I found a deed using the Full-Text Search Lab at FamilySearch today and thought it might be fun to see if ChatGPT could plat the land description. I first had to transcribe the deed which I did using the Full Text transcription and making the corrections.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CST3-19PP-Y
William G Hight to William Putman Deed 92 acres
This Indenture made and entered into this day one thousand eight hundred and forty four October the twenty third Between Wm G. Hight of the County of Bedford & State of Tennessee of the one part & Wm Putman of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Wm G. Hight for & in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars two hundred paid and the balance unpaid for which the land Stands bound, to him in hand by Wm Putman the receipt is whereof hereby acknowledged, hath given, granted, Bargained, and sold, Aliened, conveyed and confirmed unto said Putman his heirs and assigns forever a certain Tract or parcel of land situated & lying & being in Bedford County & State of Tennessee on the Alexander Creek & bounded as follows, to wit, Beginning on Caswells North boundary line at Elm & ash, thence with Johnsons line North Sixty poles to a red Oak and elm in South boundary line Thomas Black. Thence West with one hundred and twenty four and two thirds of a pole to ash, thence South with Hight's line on hundred and thirty four poles to the Middleton road, thence East with said road forty four and two thirds of a pole. One rod East of a post Oak to a Stake then South Lile's line fifty six poles to a stake and hickory in Isham Lains North boundary line thence East with Lains line twenty nine poles to a hickory, Thence North with the Lains line one hundred & thirty poles to a hickory, Lains North West Corner, thence West fifty one poles to the Beginning. Containing in all Ninety two acre of land. Be it the Same more or less. To have and to hold the aforesaid land with all and singular the rights and profits Emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances of in and to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the only proper use & behoof of him Wm Putman his heirs and assigns forever and he the said Wm G. Hight for himself his heirs, executors & administrators do covenant & agree with said Wm Putman his heirs and that the before recited land & bargained premises he will warrant and forever defend against the right, title interest & claim of all and every person or persons whatever lawfully claiming the same. Witness whereof the said Wm G. Hight hath hereunto set his hand & affixed his seal this day & date above written.
Signed & sealed in presence of Wm G. Hight
State of Tennessee Personally appeared before me Robert Hurst Clerk of the County Court of said Bedford County County William G. Hight the within named bargainor with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the within deed for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand at Office this 24th October 1844 Rob Hurst Clerk Recd & Noted October 24th 1844 at 1 O clock PM Registered October 24th 1844 Andrew Vannoy Register
Not a perfect transcription but I think the original has some omitted words.
I then copied and pasted the land description immediately after my prompt asking it to plat the land and label it. It did as I asked. Looking at its plat, I questioned its placement of Johnson's land(it had it North and I thought it should be East.) After my questioning, it agreed with me and mentioned the same reasoning or logic I had used(in my head) to come up with the location of Johnson's land. Is the plat correct? Nope-- but that should improve with updates. I am at my limit today so that won't happen for this article.
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I am more excited about finding the deed with Wm Hight and Wm Putman than I am about trying to get ai to plat. The date on this is 23 of Oct. 1844. Elvira Cooper Harrison was still alive at that time. If Wm Putman's wife Anna was a Cook and the sister of Wm Clifford Cook then Wm G Hight and Wm Putman's connection would be by marriage thru the Harrisons. The Harrison land was on Alexander Creek. The land owners seem to be Bedford Co. Dist 9 folks. The neighborhood where Elizabeth Cook is enumerated as HOH in 1830 is District 9(conclusion reached comparing the tax list to those in surrounding households.) This is also the neighborhood that Wm Cook would have been in 1830 around the time of the Williams vs Wm Putman, Zephaniah Anglin, and others. Just some things to think about.
