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  1. Tennessee land entries: John Armstrong's office; 3,236 items and 399 p.; ISBN#0-944992-60-9; price: $38.00 or NC res. $40.10;
    [contains land entries recorded in John Armstrong's office (in Hillsborough, NC) for land in Tennessee; abstracts of some surveys in South central Tennessee are included]

  2. Tennessee land entries: Military Bounty Land (1783-1841); 13,826 items on 1,591 p. + xvi;; ISBN #0-944992-61-7; price: $142.75 or NC res. $151.10;
    [contain information about ALL bounty land warrants issued by North Carolina to former members of regiments of North Carolina Continental Line; also includes information from location books from Nashville land office; information in this book is mostly from North Carolina Archives and Tennessee Archives]
  3. Military warrants (1797 & 1802), preemption warrants, an service right warrants; 141 p.; price $14.50 or NC res. $15.35
  4. Tennessee land entries: Washington Co. (John and Landon Carter's office); 3,209 entries and 488 p. + xii ; ISBN #0-944992-62-5; price: $52.00 or NC res. $54.90;
    [contains land entries recorded in Washington County, TN; entry takers were John Carter sr, Landon Carter, and John Carter jr]

  5. Tennessee land entries: Greene Co, Sullivan Co, Preemptions, Surveyor's Rights, Evans Battalion, & Miscellaneous; 5,188 items and 520 p. + xix ISBN #0-944992-69-2; price: $50.00 or NC res. $52.90;
    [contains land entries recorded in Greene Co and Sullivan Co and preemption claims, surveyor's rights, & Evans' Battalion warrants recorded in Davidson Co also contain cross reference between John Armstrong warrants & NC land grant files and some miscellaneous items]

  6. West Tennessee Surveys (1783-1788); 442 items and 79 p. ISBN #0-944992-73-0; price: $7.50 or NC Res. $7.90
    [surveys for land in West Tennessee relating to grants by North Carolina]

  7. East Tennessee Commissioners’ Minutes 1806-1818; 2,184 items and 275 p.; price: $24.50 or NC res. $25.45
    [contains minutes of East Tennessee Commissioners deliberations about North Carolina land warrants]

  8. William Maclin warrants & West Tennessee Commissioners' Decisions; 3,459 items and 294 p.; price $27.00 or NC res $28.60
  9. Valid & Invalid North Carolina Land Warrants in Tennessee; 2,780 items and 325 p.; price $28.50 or NC res. $31.40
  10. Tennessee Rivers & Creeks (1820) [water ways shows in Matthew Rhea's map of Tennessee]; price $12.00 or NC res. $12.70
  11. Washington Co, TN, Land Entries (1802-1805, 1824-1875, 1879-1904); 1,848 items; 190 p.; price $17.50 or NC res. $18.55
  12. Davidson Co, TN, Land Entries (1824-1836) & surveys (1824-1852); 1,968 items & 250 p.; price $22.50 or NC res. $23.85
  13. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1807-1808) & Smith Co, TN (1802-1803); 1,991 items & 263 p.; price $24.25 or NC res. $25.75
  14. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1808); 2,320 items & 311 p.; price $28.50 or NC res. $30.30
  15. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1809-1810); 1,376 items & 189 p.; price $18.00 or NC res. $19.15
  16. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1810-1811); 1,698 items & 222 p.; price $21.50 or NC res. $22.80
  17. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1811-1812)); 2,128 items & 265 p; price $24.00 or NC res. $26.05
  18. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1812-1813); 2,020 items & 265 p.; price $24.00 or NC res. $25.55
  19. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1813-1815); 3,097 items & 416 p.; price $37.50 or NC res. $39.85
  20. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1815-1817); 3,947 items & 472 p.; price $43.00 or NC res. $46.00
  21. Locations in First Surveyor's District (1817-1823); 4,105 items & 507 p.; price $47.00 or NC res. $49.80
  22. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1807-1809); 1,523 items & 201 p.; price $20.00 or NC res. $21.15
  23. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1809-1810); 1,840 items & 193 p.; price $17.50 or NC res. $18.55
  24. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1810-1812); 1,504 items and 183 p.; price $18.50 or NC res. $19.60
  25. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1812-1813); 1,575 items and 188 p.; price $19.00 or NC res. $20.30
  26. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1813-1815); 2,232 items and 262 p.; price $24.70 or NC res. $26.20
  27. Locations in Second Surveyor's District (1815-1817); 2,637 items and 296 p.; price $30.00 or NC res. $31.31
  28. First and Second District Entries & Caveats; 461 items and 62 p.; price $7.00 or NC res. 47.35
  29. Carter, Giles, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Maury, Sevier, Smith, Williamson, Wilson, & "no" county, TN grants; 266 items and 74 p.; price $8.00 or NC res. $8.40
  30. Davidson Co, TN, warrants & grants (1783-1804; 2,564 items and 483 p; price $47.00 or NC res. $49.95
  31. Eastern, Middle, and Western Dist, TN, warrants & grants; 1,633 items and 383 p.; price $29.75 or NC res. $31.60
  32. Greene Co, TN, warrants & grants (1783-1803); 1,934 items and 356 p.; price $32.50 or NC res. $34.50
  33. Hawkins Co, TN, warrants & grants 1788-1804); 1,208 items and 226 p.; price $22.00 or NC res. $23.30
  34. Sullivan Co, TN, warrants & grants (1780-1798; 964 items and 171 p.; price $16.75 or NC res. $18.30
  35. Sumner Co, TN, warrants & grants (1784-1803); 1,660 items and 293 p.; price $29.00 or NC res. $30.75
  36. Tennessee Co, Montgomery Co, and Robertson Co, TN, warrants & grants (1785-1801; 867 items and 179 p.; price $19,00 or NC res. $20.05
  37. Washington Co, TN, warrants & grants (1778-1804); 1,509 items & 277 p.; price $25.00 or NC res. $26.55
  38. Index to North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee (1778-1804); 485 p.; price $46.15 or NC res. $48.95
  39. Land Entries: Jackson Co (1802-1805) and Davidson Co (1802 & 1803); 377 items, 51 p; price $7.15 or NC res. $7.50
  40. Jackson Co & Davidson Co Land Entries (1802-1805); 377 items and 51 p.; price: $7.15 or NC res. $7.50

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