Bibliograph

Thoroughfare for freedom, the second atlas of the Cumberland settlements, 1779-1804, Jack Masters & Bill Puryear, Volume II

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Thoroughfare for freedom, the second atlas of the Cumberland settlements, 1779-1804, Jack Masters & Bill Puryear, Volume II

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thoroughfare for freedom

Nature of contents

bibliographydirectories

Oclc number

727066072

Responsibility statement

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear

Sub title

the second atlas of the Cumberland settlements, 1779-1804

Summary

"80 full page color maps featuring actual plats of the grants on current USGS Maps. Includes old road systems, traces, springs and other features related by the pioneer surveyors themselves. Counties included are all of Rutherford, Williamson & Wilson Counties, the remainder of Davidson & Smith Counties & portions of Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, DeKalb, Jackson, Maury, Marshall, Putnam, Sumner, & Trousdale Counties."--Publishers website

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1. The Ancient Ones -- Chapter 2. The Promised Land -- Chapter 3. Tennesseans Turn the Tide -- Chapter 4. Tribulations, Treaties, Trade and the Tennessee Land Rush -- Chapter 5. A Throughfare for Freedom -- Chapter 6. A Wealth of Opportunity -- Appendix. Slaves [Sales of slaves 1789-1804] -- Chapter 7. North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee [continuation from Volume I] -- Maps of land grants, roads, and landmarks in Middle Tennessee counties [p. 154-[234] the maps are numbered D10-K13] -- Complete all name & geographical features IndexData supplement 3. Table of contents -- North Carolina land grants in Tennessee -- Establishment of land offices -- Components required by North Carolina for land grants -- Catagories of land grants -- Military grants -- The pioneer land surveyors -- Grant placement methodology -- Common abbreviations & information -- Original names of several water courses -- Dates in formation of the Cumberland & Duck region -- Reservation & surveying lines -- Fort Nash & Old Nickajack Trace -- The First Holston Road --Miscellaneous -- Format defined for North Carolina land grants -- Grantees listed aphabetically A-Z [p. 20-555) -- Water drainages -- Bibliography -- About our index -- Index.

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Second atlas of the Cumberland settlements, 1779-1804Founding of the Cumberland settlementsCumberland and Duck River settlements

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