John Sevier to the United States, Release etc. 40,000 acres,1814 ( Quit Claim Deed.)
Scope and Contents
December 30, 1814 document, handwritten and signed by John Sevier, transfers by quit claim his rights and title to two tracts of land of 20,000 acres each to the United States of America in exchange for certificates of stock. ADS with seal 1 pc. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Richard Wallace. Re: transfer two deeds of 20,000 acres each of land in Tennessee from Zachariah Cox to John Sevier of Knox County, Tenn, September 2, 1797. (Land was originally granted to Zachariah Cox and Mathias Makias(?) by the State of Georgia on January 24, 1795). Description of land boundaries in document.
Dates
- 1814
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 oversize folder
General
Photocopy of article from seller by Robert McAllister included in folder. Related to the Yazoo land fraud and the Tennessee Company in which John Sevier was involved. Related item: QMM.2012.001.
- Cox, Zachariah Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Deeds Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Richard Wallace Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sevier, John, 1745-1815 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yazoo land fraud Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- John Sevier to the United States, Release etc. 40,000 acres,1814 ( Quit Claim Deed.)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
