Two Land Records--Wm Harrison--Alexander Creek Bedford Co. TN

These two plats of Wm Harrison's land may be the ones where he and family are living in the 1830 Census of Bedford County Tennessee.  It mentions a neighboring entry for Elijah West.  There was a Jefferson West living near Wm Harrison and family in that census(1830)

Wm Harrison 5 acres No 5126
Scale 20 poles per inch
State of Tennessee Second district by virtue of Entry No 6989
dated October 21st 1814 founded on Certificate No 1051 for
93 acres issued to Mark Mitchell by the register of West
Tennessee on the 10th June 1812 I have surveyed for William
Harrison a tract of land containing five acres situate
in Bedford County on the waters of Alexander Creek of
Duck River Beginning at a dogwood the southeast corner of a fifteen acre
Entry in the name of James Smith Running from thence north thirty poles
to the south west corner of one hundred acre entry in the name of Elijah West
to an Elm and post oak running from thence east tweeny six poles and
seven tenths of a pole to a locust and hackberry thence south thirty
poles to an Elm and hickory thence west twenty six poles and seven 

tenths to the beginning surveyed the ninth day of December 1814 by

William Harrison
John Harrison S.C.C.                            Joseph Neal D. L.
Transmited?   Augt 24th 1818 by Wm Harrison

Wm Harrison 15 acres No. 5127
Scale 40 Poles per Inch
State of Tennessee Second district by virtue of Entry No 6988
dated October 21st 1814 founded on Certificate No 1051 for 93
acres issued to Mark Mitchell by the Register of West Tennessee
on the 10th June 1812 I have surveyed for William Harrison
assignee of John B Hogg fifteen acres of land situate in Bedford
County on the waters of Alexanders Creek of Duck River Beginning at Hickory
the North West Coverner of a thirty acres entry made in the name of John
Cockrell running from thence thirty four and one half poles to two elms
and a cedar thence south sixty nine poles to two cedars and an Elm
Thence east thirty four and one half poles to two Elms and a dogwood in the
west boundary line of P. Cockrill thence North Sixty nine poles to the
Beginning surveyed the ninth day of December 1814 by
William Harrison
John Harrison S.C.C.                          Joseph Neal D. L.
Transmited? Augt 24th 1818 by Wm Harrison

Source 

Ancestry, Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Registers, 1778-1927

 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4323:3658 : accessed 12 September 2024)

That collection contains the images which are the TN Land Books digitized by TN State Library and Archives.  Those records are part of Record Group 50

Series 3, Book 30, Plats And Surveys 
2nd Surveyor's District 1814-1815
No. 4374 To 5533

p. 346 & 347

Plat No 5125 & No 5126 of William Harrison lands On Alexander Creek, Bedford Co. TN,  

William Harrison Deeds--Bedford Co. TN

Located two deeds of William Harrison who deeded property in the Alexander Creek area of Bedford Co TN.  

Deed #1

William Harrison to John A McClain
23 Acres and 120 poles   

bargained on 25 November 1825
Registered 15 December 1826

"Controversy has arisen between the said parties concerning a certain tract or parcel of land"

Land in Bedford Co TN on Alexander Creek 

William Harrison signs away all his right title and interest in said land and while the deed does mention bargaining, selling, and delivering it does not mention any monetary exchange. 

Witnesses

Josiah T McLain

Jodiah A McLain

John Harrison

Source:
Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book W: 335, William Harrison to John A. McLain, both of Bedford County, Tennessee; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-3Q64-7 : accessed 11 August 2024), Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Books S-W, November 1824-February 1828, image 791 of 902, IGN 8150800.

Deed #2

William Harrison to Rencher Spence
85 acres for $300 

bargained 25 June 1827
Situate lying and being in the county above up on the
water of Alexander Creek and bounded as follows(viz)
Beginning on a Elm running west one hundred &
46 poles to a stake thence south Ninty four poles to a
Dogwood thence East one hundred & forty-six pole to a
dogwood thence North Ninty four poles to the beginning
containing eighty-five acres of Land

Witnesses
Benj G Allen
Allen Harris
Registered 18 Aug 1827

In the first part of the recorded deed it looks like it says William Harrison Sen.  The S appears consistent with the other words starting with S.  It doesn't appear to be J for Junior.  I believe this is the William Harrison Rev War Pensioner and husband of Elvira Cooper Harrison. He is in the 1830 Census of Bedford Co TN surrounded by the McClains(the spelling of their name varies), his sons, and Elizabeth Cook(most likely his daughter, Elizabeth Harrison Cook.)  Benjamin Allen is a neighbor on that 1830 Census and is likely the witness with that same name.  The Allen family gave statements for the Rev War Pension drawn on William's service. 

Source: 

Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book W: 321, William Harrison of BedfordCo TN to Rencher Spence of Rutherford Co TN; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-3Q68-5 : accessed 11 August 2024), Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Books S-W, November 1824-February 1828,  image 784 of 902, IGN 8150800. 

Unsure if these two deeds are the same William but it seems likely that they are given he was a known resident of that area.  His son, also named William Harrison would have been a teenager at the time the deeds were executed.

Other Posts I've Made Relevant to this Topic:

Callen and Hight Land-Bedford Co TN Deed Book LL pg 8-9

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2024/03/callen-and-height-land-bedford-co-tn.html

Bedford Co. TN Deed Found Using FamilySearch Full Text Search

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2024/03/bedford-co-tn-deed-found-using.html

Neighbors near Zepheniah Anglin--1830 Bedford Co. TN Census

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2019/01/neighbors-near-zephaniah-anglin-1830.html

Progress with Cook research

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2023/01/progress-with-cook-research.html

Bedford Co. TN Deed Found Using FamilySearch Full Text Search

This is not a full transcription but it contains the information that is more than a bit exciting to me that I found using FamilySearch's Full Text Search that they made available in FamilySearch Labs and announced during RootsTech 2024.

In the 1830 time period, my Wm C Cook was living in the same neighborhood as Zephaniah Anglin. Information found in the TN State Supreme court cause of Williams vs Putman places Anglin in that area with Cook near by and the tax records show Anglin continually in Dist 9 of Bedford Co TN during the 1830s.  There is an Elizabeth Cook who I believe to be Wm C Cook's mother as head of household in 1830 and have blogged about that including my belief that she is the Betsey Harrison that married Wm Pope Cook in  August of 1806 in Franklin Co. North Carolina.(Bond dated 13 Aug 1806)

The Thomas Callen and the Daniel Dwiggins are on the full page of the 1830 that is immediately before the page which contains Elizabeth Cook, the Harrisons and the McClains.

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lying and being in the County and State aforesaid on the waters of Alexander Creek adjoining the land of Josiah McClain, Daniel Dwiggins a tract formerly owned by James Cooper, Elizabeth Cook and others Bounded as follows beginning at a Black Oak & Dogwood near South of the place old man Harrison lived & died - Beginning thence south Eighty nine degrees west crossing a large branch two hundred poles to a stake in the road and near a dogwood and Elm marked I.T.  thence south one degree east one hundred and sixty two poles to a cedar in a large cedar glade on flat thence north Eighty nine degrees east two hundred poles to a Dogwood & Cedar on Culverhouses line formerly Martin Comes line, thence north one degree west thirty six poles to a small dogwood & elm the said Culverhouses formerly Comes corner thence west ten poles to a hickory thence north one degree west, Eighty poles to a stake near an Elm & black Oak marked I.T. Thence east ten poles to a stake near a hickory thence north one degree west, forty nine poles to the beginning one hundred ninety seven and a half acres to have and to hold the aforesaid land with all singular the rights profits emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the only use and behoof of the Jackson Lile his heirs and assigns forever and the said Thomas Callen for himself his heirs executors and administrators covenant & agree to and with the said Jackson Lile his heirs and assignees that the before described land and bargained premises that he will warrant and forever defend against the Right title interest or claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiming the same in witness whereof the said Thomas Callen hath hereunto set his seal and affixed his seal this 30th(the date is not finished in the writing)

Thomas Callens (seal)

Test                                                      Registered Feb 16, 1836
Jackson Lile Jun
Richard Bandy juret
C. S Dudley
Jas H. Lile Juret                           Thomas Davis  R B C 

[2nd Feb 1836 Richard Bundy & Jas H Lile appeared before Bedford Co TN clerk Mckisick as witnesses to the above deed transaction]

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Still a lot of work to do with the FAN and finding any earlier deeds but what a find.
If you are interested in the FamilySearch Full Text Search see
https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text
Also Kimberly Powell wrote an excellent article about effective use of this search at 
https://learngenealogy.com/familysearch-experimental-full-text-search/

Sources

"Bedford, Tennessee, United States records, Aug 5, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-13CW-W : accessed  2 March 2024), image 361 of 819; citing Bedford County TN Deed Book FF page 160.

"1830 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. Tennessee, pg 83, Entry for Elizabeth Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1830," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5S-2X9 : accessed 3 March 2024).

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHB-W9GK-4?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.

Williams vs. Putman, Tennessee State Supreme Court Case Middle District Ordered from TN State Library & Archives and delivered via 41 page PDF format thru email currently also available online at  https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/cases/16469/pdf  [Location at TSLA Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 375)--available online since 2019]