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Book Reviews
Tennessee
State Legislative Petitions 1799 through 1801, Volume 1
by Nona Williams. Softback, 8 1/2 x 11, 217 pp., index, c2002.
$22.50 postpaid from author, 9160 Glen Arbor Road, PO Box 746,
Ben Lomond, CA 95005
Anyone who has ever used Tennessee's legislative petitions
will be delighted to learn of the publication of this book. While
much of genealogical interest can be found in the petitions, they
are not a user-friendly source.
The original petitions are housed at the Tennessee State Library
and Archives in Nashville and are available on microfilm for research.
They are arranged chronologically and there is an index of sorts
to them. Locating individuals mentioned within the petitions is
a time consuming process requiring a page by page search.
The petitions are not titled, but Williams has assigned titles
to them and used them as a table of contents. Her complete index
of names and locations provides ready access to everyone named
within the petitions.
Some typical examples are: a petition relating to the estate
of Thomas Tullock of Beaufort County, North Carolina, another
for the heirs of John Stuart of Robertson County, and another
for the people living between Walker's and Henderson's lines.
This review was writt4en by Shirley Wilson for the Middle
Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. XVI, Number 2,
p. 93. Buy this book.
Warren
County, Tennessee Plat Book Volume 2 June 1827 through April
1835.. 1997. By Nona Williams, available from ROFE Publishing,
P.O. Box 746-WB, Ben Lomond, CA 95005. Soft-cover, spiral bound,
8 1/2 x 11", ii + 212 pages, indexed, $27.50 postpaid. California
residents add 7.25% sales tax.
Warren County was created in 1807 from White County. This
second volume of the plat book covers the period from June 1827
through April 1835, however, the survey dates range from as early
as 1824. All 1,122 records in Plat Book Volume 2 are included
in this volume. Each entry gives the page number, entry number,
date of survey, date of land transfer when appropriate, all persons
(including owners of adjacent land), land descriptions, sworn
chain carriers, witnesses, and date of recording. These records
are especially valuable due to the loss of early Warren County
court records. An every-name and location index help the researcher
in finding persons of interest. Buy
this book.
Warren
County, Tennessee Plat Book Volume 1
1824-1827. 1997. By Nona Williams, available from ROFE
Publishing, P.O. Box 746-WB, Ben Lomond, CA 95005. Soft-cover,
spiral bound, 8 1/2 x 11", ii + 161 pages, indexed, $22.50
postpaid. California residents add 7.25% sales tax.
Warren County was created in 1807. To begin, a brief overview
of the county is given which treats geography, topography, water
courses, early towns, county seats, mills, courts, schools and
churches. Inasmuch as the early court records for Warren County
were lost during the Civil War, these records are of increased
importance. Abstracts of all 1,088 records in the Warren County
Plat Book Volume 1 are included in this work. Each entry gives
the original land records by date and entry number and gives the
original page number, date of entry, date of survey, date of
land transfer, when appropriate, all persons, land descriptions,
sworn chain carriers, and witnesses of land transfers. A location
index and an every-name index complete this work. -Everton's Genealogical
Helper, November/December 1997. Buy
this book.
Warren County, Tennessee
Plat Book by Nona Williams. Spiral bound 8 1/2 x
11, 161 pp., copyright 1997, index. $22.50 postpaid from R.O.F.E
Publishing, PO Box 746-WB, Ben Lomond, CA 95005.
Abstracts of 1088 records in Warren County Plat Book Volume
1 covering the time period of 1824 to 1827 are included in the
publication. Each abstract provides the original. Page number,
date of entry, date of survey, date of land transfer, a general
location of the land and names of persons mentioned. These include
the person for whom the land was surveyed and the surveyor as
well as owners of adjacent property, chain carriers and witnesses.
The index is both to names and to places, making it an especially
helpful one.
Plat books and entry books are a great source of genealogical
treasures. They often enable one to place a cabin or "improvement"
on a tract of land and frequently identify a tract as being the
one on which which an individual "now lives." If an
ancestor owned several tracts of land, this can be very important
information. Those with an interest in early Warren County, Tennessee
will find this book extremely helpful. Shirley Wilson, CG for
The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Volume
XI, Number 2 page 95. Buy
this book.
Warren County, Tennessee
Plat Book Volume 1 1824-1827. 1997. By Nona Williams,
available from ROFE Publishing, P.O. Box 746-WB, Ben Lomond, CA
95005. Laminated soft-cover, 8 1/2 x 11", ii + 161 pages,
indexed, $22.50 postpaid. California residents add 7.25% sales
tax.
Warren County, Tennessee was created in 1807. Early court
records for the county were lost during the Civil War, making
this book of added value. This book contains abstracts of all
1,088 records in Warren County Plat Book Volume 1. Each entry
gives the page number, date of survey, date of entry, names of
all persons including adjacent land owners, land descriptions,
chain carriers and witnesses. Where appropriate the date of land
transfer is also included. The chain carriers are often useful
in establishing family relationships. A location and every-name
index complete this important work. -Everton's Genealogical Helper,
September/October 1997. Buy
this book.
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