Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

Book C

Chapter 1345 wordsPublic domain

Page 134--Approximately 630 acres of John Donelson, in Jones' Bent, for 100 pounds, August 30, 1793.

Page 140--320 acres of James Robertson and Hugh Leeper, on north side of Duck River, on Leeper's Creek, for 100 pounds currency, May 3, 1793.

Page 242--640 acres of Edward Cox of Sullivan county, in Davidson County on east branches of Mill Creek, for 500 pounds, February 11, 1794.

Page 316--Buys as highest bidder, for eleven pounds, 640 acres on Big Harpeth joining Governor Martin's survey, August 2, 1794. (Land recovered at July court, 1793, by Henry Bradford against Lardner Clark.)

Page 492--5,000 acres for $400, bought of Joseph B. Neville, Sheriff of Tennessee County, a tract of land on Reelfoot River, the property of the heirs of Henry Boyer, which had been advertised for forty days and sold at Clarksville to Sheriff Neville, who represented Andrew Jackson and was the highest bidder. April 18, 1796.

Page 493--250 acres for $60 sold to Andrew Jackson by Thomas Hickman. Located "on the south side of Tennessee River, some small distance from where a hurricane hath crossed said river...." Recorded April 18, 1796.

Page 495--640 acres for the "sum of six pence an acre" from Reese Porter, "in the Middle District lying on the South side of Duck River on the waters of Lytle's Creek." April 19, 1796.

Page 495--640 acres for $700, of John Shannon, Logan County, Kentucky, "a certain tract or parcel of land containing 640 acres ... situate and lying in the said county of Davidson on Cumberland river on the south side ... it being a premption grant to Lewis Robards by grant from the State of North Carolina, bearing date of July tenth 1788." March 7, 1796. (This is the Hunter's Hill tract.)

Page 496--1,000 acres for $250, in the Western District of Tennessee, on the waters of the north fork of Deer River, bought of William Terrell Lewis. March 11, 1796.

Page 497--525 acres for $5.25, part of 1,280-acre tract belonging to "one George Augustus Sugg." Sold at Sheriff's sale, December 8, 1795.