NOTE: Due to multiple changes of the old Washington District into a County then being sub-divided into new Counties with many boundary changes this has created an unique challenge for researchers. The following information on a few counties maybe of some help.
WASHINGTON COUNTY: AKA Washington District - Founded 1777 and named for George Washington.
Washington County, North Carolina in 1777 covered a little more than the present day state of Tennessee.
It was NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED with the the Washington County, NC created in 1799 from Tyrell County.
"Washington County has had an operating local government longer than any other county, city or town in Tennessee — longer, in fact, than Tennessee has been a state.
Washington County's government predates Tennessee by 19 years, stretching back to 1777, when a group of pioneers who had crossed the Alleghany Mountains and settled in the area's river valleys established a government in Jonesborough. At the time, Washington County was admitted as a part of North Carolina and called the Washington District — the first-ever governmental division named in honor of George Washington. Its early leaders included John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor and, before that, governor of the short-lived (1785-1789) State of Franklin.
Washington County covered nearly all the territory that would some day become Tennessee, but soon gave birth to Sullivan County, and later to Greene and Davidson counties, all in the days before Tennessee proper existed."
http://www.washingtoncountytn.org/governmentDAVIDSON COUNTY: Founded October 6, 1783
Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee. It dates to 1783, shortly after the end of the American Revolution, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, a North Carolina general who was killed opposing the crossing of the Catawba River by General Cornwallis's British forces on February 1, 1781. The county seat, Nashville, is the oldest permanent European settlement in Middle Tennessee, founded by James Robertson and John Donelson during the winter of 1779–80 and the waning days of the Revolutionary War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee#HistoryDICKSON COUNTY:
On October 25, 1803, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill creating Dickson County, the 25th of Tennessee's 95 counties. It was formed from parts of Montgomery and Robertson counties, and was named for William Dickson, a Nashville physician then serving in the United States Congress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_County,_TennesseeSHELBY COUNTY: Formed November 24, 1819 and named for Isaac Shelby
The Shelby County area was part of the lands acquired by the United States government from the Chickasaw as part of the Jackson Purchase of 1818. Shelby County was established by European-American migrants in 1819 and named for Isaac Shelby, the former governor of Kentucky who had helped negotiate the land acquisition.[1] From 1827 to 1868, the county seat was located in then called Raleigh, Tennessee (now part of Memphis), on the Wolf River.[5] After the American Civil War, in recognition of the growth of Memphis and its importance to the state economy, the seat was moved there. (Raleigh has now been absorbed within the city limits of Memphis.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee#HistoryOBION COUNTY:
Before 1823 and the formation of the western counties, the area now called Obion County was part of the Western District of Tennessee. That included the former Chickasaw Indian Lands.
COMMENT: Obion County
Created on October 24, 1823, and organized on January 19, 1824, Obion County included what is now Lake County until 1870. The county took its name from the Obion River; the word Obion is thought to be an Indian word meaning “many forks.” Situated in the rolling hills of northwest Tennessee, Obion County has earned the nickname “Land of Green Pastures.” ...
Historically Obion County has been a region of small farms; in 1860 most farms ranged in size from twenty to fifty acres. Tobacco, corn, and wheat were the principal crops. The population of Obion County increased rapidly in the antebellum years; in 1830 the population numbered just over 2,000, increasing to 12,800 by 1860.
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/obion-county/
SEE ALSO:
The founding of Obion County originally came from the expansion of railroads. The county has since moved towards many agricultural and manufacturing productions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obion_County,_Tennessee
SEE ALSO: - research info
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Obion_County,_Tennessee_GenealogyLAND: 1797 - image <--------- Land issued in 1797 Washington County, TN
Name: Jacob Carpenter
Record Date: 26 Sep 1823 <---- recorded 9 Oct 1923
Location: Tennessee
Warrant Number: 20523
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783-1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
NOTE:
Certificate # 2757 dated 3 Aug 1797 issued by John Canter entry taker for Washington County to Jacob Carpenter for 100 acres and entered on 18 Dec 1820 buyer 316. Land is in the 12th District _____ County, Third Range on the 7th section on the waters of the middle fork of the Obion River and abounded as follows at a stake two white oaks ...
COMMENT:
Obion County, TN took its name from the Obion River ... While this Land record states Washington County NC/TN it is within the present day boundaries of Obion County, TN.LAND: 1821 - image
Name: Jacob Carpenter
Record Date: 13 Sep 1821 <---- entered on this date. Recorded on 26 Sept 1821 per image
Location: Shelby, Tennessee
Warrant Number: 15723
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
NOTE: Per image
Land Warrant V2756 dated the 19th Jan 1814 is found by the Commisioner for East Tennessee to Jacob Carpenter for 100 acres to which he was entitled venture of an entry made by him on John Canters office and entered on 9 Feb 1821 by N444.
There is granted by the said state of Tennessee unto Anderson B. Carrafingner (or something very close!) of the said Jacob Carpenter. This 100 acres surveyed on 6 April 1821 in the 11th District in Shlby County, range 7 Section 4 on Big Creek with other metes and bounds... Cited as Land Record No. 15723.
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NOTE:
Some claim he was from North Carolina via Germany instead of England. See Jacob Carpenter-210857 notes.
This is NOT John H. Carpenter-139657 (abt 1768 of Brunswick, VA - d. abt 1832/1833 KY) - The JHC married a Rachel Brewer abt 1789 in VA. Different Y-DNA genetic profile for that lineage.MARRIAGE: 1795 - image
Name: John Carpenter
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1795
Marriage Place: Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Mary Fisher
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
SEE ALSO:
Name: John Carpenter
Spouse: Mary Fisher
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1795
Marriage County: Davidson
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.LAND: 1807 - image
Name: John Carpenter
Register Date: 9 Jan 1807
Register Place: Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Grant or Warrant Number: Warrant
Source Citation
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 06; Series Title: Adjudication
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Early Land Registers, 1778-1927 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
NOTE: per image
Land surveyed 22 Jan 1818 and entered into the land survey and duly notarized.LAND: 1809 - image
Name: John Carpenter
Record Date: 1 Sep 1809
Location: Dickson, Tennessee
Warrant Number: 1575
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
NOTE: per image
Land John Davis recorded on 28 Oct 1807 is assigned to John Carpenter being 30 acres. Metes and bounds given based on the survey done on 1 Nov 1808.
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