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Finding Aid for the Knox County, Tenn., Land Deeds, 1835-1879, 1901, 1924


MS-2819

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, July 7, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, July 7, 2006
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, July 7, 2006

Summary Information
Title: Knox County, Tenn., Land Deeds

Date/Date Range :   1835-1879, 1901, 1924

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains six land deeds and two land grants from Knox County and, specifically, Knoxville, Tennessee. The land grants are signed by governors of Tennessee, William Carroll in 1839 and William B. Campbell in 1852. Two clerks, M.S. Patterson and R. A. Brown signed the Clerk and Master's Deeds.

Call number: MS-2819

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection purchased in October 1989.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Connor Burnett Collection of Tennessee Land Deeds, MS-2819. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two folders.


Biography / History

In 1786 James White built a fort on the southernmost edge of frontier settlement in present-day East Tennessee. William Blount, governor of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (also called the Southwest Territory), selected the site of White's fort as the capital in 1791 and gave it the name Knoxville in honor of Revolutionary War hero General Henry Knox. Governor Blount created Knox County, also named for Henry Knox, from parts of Greene and Hawkins Counties on June 11, 1792. Knoxville has served as the county seat from the county's creation. Knox County currently contains 509 square miles. The Tennessee River originates near the center of the county from the union of the Holston and French Broad Rivers.

Governor Blount designated Knoxville as the capital of the Southwest Territory from 1791 to 1796. Knoxville also served as the capital of the State of Tennessee from 1796 to 1812 and briefly in 1817-18. General John Sevier, a resident of Knox County, served as governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-1809). No state capitol building was constructed until 1845 on the present building in Nashville, so the general assembly met in taverns and public buildings. Blount Mansion, the home of Governor Blount, is the only National Historic Landmark in the county.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains six land deeds and two land grants from Knox County and, specifically, Knoxville, Tennessee. The land grants are signed by governors of Tennessee, William Carroll in 1839 and William B. Campbell in 1852. Two clerks, M.S. Patterson and R. A. Brown signed the Clerk and Master's Deeds.

For similar collections, see MS-1965: Thomas Humes Papers, 1804-1808, and MS 2624: Wolfe Creek (Cocke County, TN) Land Deeds, 1817-2003 (bulk 1817-1874) .

Subject Terms

  • Knox County (Tenn.).
  • Land grants -- Tennessee.
  • Knoxville (Tenn.).
  • Deeds -- Tennessee -- Knox County.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 1: Land deed for Robert N. Snoddy from Andrew R. Humes, 1835 March 25

Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 2: Land grant for Robert Snoddy, signed by Governor William Carroll, 1939 March 29

Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 3: Land grant to John Doyle, signed by Governor William B. Campbell, 1852 March 1

Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 4: Deed for Conveyance of land from John Doyle to David Burnett, 1857 October 17
Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 5: Clerk and Master's Deed for land of clerk M. S. Patterson to Mary J. Beau (unregistered), 1879 January 13
Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 6: Clerk and Master's Deed for land of clerk M. S. Patterson to Thomas Burnett, 1879 January 13
Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 7: Warranty Deed from James and Mary Wrinkle to Thomas J. Burnett for tract of land, 1879 January 14, 1901 June 6
Box   1     Folder   1    
Item 8: Clerk and Master's Deed of clerk R. A. Brown for tract of land to T. J. Burnett, 1924 April 2
Box   2     Folder   1    
Item 1: Land deed for Robert N. Snoddy from Andrew R. Humes, 1835 March 25

Box   2     Folder   1    
Item 2: Land grant for Robert Snoddy, signed by Governor William Carroll, 1939 March 29

Box   2     Folder   1    
Item 3: Land grant to John Doyle, signed by Governor William B. Campbell, 1852 March 1