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The records, some 11,000 of them, span the period from 1778 to 1911 and bear reference to apprenticeships created in the following Tennessee counties: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan, Union, and Washington. Where noted in the records, these apprentices were groomed to work in the following trades: hatter, blacksmith, saddler, tanner, farmer, tinsmith, weaver, shoemaker, seamstress, mill wright, and carpenter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe information in the book was compiled from county court minutes on microfilm obtained, in almost every case, from the Tennessee State Archives. Mr. Miller has arranged the records by county and thereunder chronologically. For each record we are given the name of the apprentice, a date (either the date of the original bond or indenture, or a subsequent date), the age at apprenticeship, the name of the master, and miscellaneous information ranging from the name of the mother or a sibling, race, cause of apprenticeship (e.g., orphan), his\/her trade, etc. When the researcher finds a name he is looking for, he is encouraged to consult the microfilm records for further clues as to the apprentice's parentage and other circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan N. 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This is the records of over 85 different cemeteries from large public, church and family grave yards. The records show just what was on the stone with some additional information being made on some of the families and the cemeteries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExamples from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eGRAVES FAMILY CEMETERY - located on the farm of Mrs. Myrtle Q. Gowan on the road from Jalapa to Ivy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eJ. L. Graves 1845-1934 [Masonic member]\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eB. C. Graves 1816-1902\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eS. S. Graves 1854-1925\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eC. B. Stephens 1820-1902\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eG. W. 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These one square mile tracts were normally around the home site of that persons with their house in the center. 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These deed books reflect the entries made during the 1834-1836 time period. These abstractions contain the most vital of the information given in the records including the names, dates and locations as well as other information that is there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExample from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage 137 No. 66 - DEED OF TRUST - 1st John Cole, 2nd: James A. Haire, 34d: Jacob Baker. John Cole is indebted to Jacob Baker for $475, for securing the payment Cole for $475 hath sold unto Haire 3 tracts of land; first NE qtr of Sec. 19, T1 R3E in Hiwassee District; second, 160 acres on Island Creek adj. John Bogard and Amos Carson, being the same on which John Cole now lives; third, 80 acres adj. Richard Stephens and Thomas L. 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Do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following first, I wish my property both real and personal divided between my beloved wife and children according to the laws of this State (Except a farm lying in the County of Rhea and State of Tennessee which I wish the Executor to dispose of as early as he may think best) I wish all my children to be made equal in the distribution of the property taking in view and some already received by Som of them. 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It was named for President James Monroe and included some the town of the Overmountain Cherokee scattered along the Little Tennessee River and Tellico River including Chota, Tanasi [the name that gave rise to the term Tennessee] and Great Tallico. In 1756, the British from Charleston, South Carolina, built Fort Loudoun to protect the Cherokee from the white encroachment later killed off by the Cherokee. 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