Finding Aid for the Landon Carter Record, 1791 August 15
MS-2446 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 14, 2006.
Summary Information
Landon Carter Record
Date/Date Range : 1791 August 15
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains one document from 1791 by entry taker Landon Carter. It notes a land entry taken in 1778 for William Ward on the Little Nolichucky Creek. On the back is a handwritten copy of the original survey.
MS-2446
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection purchased in June 2002.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Landon Carter Record, MS-2446. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Landon Carter (1760-1800) was a Revolutionary War captain, who also fought alongside John Sevier, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly and the 1796 Tennessee constitutional convention, Secretary of State for the State of Franklin, and a trustee for what are now Washington and Tusculum Colleges. Carter County is named for him, and Elizabethton, the county seat, is named for his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains one document from 1791 by entry taker Landon Carter. It notes a land entry taken in 1778 for William Ward on the Little Nolichucky Creek. On the back is a handwritten copy of the original survey.
Subject Terms
- Carter, Landon, 1760-1800.
- Nolichucky River, Tennessee.
- Land tenure -- Tennessee.
- Legal documents.
Contents List
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Document about a 1778 land entry on Little Nolichucky Creek on behalf of William Ward, with a copy of the original survey on back. Signed by Landon Carter as entry-taker, 1791 August 15
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