Brief family histories of people who lived in Tennessee in the 18th and 19th centuries.

First Families of Tennessee is a tribute to these men and women who established the state.

IN THIS TALE 'THE COUSINS' ARE UNDER TERRIBLE DIABOLICAL ATTACK, ATTACKS THEIR BODYGUARDS CANNOT PROTECT THEM FROM. CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON, ONE OF THE COUSINS, A MYSTIC, WHO CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL, HIS ANGEL INFORMS CHRISTOPHER THAT GOD WILL SEND THEM HELP. NOT TO FEAR, GOD WILL SEND THEM HELP. THE HELP COMES IN THE FORM OF A LITTLE LADY IN WHITE, 'COUSIN EVE', ALSO A MYSTIC, WITH VERY POWERFUL GUARDIAN ANGELS, MANY, MANY, MANY POWERFUL ANGELS, THAT COME TO PROTECT AND DEFEND 'THE COUSINS' IN THEIR TIME OF GREAT TRAIL. THIS TALE WILL WARM YOUR HEART WHEN YOU LEARN HOW MUCH THE GUARDIAN ANGELS TRULY WANT TO HLP US. IT IS ALSO HILLARIOUS WHEN YOU READ HOW 'THE COUSINS' AND THEIR BODYGUARDS REACT TO DEMONS JUMPING UP ON WALLS AND DISAPPEARING INTO THIN AIR. A VERY SUPERNATURAL AND AT TIMES FRIGHTENING TALE OF 'THE COUSINS' AND THE LITTLE LADY IN WHITE, TAKING ON LUCIFER AND HIS HOARDES OF DEMONS WITH HER MANY, MANY, MANY POWERFUL ANGELS, WHO ALSO TAKE ON THE BOLLITARI CRIME FAMILY.

The State of Tennessee was established, essentially, from land ceded to the federal government by North Carolina. Clouding the various land cession laws that transferred the title of land from North Carolina to the United States south of the River Ohio (a territory) and then to Tennessee was the requirement, however vaguely defined, that North Carolina Revolutionary soldiers' promise of land for military service be honored. Among other things, this requirement resulted in the inclusion of hundreds of footnotes to the Tennessee land laws that spelled out the land transfer process. In the first portion of this book, Mrs. Griffey has sifted through and organized the legal history of the early Tennessee land laws so that genealogists may be able to grasp their substance. Among other things, researchers can now understand when and why the various county land offices were established, the six-step process for obtaining a land grant, the differences between military and other types of land grants, and, of course, how to use early Tennessee land records. The bulk of this volume, however, consists of abstracts of some 16,000 of the earliest Tennessee land records in existence, arranged in a tabular format. For each record we are given the name of the claimant, the file number, the name of the assignee (if any), the county, number of acres, grant number, date, entry number, entry date, land book and page number, and a description of the stream nearest to the grant. A separate listing of assignees, with the corresponding claimant and file numbers follows in a separate table. The volume concludes with a lengthy appendix consisting of maps and a detailed chronology of Tennessee's land statutes.--From publisher description.

The TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN TENNESSEE . . . now in board This popular holiday book is now available in a sturdy board edition for very young children. The original text has been simplified to focus on the merry lyrics in this fun take on the classic Christmas song. It's a happy, festive way for families to celebrate the place where they live. Enjoy a true Tennessee Christmas with Carly as she hikes the Great Smoky Mountains, dances to bluegrass music, tastes Nashville's famous hot chicken, and meets more than one Elvis Presley. Every day, she gets a special state gift, from 12 rockers rocking and 9 wranglers dancing to a mockingbird in a tulip poplar tree.

The Wilson brothers’ Robert Wilson (Sr.) 1709-1794, Samuel Wilson (Sr.) 1711-1778, Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) 1713-1796 and David Wilson (Sr.) 1729-1803 who then all by their own will(s) found make up the principal characters of the book, along with their associates who this book deals with, that along with their children & grandchildren that then became part of the State of Tennessee from its beginning June 15th 1796.