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Petition signed by 200 from French Broad and Holston Country, dated 1813, from citizens south of French Broad and Holston bet the Rivers Tennessee and Big Pigeon, asking the State for relief of the debt owed for their land, due to the scarcity of specie (money) due to the aggression of the enemy . . . "the state removing the land would turn out many hundreds of families out of the houses and homes they have had for many years -- many grants were issued by the State of North Carolina for lands in this district which cover nearly one half of the land." |
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This district was
formed on the bounds of the tract mentioned in the 1796 Tennessee
State Constitution, Declaration of Rights, Section 31: That
the people residing south of the French Broad and Holston, bet
the rivers Tennessee and the Big Pigeon, are entitled to the
right of pre-emption and occupancy in that tract. Even
mentioned in the U. S. Congressional Act of 1806: . . .
the people residing in said State, south of French Broad and
Holston, and west of the Big Pigeon Rivers provided for by the
Constitution of the State of Tennessee, shall be secured in their
respective rights of occupancy and pre-emption. . . Most
of the boundary rivers, above, have gone through name changes
since 1790's. The river above Kingston but before Knoxville that
was originally called the Holston, later became the Tennessee.
The Big Pigeon became the Pigeon, and the then Tennessee is now
the Little Tennessee. The southern line of this tract would cross
over and into Cherokee lands. The dividing boundary was established
in the 2 July 1791, Blounts Treaty, also called the Treaty
of Holston. The southern area of Blount County reached past the
treaty line. It was not unusual for the county lines or even
the later Surveyors District lines to cross treaty lines,
only later to be open to legal settlement. In 1797, the Hawkins
Line was surveyed. That line ran east-southeast from Kingston
to Blanket Mountain, later being extended to Megis
Post near Clingman Dome on Iron Mountain. 47 In the Treaty
of Tellico, 2 Oct 1798, the Cherokees ceded more land in the
southwest of Blount County, south of the original Hawkin0146s
Line. Here the boundaries were extended southerly and also eastward
to the Chilhowie Mountain area. At the conclusion of the treaty
of Tellico a tract of land in southeast Blount County still remained
in Cherokee hands.
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District South of the French Broad & Holston |
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The 1806 East Tennessee Districts . . . District south of the French Broad & Holston [now called Little Tennessee River] . . . Located in East Tennessee . . . District Office was located at Sevierville. The 1819 East Tennessee District . . . the Hiwassee District located in southern East Tennessee . . . lands lately acquired by treaty from the Cherokee tribe of Indians, lying bet the Hiwassee, Big Tennessee and Little Tennessee Rivers, and north of Little Tennessee... North of the Little Tennessee? This was the land in southeast Blount County that can found on various treaty boundary line maps . . . In 1833, it became lawfulto make entries...for any vacant and un-appropriated land lying in Blount County, within the Hiwassee District... |
p. 96, line 2: Samuel Patterson, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 f. 50-60, 1 f. 80-90, 6 slaves.p. 2: Another Samuel Patterson.p. 5: Caleb Patterson (mistranscribed in printed census as Cobb Patterson), 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 3 females under 5, 1 female 20-30; two pages earlier lived Samuel & David Patterson; two pages further lived possible father Charles 40-50 and brothers Cornelius and George, both 20-30.p. 7, lines 19-21: Charles Patterson, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15. 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 30-40; lived bet Cornelius Patterson as 1 male 20-30, 3 females under 5, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 60-70; and George Patterson as 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30.William T. Patterson and his sister Priscilla Patterson (in husband Joseph Longley's household) were in McMinn Co., TN by the 1830 census, and in Bradley Co., TN, for 1840 census. |
Book 1, p.
131
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