Reedy Creek settlements:
http://discoverkingsport.com/images/map-earliest-settlements-01.shtml
Reedy Creek shown on current map near Kingsport TN:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/pa/ReedyCreekKingsportTN.gif
JOSEPH may have bought his land between 1797-1812?
WILLIAM THOMPSON is mentioned as a neighbor of MATTHEW ELDER.
(I put JOSEPH's land entry sale at the end of this list).
There is a JOSEPH ELDER in PA ARCHIVES -- REV WAR CARDS, for York
Co PA:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/JosephElderYorkRevWar.gif
The Washington County VA Surveyors Record 1781-1797
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/washsurv.htm
ROBERT ELDER's line:
Page 368 - Thomas Sampson - 210 ac - Preemption warrant dated April
5, 1782 #2090 - on the Indian Run,
a branch of the middle fork of Holstein
River - corner to James Snodgrass's land and with Robert Elder's
line - on Wood's line -
on the west side of the creek corner to James Snodgrass's land -
January 31, 1788
on Mathew ELDER's line: (to Graham from William Thompson)
Page 114 - John Graham...276 ac...on both sides of the Middle fork
of Holstein...
Beginning on Mathew Elders line...corner to DAVID Beaties
land...under the river ridge...on the south bank of the river...January
10, 1787 - 226 ac conveyed to
Graham from William Thompson, surviving executor
of James Paton, decd by deed dated November 28, 1786 granted to
executor by patent
dated December 23, 1779 and the other 50 ac by Commissioners
Certificate - John Graham, assignee of John Kean...100 ac...
on the Middle Fork of Holstein on the north side, includes improvements,
actual settlement
made in 1770...September 1, 1781
Page 367 - Robert Elder & James Elder, heirs of Mathew Elder, decd - 349 ac - Commissioners Certificate - beginning on the north side of the middle fork of Holstein River in a line of David Snodgrass's land - by Woods corner - on Graham's line - November 25, 1787...Mathew Elder, assignee of Daniel McCormic - 400 ac - on the middle fork of Holstein, includes improvement of 330 ac surveyed on January 22, 1774 - actual settlement made in 1769 - August 18, 1781
Gordon Lockwood's photos of Land near Indian Run - April 2008
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/HolstonRiver/HolstonRiver.htm
SEARCH FOR ALL ENTRIES of REEDY CREEK:
Page 383 - Cornelius Carmack - 100 ac - treasury warrant #8972 -
on the head of Reedy Creek between the Rich Valley and the north fork knobs
and on both sides of the path that leads from the widdow Heads to Kathren
fork of Cove Creek - September 9, 1790
Page 385 - Hezekiah Roberts - 60 ac - treasury warrant - on the waters of Reedy Creek, a north branch of Holstein River - April 10, 1789
Page 385 - John Robeson - 79 ac - treasury warrant #8144 - on the
waters of Reedy Creek, a north branch of Holstein River - beginning near
Pendletons -
by the mill - April 9, 1789
Page 390 - James Campbell - 520 ac - treasury warrant #10393 - on both sides of Reedy Creek, a branch of Holstein River - line of Thomas Johnston's land - by Sharp's branch - corner to John Forests land - by the great road - March 10, 1791
Page 394 - John Forest, assignee of Thomas Johnston - 100 ac - treasury
warrant #11789 -
on the waters of Reedy Creek, a branch of Holstein River - on
a spur of Walkers Mountain - March 10, 1791
Page 396 - Mathias Cleek, assignee of William Skilleron - 143 ac
- treasury warrant #12701 -
on the waters of Reedy Creek, a branch of Holstein River -
February 22, 1792
Page 396 - William Skileron - 260 ac - treasury warrant #12701 -
on the south side of his patent land
and on the waters of the north fork of Holstein
River and on the waters of Reedy Creek - February 22, 1792
Page 398 - William head - 305 AC - Commissioners Certificate - on
the waters of Cove Creek and
the waters of Reedy Creek being the waters of Holstein River - corner
to Samuel Hensley's land -
along William King's line - March 21, 1791... William Head, heir
at law to Anthony Head, decd - 400
ac - bounded by Samuel Hensley and the Carolina line in the Rich
Valley actual settlement made in 1773 -
210 ac surveyed for Anthony Head on
February 15, 1774 - August 25, 1781
Page 406 - John Davis, assignee of Simeon Elliot - 460 ac - treasury
warrant #197 -
on the head waters of back creek and Reedy Creek, the waters of
Holstein River - warrant granted in exchange for part of warrant
#8469 - August 10, 1793
Page 414 - Barney Waggoner, assignee of Charles Woolf - 120 ac - treasury warrant - on both sides of the head branch of Reedy Creek - below a large spring corner to Fredrick Snider's land - December 28, 1793
age 422 - John Fleming - 11,300 ac - treasury warrant #990 dated
December 18, 1794 - on the south side of the north fork of Holstein River
- on the north side of the Rich Valley on the south side of a pine knob
- passing the widdow Venus's land and John Anderson's land - running past
the Blockhouse - below said Anderson's Mansion house - down the branch
to the mouth thereof on said River - corner to Abraham Bledsoe's survey
- on Fowlers Branch - by a path - passing James Campbell's land and crossing
three branches & Roberts Creek - passing A. Bledso's many sink land
- corner to John Miller's survey - crossing Solman's branch - leaving Miller's
lines - on a south bank of Cove Creek - in a gap of said creek ridge by
a path - line of James Sproule's land - on the south bank of the south
fork of Cove Creek - on the south bank of the middle fork of said creek
- in the head of a deep hollow by a water slip - above the narrows of the
middle fork of Cove Creek - leaving Bledsoe's survey - near to William
Head's survey on a ridge north of the Rich Valley - passing the different
surveys on the north fork of Reedy Creek -
exclude 78 ac on the south fork of Cove Creek surveyed for Gaven
Head on March 22, 1791 - April 15, 1795
age 441 - Thomas Bright - 27 ac - treasury warrant - on the north
fork of Reedy Creek, a north branch of Holston River - corner to Benjamin
Washbourn - corner to Bright's land - October 30, 1795
Page 452 - John Brown, assignee of Enoch Novell - 50 ac - treasury
warrant #14511 dated September 27, 1782 - on the waters of Reedy Creek,
a north
branch of Holstein River - on Margeret Venus's land - March 14,
1796
Page 453 - Jacob Froke, assignee of Elijah Gillenwaters - 100 ac
- treasury warrant #12341 dated June 18, 1782 - near the head of Reedy
Creek, a north
branch of Holstein River - line of Barnabas Wagoners land - corner
to said Froks former survey - June 10, 1796
Page 465 - Elias Keesee - 100 ac - Military warrant #4476 dated October
13, 1789 - on the waters of Reedy Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
-
corner to Charles Keesee's land - line of William Snodgrass's land
- on a line of Thomas Johnston's survey - June 20, 1796
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SEARCH:
READY Creek:
Page 429 - Robert Wilson, assignee of John Richmond - 50 ac - treasury
warrant #12341 = on the north side of Walkers Mountain on the waters of
Ready Creek, north branch of Holstein River and joining said Wilson's
survey by the authority of north Carolina - line of James Anderson's survey
-
corner to Wilson's land - on a spur of Walkers MOUNTAIN - May 29,
1795
Page 429 - James Anderson - 203 ac - treasury warrant - in the Rich
Valley on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River and
known
by the name of the Hiccory Cabbin - on a spur of Walkers Mountain
- on Meredith Archers line - by a path - corner to Wilson - May 8, 1795
Page 430 - John Wadley, assignee of James Anderson - 140 ac - treasury
warrant - on the north east side of Sarah Roberts survey on a south branch
of
the north fork of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
-line of Sarah Roberts - May 9, 1795
Page 430 - William Archer - 50 ac - treasury warrant #1980 dated
December 20, 1781 - in the Rich Valley on the waters of Ready Creek, a
north branch
of Holstein River - beginning on the north side of the Valley -
near Thomas Bright's line - May 6, 1795
Page 430 - James Anderson - 200 ac - treasury warrant #13158 - on
both sides of the north fork of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein
River known
by the name of Caney Cabon - May 8, 1795
Page 430 - James Anderson - 360 ac - treasury warrant - on the north fork of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River - on the lick branch - May 8,1795
Page 430 - James Anderson - 136 ac - treasury warrant - in the Rich
Valley on the waters of the north fork of REady Creek, a north fork of
Holstein
River and known by the name of Blacks Improvements - in a Gap of
Walkers MOUNTAIN next below said Black's Gap near William King's corner
- to
Robert Wilson's corner - on a spur of Walkers Mountain - May 8,
1795
Page 431 - Joseph Cook - 780 ac - treasury warrant - on Ready Creek
a north branch of Holstein River - on the top of Walkers Mountain west
of Robert
Wilson's flowing spring - on Walkers of Virginia & North Carolina
- in a field near the Kentucky - May 7, 1795
Page 431 - Merideth Archer - 50 ac - Preemption Warrant #1980 - on
the east side of Sarah Roberts survey in the Rich Valley to include the
Linn Hollow
and on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
- on Walkers MOUNTAIN - May 6, 1795
Page 431 - James Anderson - 68 ac - treasury warrant - on the east
side of Thomas Bright's land and joining Sarah Roberts land and on the
waters of the
north fork of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River - corner
to Bright's survey - near Sarah Roberts line - corner to Benjamin Washbourn's
land -
on the south bank of the north fork of Ready Creek - May 6, 1795
Page 431 - Elijah Heart, assignee of Abraham Fulkerson - 45 ac -
treasury warrant #2536 dated August 15, 1783 - on the south side of the
north fork of
Holstein River - on the south bank of the north fork of Holstein
River - corner to Abraham Bledsoe's land - corner to John Fleming's land
- May 30, 1795
Page 431 - Benjamin Washbourn - 186 ac - treasury warrant #2091 dated
April 5, 1782 - on the north fork of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein
River - crossing the north fork of Ready Creek - line of Sarah Robert's
survey - by a path - May 5, 1795
Page 432 - John Brown - 50 ac - treasury warrant #20702 - in the
Rich Valley on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
- near a
line of Margret Vence's land - May 5, 1795
Page 454 - Barnabas Waggoner - 50 ac - treasury warrant #1976 dated
December 20, 1781 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein
River - corner to Jacob Troaks land - corner to Snodgrass's land
- May 18, 1795
Page 454 - Merideth Archer - 39 ac - treasury warrants: 25 ac by
warrant #10031 dated December 20, 1781 and 14 ac by warrant #2091 dated
April 5,
1782 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a south branch of Holstein
River - May 16, 1796
Page 482 - William King - 150 ac - treasury warrant #690 dated September
10, 1796 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
-
corner to Kings survey made by Henry Holt - on the north side of
Walkers Mountain - on Johnstons line - on the south side of Walkers Mountain
-
August 19, 1797
Page 487 - John Wadley, assignee of James Anderson - 100 ac - treasury
warrant #10940 dated February 12, 1792 - on the waters of Ready Creek,
a
north branch of Holstein River - corner to Foust's land - August
16, 1797
page 487 - John Preston, Jr. - 160 ac - treasury warrant #15028 dated
December 23, 1782 - on both sides of the north fork of Ready Creek, a south
branch of Holstein River - near a corner of James Anderson's survey
- above Campbell's sugar camp - August 15, 1797
Page 487 - David Low, assignee of James Anderson - 50 ac - treasury
warrant #10940 dated February 12, 1782 - on the north fork of Ready Creek,
a
north branch of Holstein River - corner to Thomas Bright's land
that Low now lives on - August 16, 1797
Page 488 - David Johnson - 90 ac - treasury warrant #381 dated December
20, 1796 - on both side of the timbertree branch, a north fork of Ready
Creek,
a north branch of Holstein River - corner to Samuel Byshares survey
- in an island - Archer's corner - August 17, 1797
Page 489 - James Campbell - 40 ac - treasury warrant #10393 dated
December 25, 1781 - on the waters of Ready Creek, the waters of Main Holstein
-
line of William Elliot's land - on Koots line - April 27, 1797
Page 489 - David Johnson - 87 ac - treasury warrant #381 dated December
20, 1796 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Main Holstein
River - corner to Pendleton's survey now in possession of Gains
- on Keesee's line - on a line of Tyoes - June 9, 1797
Page 492 - William King - 110 ac - treasury warrant #690 dated September
10, 1796 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a north branch of Holstein River
-
corner to King's adjoining survey made by Henry Holt - near Waggoner's
corner leaving King's line - corner to Samuel Hendssley's land - on the
north
side of the middle ridge - August 18, 1797
Page 494 - Merideth Archer - 50 ac - treasury warrant - on the east
side of Sarah Roberts survey in the Rich Valley to include the Linn hollow
and on the
waters of Ready Creek, north branch of Holstein River - on Walkers
Mountain - May 6, 1795
Page 498 - Samuel Byshares - 100 ac: 50 ac by part of a treasury
warrant #20702 dated November 11, and 50 ac by part of Preemption warrant
#2390
dated March 7, 1783 - on the waters of Ready Creek, a south branch
of Holstein River - line of James Igoes land - on the north bank of Timbertree
branch - below a spring on Byshares line - May 14, 1796
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Land Entry From Don Sorby:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dsorby&id=I281
>Fern Doyle sent the copy of a deed for
Joseph Elder which must have been his
sale of property before leaving for Butler Co., OH:
Deed of Warranty
#273
Joseph Elder
to
William Thompson
Date Nov. 10th 1812
Consideration: A valuable consideration
Amt of Land: Amt not stated
Location: Sullivan Co. Tennessee
Discription: A certain tract
or parcel of land * acres be the same more or less said land lying
and being in the aforesaid county of sullivan and on the waters of Reedy
Creek along the line formerly John Thompsons and Pendleton,s old Patent
line.
Witnesses: John Sinclair, Amos
Sinclair
Proved State of Tennessee,
Sullivan Co. at February session 1813, the execution of the within
deed was in open court proved by the oath of John Sinclair and Amos Sinclair,
witnesses.
Search PENDLETON:
Page 385 - John Robeson - 79 ac - treasury warrant #8144 - on the
waters of Reedy Creek, a north branch of Holstein River - beginning near
Pendletons -
by the mill - April 9, 1789
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