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No. 540
County Sullivan
Name Cole, Joseph
Acres 72
Grant No. 517
Issued: 27 Nov 1789
Warrant No.
Entry No. 1953
Entered 19 Oct 1779
Book No. 74
Page No. 28
Location On Linvill Creek
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J. Cole of N. Carolina ??????
of Land for Abraham Cross
and Joseph Cole on the south fork
of Linville Creek including the ????
Peter Gave? General Office this 23rd
Day of NOvember 17??
John Carter E.T.
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Abraham Cross
& Joseph Cole
?????
No. 1953
Surveyed
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North Carolina )
Sullivan County ) By virtue of a warrant to one
directed of No. 1953 I have Surveyed for Joseph
Cross part assignee of Abraham Cross seventy two a-
cres of Land lyin on Linvill Creek and bounded as
follows Viz. Beginning at a Hickory and Black Oak
Matthew Coles corner and with his lines due East 300 poles
to a white Oak and black Oak on a hill above the sink
of the Creek N. 21 E. 20 po. to two black Oaks and a white
Oak S.15 E.28 po. to a small whiat Oak on George
Hyms line and with the same due west 131 po. to a white
oak on David Shelbys lines and with sd. lines
S.1. E.3 po. to a white Oak due west poles to
a white Oak S.55 W.59 po. to a Pine on a ridge N.
48 W.90 po. to a white Oak on a flat ridge, N. 25 E.36 po.
to a white Oak S.53 E.30 poles to the beginning.
Dec 18th 1787 Frelkeason?
Sharp s.s.c
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No. 70
Joseph Cole
72 Acres
Sullivan
#1953
P.F.
W???? for the
of Sullivan Co
G M O
Nov 1789
Linville Creek is a branch of Beaver Creek. Linville Creek empties into Beaver Creek not far above where Beaver Creek empties into the South Holston River. The location of the land grant seems to have been two or three miles southwest of Blountville, Tennessee.
Abraham Cross was the son of my fifth great grandparents William Cross and Alice Cole, and the brother of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy. Abraham Cross also was a Revolutionary War soldier. I don't know if Joseph Cole was a Revolutionary War soldier, but it seems likely that he was since he was sharing a land grant with Abraham Cross.
I don't know who Joseph Cole was exactly, but he likely was related to Alice Cole. Also, I don't recognize the Matthew Cole whose land was adjacent to the land grant of Joseph Cole and Abraham Cross.
Both Joseph Cole and Abraham Cross appeared on the 1796 tax list of Sullivan County, Tennessee. Both of them had more than 72 acres in 1796.
This page last edited on 23 Jul 2006.