Gateway to the West – David Wright, Artist

 

Volume II - Thoroughfare For Freedom 
The Second Atlas of the Cumberland Settlements
1779 - 1804  

Publication May 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 is 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 expanded areas.  The new focus area is all or portions of 15 counties of the original Cumberland and Duck River Region.

Focus Area Volume II

 

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, James Davis, John Davis, William Dobbins, John Donelson, James Graham, Edward Harris, David Hay, Robert Hays, Edwin Hickman, Thomas Hickman, Thomas Johnson, William Maclin, John Mann, John Martin, Ephraim McLean, David McRee, Thomas Molloy, James Mulherin, William Murray, William Nash, Robert Nelson, John Payton, 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 - 696 men and women receiving 1380 North Carolina land grants.  (This portion commenced June 1, 2009 and as grants are placed they will be added here - completion of grant placements July 25, 2010) Images of each grant & surveyor plats included as well as transcriptions - each placed on modern day maps.

    Alexander Acquard, Timothy Acuff, Jacob Adams, David Adkins, Simon Alderson, Ebenezer Alexander, Ezekiel Alexander, George Alexander, Matthew Alexander, Robert Alexander, Stephen Alexander, Capt William Alexander, John Allen, Mary Allen, Lt. Walter Allen, William Allen, John Allison, Thomas Allison, Daniel Anderson, David Anderson, William Anderson, James Andrews, James Anthony, Jonathan Anthony, Thomas Archer, Robert Archibald, Charles Arington, Col James Armstrong, Col John Armstrong, Martin Armstrong, Capt Thomas Armstrong, Capt William Armstrong, Capt Samuel Ashe, Joseph Atkins, Charleton Atkinson

    John Bailey, John Baker, Hezekiah Barnes, Robert Barnet, Henry Barns, Betsy Barrow, James Barrow, Sherrod Barrow, Redmond Dillon Barry, Gabriel Barton, Samuel Barton, George Henry Baryer, Amos Baulch, Andrew Bay, John Lewis Beard, Lewis Beard, William Beck, William Bell, Jesse Benton, David Bizzell, Anthony Black heirs, William Black, William Blackfan, James Blair, Thomas Blair, John Blair, Anthony D. Bledsoe, Benjamin Hodges Blount, John Gray Blount, John Gray & Thomas Blount, Major Reading Blount, Thomas Blount, William Blount, Surgeon Joseph Blyth, John Bond, Wright Bond, John & James Bonner, James Robertson Bosley, Andrew Bostian, Major Robert Bowman, Andrew Boyd, John Boyd, John Boyd Jr., 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, Sterling Brewer, Thelford & George Brewer, ``Christopher Brooks, Stephen Brooks, John Brown & John Davis, James Brown, Morgan Brown, William Joseph Daniel & George Brown, John Buchanan, Samuel Buchanan, Samuel Budd, Ambrose Bull, Thomas Burgess, William Bush, Eusebus Bushnell & William Dobbins, ` John Butler, William Buxton, James Byrnes

    John Caffery, Daniel Campbell, James Campbell, Stephen Cantrell, Robert Caper, Andrew Carnahan, James Carson, Capt Benjamin Carter, Landon Carter, Robert Casbol, Jacob Cassalman, Jacob & Jeremiah Casteele, Andrew Castleman, Benjamin Castleman, Benjamin Jacob & Joseph Castleman, William Caswell, George Cathey Sr., George Cathey & William Campbell, Richard Cathey, William Cathey, Daniel Chambers, Capt Francis Child, Samuel Churchell, John Civil, Isaac Clark, Lardner Clark, Vachel Clark, John Clendening, Joseph Cloud, John Coart, Jesse Cobb, William Cocke, William Cockran, John Cockrill, Benjamin Coleman, Nicholas, Conrad, Nicholas Conrod, Robert Cooper, Thomas Cotton, James Council, Edward Cox, Thomas Cox, James Craven, Richard Cross, Raiford Crumpler, George Cummins

    Richard Dallain, John Darden, Enoch Dauge, George Davidson, William Davidson, John Davidson, Benjamin Davis, David Savis, Elisha Davis, John Davis, Joshua Davis, Thomas Davis, Lt. Col. William Davis, George M. Deadrick, Cosimo De Medius, Thomas Dickey, Edward Dickson, James Dickson, John Dickson, Joseph Dickson, William Dix, Tilman Dixon, William Dobins, Major George Doherty, John Donelson, John & Samuel Donelson, Stockley Donelson, Stockley Donelson & William Tyrrell, William Donelson, Thomas Donoho, William Donoho, James Douge, David Douglas, Ezekiel Douglas, James Douglass, Robert Douglass, William Douglass, Morgan Drury, Guilford Dudley, Charles Dungeth, Peter Dunnick

    Capt John Eburn, John Elliot, John Elliott, Simon Elliott, Thomas Elliott, Joseph Ellison, Robert Espey, Alexander Ewing

    Richard Fenner, William Ferebee Capt, James Flack, William Fleming, Elias Ford, John Ford, Thomas Ford, Elias Fort, John Foreman, Anthony Foster, John Fowler heir of James Fowler, John Frances, George Francesco

    Anthony Gains, James Gallaspie, William Gallaspie, Thomas Gallispie, James Galloway, Bradley Gambill, John Garrall, Charles Gerrard, William Gilbert, William Gilbreath, William Gilbreath & Jeremiah Chamberland, Charles Gerrard, James Gill, William Gill, James Gillingham, Charles Gilmore, David Gilston, John Ginnings, Jonathan Gise, James Glasgow, Michael Gleaves, Michal Gleaves, William Goad, Andrew Goff, 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, Reubin Grant, Francis Graves, Jonathan Graves, Alexander Green & James Robertson, Andrew Green, Dr. James West Green, John Greenaway, General Nathanael Greene, Andrew Greer, Ann Greer, Thomas & Alexander Greer, William Gubbins, Christopher Guice, Edward Gwin

    Capt Joshua Hadley, Thomas Hafler, Clement Hall, James Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, William Hamilton, John Harden, William Hardin, Frederick Harget, William Hargrove, Israel Harmond, James Harris, Samuel Harris, Maj Thomas HarrisCapt 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, Robert & John Hays, Theophilus Hays, Thomas Hays, John Haywood, Robert Heaton, Archibald Henderson, Joseph Hendricks, Hugh Henry Senr, Isaac Henry, James Henry, John Herley, Mary Henry, Benjamin Herndon, Thomas Hickman, Daniel Hicks, Henry Hiland, Dan Hill, Green Hill, Daniel Hilton, Joseph Hinds, James Hogg, Thomas Hogg, James Holland, Lt Hardy Holmes, John Hord, Archibald Houston, James Houston, Joseph Howard, John Howell, John Huck, James Huggins, Anderson Hunt, Memucan Hunt, James Hunter, Theophilies Hunter

    James Ives, James Irwin, Joseph Irwin, Robert Irwin

    Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson & Samuel Donelson, William Jackson, Dempsey Jenkins, Edmond Jennings, Willoughby Jervis, Benjamin Johnston, Thomas Johnson, James Johnston, John Johnston, Ambrose Jones, Hardy Jones, Henry Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Philip Jones, Shadrack Jones, Tignall Jones, Daniel Joslin, David Justice

    Joseph Kemp, James Kendey, Abraham Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, John Kerr, Joseph Kerr, Samuel Kerr, Thomas Kilgore, Joseph Kilpatrick, John Kingsborough, John Kirkpatrick, Michael Kirkpatrick, John Knox, John Koin, Gottlob Krauss

    Joel Lain, Col. Gideon Lamb, Aaron Lambert, Abraham Landers, William Lanair, John Lancaster, Alexander Lanier, John Larkin, Lt. Nathaniel Laurence, Hugh Leeper, James M. Lewis, Joel Lewis, William Terrel Lewis, Silas Linton, James Lock, Mathew Lock, John Locke, Hugh Logan, William Loggins, John Logue, Nicholas Long, Thomas Love, Edward Lucas, James Lyndzey, Stephen Lynn, Lt Col Archibald Lytle, William Lytle

    John Mackey, William Maclin, John Mann, Robert Marley, Archibald Marlin, John Marshall, William Marshall, Governor Alexander Martin, George Martin Richard Martin & Amos Balch, Joseph Martin, Samuel Martin, Capt William Martin, Thomas Massey, Nicholas Matlock, William Matlock, Samuel Maxwell, Joseph McClammey, Samuel McCleary, Robert McConnel, Robert McCormick, James McCrory, Thomas McCrory, Benjamin McCulloh, James McCuistion, James McCusster Jr., John McCutchin, Thomas McDavid, Joseph McDowell, John McFarland, Daniel McKissick, James McKissick, Ephraim McLean, John McNairy, William McNeeley, Maj Griffith John McRee, John McRorey, James Mebane, Col William Mebane, Capt John Medearis, Adam Meek, James Mences, Thomas Micajah, James Middleton, John Milligan, Benjamin Mills, Robert Mitchel, John Mitchell, Joseph Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, William Mitchell, Thomas Molloy, Thomas Moncrieff, Capt Joseph Montfort, William Moore, John Moran, William Morrison, Joseph Mosley, Samuel Mosley, Samuel Motheral, John Motherell, James Cole Mountflorence, James Mulherin, John Mulherin, Melone Mullin, Col Hardy Murfree, Titus Murray, 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, John Nowland

    Elijah Oliver, 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, James Pearson, Thomas Person, Elisha Phelps, Caleb Phifer, Martin Phifer, Martin Phifer Sr., David Phillips, Philip Phillips, Philip Phillips & Michael Campbell, John Pierce, Gideon Pillow, George Pirtle, 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

    John Rains, Mills Ramsey, Benjamin Fitz Randolph, Robert Raper, William Ray, James Reace, Nancy & Elizabeth Reardon, Jordan Reaves, Jesse Reed, John Reed, 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 Richards, James Richardson, Francis Right, Abraham Riston, Alexander Robertson, David Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Elizabeth Robertson, Felix Robertson & John Jackson, James Robertson, James Robertson & John Davis, James Robertson & Alexander Greer, James Robertson & Joseph Greer, James Robertson & Hugh Leeper, James Robertson & John Rains, James Frier Robertson, James R. Robertson, Mark Robertson, Michael Robertson, Mary Rogers heiress, Daniel Rose, Joseph Ross, William Ross, James Royal heirs, Cornelius Ruddell, James Russell, Samuel Russell, Thomas Russell, Robert Spotswood Russell, General Griffith Rutherford, Henry Rutherford, Sarah Rutledge, Thomas Rutledge, Thomas Rutledge Jr.

    Abraham Sanders, James Sanders, William Sanders, Samuel Sanford, Miller Sawyers, Sampson Sawyers, James Scott, Marmaduke Scott, Bennet Searcy, Robert Searcy, John Sevier, William Sexton, Philip Shackler, Richard Shaffer, Anthony Sharpe, Anthony Sharpe & Thomas Dugan, Daniel Shaw, Robert Shaw, Evan Shelby, Col Isaac Shelby, John Shelby, Moses Shelby, William Sheppard, William Sheppard & James Robertson, William Sherrin, Jacob Shores, Peter Short, Jesse Shute, Isidore Skerrett, William Slade, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith, David Smith, John Smith, Oliver Smith, Robert Smith, Col Robert Smith, Robert Washington Smith, William Smith & John Davis, Austin Spain, Robert Stamland, Jesse Steed, Charles Stewart, Duncan Stewart, Duncan Stewart & James Robertson, Robert Stewart, Aquilla Sugg, George Augustus Sugg, Noah Sugg, John Summers, Brig Gen Jethro Sumner, Bailey Sutton

    Matthew Talbot, Thomas Talbot, Maj Absolom Tatum, Bainard Tatum, Barnard Tatum, Bernard Tatum, Howell Tatum, Howell Tatum & William Lytle, Howell Tatum & Henry Wiggins, Jesse Taunt, William Taunt, Archibald Taylor, James Thaxton, Benjamin Thomas, Micijah Thomas, Philemon Thomas, James Thompson, Jason Thompson, Robert Thompson, Rosiah Thompson, Thomas Thompson, Thomas & Samuel Thompson, James Todd, Roger Topp, William Toteville, Ozwald Towns, Richard Trotter, John Trousdale, James Tucker, William Turnbull, Oliver Tuton, William Tuton, Owen Tyler, William Tyrrell, William Tyrrell & James Easton, William Tyrrell & William Lytle

    David Vance

    Allen Walker, George Walker, Joel Wall, James Wallace, William 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, William Whitehead, John White, Bryant Whitfield, John Whitsell, Wikoff & Clark, Daniel Wilburn, Daniel Williams, Cap't Daniel Williams, Robert Williams, Sampson Williams, Turner 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, John Wood, William Wood, James Wyatt, William Wykoff & Lardner Clark

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