Land grant, 1790.

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Land grant, 1790.

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This land grant is numbered 142 out of an unknown number. It is printed and signed, but the recipient and price of the land are blank. It is signed by Zachariah Cox and witnessed by William Smith and J.S. Young.

1 item ; 25 x 18 cm.

University of Tennessee, John C. Hodges Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7305643

University of Tennessee, John C. Hodges Library

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Smith, Will

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William Smith was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1775. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584914 Moses Greenleaf, Jr., was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and pioneer Maine settler. William Smith was an agent for Eastern Lands. From the description of Autograph letter, signed, to Moses Greenleaf, 1815 Feb. 15. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 732317151 ...

Tennessee Company

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In 1790, the State of Georgia gifted four land companies, including the Tennessee Company, with tracts of land that were officially Indian lands. The actions were overturned by President Washington. The main participants in the Tennessee Company were Zachariah Cox, Matthias Maher and John Sevier. The Company had already tried to put together a fort on the lands, near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but had been driven off by the Indians. From the description of Land grant, 1790. (University ...

Sevier, John, 1745-1815

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Continental Army officer and governor of Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1778-1812. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314043 Army officer, U.S. representative from North Carolina and Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. From the description of John Sevier correspondence, 1797-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980429 ...

Maher, Matthias.

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Young, J. S.

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Cox, Zachariah

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Zachariah Cox, land speculator, involved in the Tennessee Land Company which purchased 4,000,000 acres of land in the region of Tennessee as part of the Yazoo land purchase in 1790. From the description of Letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton, 1790 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478024 Zachariah Cox of Montgomery County, Georgia, was an associate of Zachariah Cox and Company, also known as the Tennessee Company, and of the Georgia Company (both Yazoo companies...