Major David Wilson's Land Grant

Grant No. 3, Book 7, Page 284, Date 1784, Acreage 2000 on file in Tennessee Archives, Nashville, TN:

The State of North Carolina. To All Whom These Present Shall com Greetings: Know ye that we for cirvis and vallor of David Wilson pursuant to an act of the General Assembly to amend an act for the relief of the officers and soldiers of the Continental line and for another purposes in and for the consideration expressed in the reports of our said Assembly have given and granted and by thee present to give and grant unto David Wilson a tract of land containing 2000 acres lying and being in our County of Green in the Middle District of the Western land lying on Caney Spring Creek on the north side of Duck River, beginning at a cedar tree on the river band about 5 poles above the mouth of a gutter coming into said river and run north 100 chains to a white ash tree, in a piece of cedar land, then east 150 chains to a (illegible) in all 200 chains to a walnut tree thence south 100 chains to an Elm standing on a ridge thence west to the river an down the river to the beginning. As by the plot hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods waters, mines, minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said David Wilson, his heirs and assigns forever yielding and paying to us said sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly may from time to time direct, provided always that the said David Wilson shall cause this Grant to be signtured in the register's office of our said County of Green within twelve months from date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect

. In testimony whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our Great Seal to hereunto affixed.

Witness - Alex Martin, Esquire, our Governor, Captain, General and Commander-in-Chief at Newbern this 19th day of November in the 9th year of our independence and in the year of our Lord 1784.

Alex Martin

By his Excellency's command.

J. Glasgow, Secretary.