John McAninch, 1814-1826, buys and sells 970+ acres of land on the west side of Richland

Creek of Elk River [surnames of the neighbors and witnesses include Barnett, Brown, Butler,

Daniel(s), Davenport, Doherty, Keenan, Lester, McEwin, Walthall, Westmoreland, Yancey]

[surnames Brown and Walthall also seen again later, in Mississippi, connection(s) unknown]

 

27 May 1814

210 acres, $550

Aaron Brown [to]

John McAninch

Notes and

1. Aaron and John “both of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee”

Deed Extracts:

2. land “on the west side of Richland creek of Elk river”

[not on]

3. beginning at a honey locust and ash … Thomas Westmoreland line …

[1994 list,]

4. … claims …(except that part lying south west of the Indian boundary

[MFHN    ]

    line until such time as the Indian claim thereunto may be extinguished

[vol.II, no.4]

    by our government …)

[December, ]

5. [witnesses] Wm Brown / Sally Brown

[pg.1994-37]

Source: Bk B pg. 352 [Registered 31 May 1816] [two yeas later]

 

16 Feb. 1816

94 acres

Aaron Brown [to]

John McAninch

Notes and

1. bought for “consideration of a certain sorrel mare and roan filly”

Deed Extracts:

2. land “on the west side of Richland creek of Elk river” 

 

3. [adjacent] Beginning at said McAninch’s corner … [along] McAninch’s

 

    line to John Barnett’s corner … west along Telman Daniel’s line …

 

4. claims … whenever the Indian claim shall be extinguished by the

[not on]

    Government of the United States

[1994 list]

5. [witnesses] William Brown / L. [H.?] Brown

 

Source: Bk B pg. 346 [Registered 27 May 1816] [three months later]

 

30 Sept. 1817

666 2/3 acres

Walthall, Thomas B.

John McAninch

Notes and

1. Thomas B. Walthall of the County of Williamson, State of Tennessee

Deed Extracts:

2. bought for $2000, land “on the waters of Richland creek of Elk river”

[not on]

3. beginning at a stake … west of George Doherty’s south west corner …

[1994 list]

4. [witnesses] Sterling H. Lester / John Keenan

 

Source: Bk C pg. 280 [not Bk B] [Registered 8 June 1818 ] [8 months later]

 

7 Sept. 1818

210 acres, $800

John McAninch [to]

David K. McEwin

Notes and

1. beginning at a honey locust and ash …

[McEwin, not D. K. Ewin]

Deed Extracts:

2. land “on the west side of Richland creek of Elk river”

[no. 1 on]

3. [witnesses] A. V. Brown / J. Yancey

[1994 list]

Source: Bk D pg 86 [Registered 13 Dec. 1819] [15 months later]

 

5 Nov. 1819

94 acres, $125

John McAninch [to]

John Butler

Notes and

1. on the west side of Richland Creek of Elk river

Deed Extracts:

2. Beginning at David H. McEwin corner on a small beech standing on

 

    the western boundary line … [same features named in the 1816 Deed]

[no. 2 on]

    [McEwin line] [John Barnett’s corner] [Tilman Daniel line]

[1994 list]

3. [witnesses] David K. McEwin / Thomas D. Davenport

 

Source: Bk D pg 177 [Registered 20 Apr. 1820] [six months later]

 

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McAninch Family History NL, v.XII.n.1   January 2004   Copyright Frank McAninch   page 2004-03

 

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