Earliest Tennessee Land Records & Earliest Tennessee Land History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806350417)

Once in a generation, someone compiles a genealogy reference work that instantly becomes a standard in its field because it aggregates a vital collection of records in one place, explains how those records originally came to be, and, in the process, promises to save its users hours of toil. Earliest Tennessee Land Records and Earliest Tennessee Land History, by Irene Griffey, is such a book. In the first portion of this book, Mrs. Griffey explains why the various county land offices were established, the six-step process for obtaining a land grant, the differences between military and other types of land grants, and, of course, how to use early Tennessee land records. The bulk of this remarkable volume, however, consists of abstracts of some 16,000 of the earliest Tennessee land records in existence, arranged in a tabular format. For each record we are given the name of the claimant, the file number, the name of the assignee (if any), the county, number of acres, grant number, date, entry number, entry date, land book and page number, and a description of the stream nearest to the grant.

Author: Irene M. Griffey
ISBN-10: 0806350415
ISBN-13: 9780806350417
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2009
Pages: 516
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.04d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 60