North Carolina Land Grants and Land Warrants in Sumner County Tennessee, 1784-1803

By: Dr. Albert Bruce Pruitt, Pub. 2018, reprinted 2026, 448 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-776-2. Sumner County was created in 1787 from Davidson County. This area was ceded to the federal government in 1790. But North Carolina continued to issue grants in Sumner County until 1803. Beginning in 1806, Tennessee began issuing its own grants within its borders and continued until 1903. This book contains information from warrants, surveys, grants and other related materials for land in Sumner County from 1784 to 1803. This includes 1,469 grants and 144 shucks which may or may not relate to a grant. The Index mentions approximately 5,000 persons.