East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
NC Grant
Year
Name
Remarks
999
1782
Acuff, Timothy
1374
1787
Adair, David
Adare
1060
1782
Adair, John
1016
1782
Adams, John
1452
1788
Ames, Thomas
1454
1788
Anderson, John
1239 & 1265
1784
Anderson, William
1219
1784
Anthony, William
1138
1783
Armstrong, William
1295
1784
Aronwine, John
1483
1789
Bailey, Carr
Bayley
1427
1788
Bailey, John
Baley
1440
1788
Bailey, Walter
1081
1782
Bailey, William
1061
1782
Baler, Willery
1074
1782
Banks, Thomas
1184
1783
Barnett, John
1058
1782
Beale, George
1423
1787
Beeler, Joseph
Bealer
1490
1789
Beeler, Jacob
Belar
1417 & 1420
1787
Beeler, John
Belar
1279
1784
Bennett, Stephen
1383
1787
Berry, Francis
1018
1782
Biffle, Adam
1359 & 1390
1787
Billingsbee, Samuel
Billingslee
1455
1788
Blair, James
1266
1784
Blanton, John
1486
1789
Blanton, John
1465 to 1467
1788
Bledsoe, Anthony
1352 & 1356
1787
Bledsoe, Anthony
1348 & 1426
1787
Blevins, William
1162 and 1163
1783
Blythe, James
1003
1782
Bragg, David
1183
1783
Bragg, Joseph
1111 & 1421
1782 & 1787
Brigham, James
1203
1784
Brooks, George
1373
1787
Broshare, Robert Samuel
1139 & 1305
1783 & 1784
Burdwell, George
1204
1784
Cabbaffrety, Moses
1056
1782
Cain, James
1087, 1284 & 1240
1782 & 1784
Caldwell, Thomas
1377
1787
Caler, Frederick
1414 & 1416
1787
Campbell, Arthur
1249
1784
Campbell, Charles
1287
1784
Campbell, James
1264 & 1413
1784 & 1787
Campbell, Robert
1353
1787
Carlisle, James
1314
1784
Carney, John
1144
1783
Carothers, John
1323
1784
Carr, Jane
1096
1782
Caswell, William
1020 & 1382
1782 & 1787
Cavatt, Moses
1140
1783
Cavell, Alexander
1113
1782
Chambers, Marke
1182
1783
Chastian, James
1093
1782
Chastian, John
1245 & 1345
1784 & 1787
Chisham, Elijah
Chrisham
1153 & 1154
1783
Clark, Nathaniel
1410 & 1448
1787 & 1788
Cloud, Jason
1083
1782
Cloud, Joseph
1059 & 1363
1782 & 1787
Cochran, John
Cockon
1231, 1250, 1276
1784
Cocke, Peter
1073 & 1291
1782 & 1784
Colbaugh, Henry
Colpeh, Colpoh
1094 & 1474
1782 & 1789
Cole, Joseph
1472
1789
Cole, Joseph, Sr.
1005 & 1493
1782 & 1789
Cole, Solomon
1220, 1278, 1344 & 1398
1784 & 1787
Cooper, James
1307
1784
Cooper, John
1296
1784
Copeland, James
1159
1783
Copenhafer, Thomas
1388
1787
Coplan, William
1022
1782
Cotter, John
1066
1782
Cowen, Robert
1355
1787
Cox, Abraham
1283
1784
Cox, Edward
1306
1784
Cox, Jacob
1379 & 1479
1787 & 1789
Cox, John
1242
1784
Coyl, Robert
1168 & 1299
1783 & 1784
Craft, Michael
1274
1784
Cragon, Patrick
1116 & 1336
1782 & 1787
Craig, John
1149
1783
Crockett, John
1496
1789
Crockett, Joseph
1237
1784
Crockett, Robert
1320
1784
Dailey, John
1199
1784
Daniel, James
1084
1782
Davis, Edmund
1322
1784
Davis, Nathaniel
1118, 1152 & 1201
1782, 1783 & 1784
Delaney, William
1252
1784
Delay, George
1217
1784
Densmore, Adam
1303
1784
Dever, John
1155
1783
Dillingham, Vachel
998
1782
Doak, Samuel
1004 & 1282
1782 & 1784
Donaldson, Stokeley
1221
1784
Dotson, Elisha
1491
1789
Dotson, Lazarus
1481 & 1489
1789
Dotson, Rawleigh
Dodson
1048, 1053 & 1301
1782 & 1784
Douglass, Jonathan
1340
1787
Duff, William
1326
1787
Duggan, Daniel
Dungan
1262
1784
Dykes, William
1200
1784
Eames, Thomas
1006 & 1169
1782 & 1783
Easley, Stephen
1208
1784
Edwards, Nicholas
1495
1789
Eller, Jacob
1447
1788
Elliott, William
1080
1782
Ervin, David
1312
1784
Fisher, Archibald
1218
1784
Fitrell, Isaac
1109 & 1197
1782 & 1784
Fitsworth, Isaac
1158
1783
Fitsworth, Thomas
1181, 1185, 1230, 1302, 1380, & 1395
1783, 1784 & 1787
Fitzgerald, Garrett
Fitzgarrell, Fitzjarrall
1194
1783
Ford, Loyd
1450
1788
Ford, Mordicai
1251
1784
Gambill, David
1170 & 1445
1783 & 1788
Gammon, Richard
1156 & 1233
1783 & 1784
Gates, Charles
1271
1784
Gates, James
1228
1784
Gates, John
1311
1784
Gates, Joseph
1297
1784
Gentrey, Charles
1244
1784
Gibbons, Thomas
1357
1787
Gilbert, John
1430
1788
Gilbreath, Arthur
1433 & 1449
1788
Goad, William
1108
1782
Good, John
1347
1787
Grant, Alexander
1002
1782
Grant, Daniel
1102 & 1164
1782 & 1783
Gray, Robert
1387
1787
Green, Richard
1268
1784
Grimes, David
1497
1789
Gross, Jacob
1403
1787
Grub, Jacob
1232
1784
Hacker, Julius
1460
1788
Hail, Robert
1127, 1133 & 1371
1782, 1783 & 1787
Hall, John
Hail
1381, 1396 & 1397
1787
Hall, William
1349
1787
Hambleton, Robert
1407
1787
Hamilton, James
1415, 1471, 1475 & 1476
1787 & 1789
Harklerode, Henry
Herkleroad, Hirkelroad,
1098
1782
Harris, James
1103
1782
Harrison, Robert
1350
1787
Harroll, John
1261
1784
Haywood, Mordecai
996
1782
Hedrick, Jacob
1341
1787
Henderson, John
1015 & 1298
1782 & 1784
Hollis, James
1071
1782
Hollis, John
1072
1782
Hollis, William
1404
1787
Holloway, John
1188
1783
Holt, Francis
1431
1788
Houser, John
Houzer
1428
1788
Houser, Nicholas
Houzer
1498
1789
Huffman, Peter
1338
1787
Hughes, David
995, 1014, &1263
1782 & 1784
Hughes, Henry
Hues
1339
1787
Hughes, James
1362
1787
Hyland, James
1375
1787
Jack, Joseph
1269
1784
Jackson, John
1143
1783
Jennings, William
1401
1787
Johnston, John
1316
1784
Johnston, Joseph
1470
1789
Ketrene, Lawrence
Laurence
1254
1784
Kincace, Joseph
1157 & 11 72
1783
Kincannon, Andrew
1065 & 1191
1782 & 1783
King, John
1273 & 1429
1784 & 1788
King, Thomas
1365 & 1453
1787 & 1788
King, William
1369
1787
Lane, Aquilla
Lain
1360
1787
Lane, Lambeth
Lain
1372
1787
Lane, Richard
Lain
1247
1784
Lane, William
1257
1784
Laner, Francis
1378
1787
Latham, William
with
Richardson, William
McCoy, David
McCoy, Spencer
1330-1335
1787
Latham, William with
Richardson, William and
McCoy, David
1097
1782
Laughlin, Alexander
1099
1782
Laughlin, James
1178 and 1179
1783
Laughlin, John
1078
1782
Leeper, Andrew
b. 1738
1412
1787
Leeper, Guian
Guyan or Guine, b. 1732
1248
1784
Leeper, John
b, 1744
997
1782
Leiper, Mary
1364 & 1408
1787
Lewis, Nathaniel
1308
1784
Lisbey, Aaron
1309
1784
Lisbey, William
1051
1782
Little, Andrew
1434
1788
Little, Mathias
1052
1782
Little, Valentine
1485
1789
Locksley, Robert
1115
1782
Long, John
1150
1783
Looney, Benjamin
1141, 1235, 1256, 1502 & 1503
1783 1784, & 1789
Looney, David
1067
1782
Looney, John
1148, 1171 & 1443
1783 & 1788
Looney, Moses
1389
1787
Lyne, Edmund
1011
1782
Mahan, David
1055
1782
Malone, John
1406
1787
Mansfield, John
Manifee, Manifield
1223 & 1370
1784 & 1787
Mansfield, John with Rodes, Christian
Manifee, Road
1112
1782
Mansfield, John with Rodes, Christopher
1500
1789
Matlock, Moses
1318
1784
Mauck, Henry
Mock
1024 & 1213
1782 & 1784
Maxwell, George
1021
1782
Maxwell, Jesse
1376
1787
Maxwell, Nathaniel
1293
1784
Maxwell, Thomas
1236
1784
McBroom, John
1464
1788
McBroom, Thomas
1224
1784
McCall, Peter
114
1782
McCarrnning, James
1028
1782
McClennan, Abraham
1207 & 1494
1784 & 1789
McCormack, William
1378
1787
McCoy, David
with
McCoy, Spencer
Latham, William
Richardson, William
1330-1335
1787
McCoy, David with Latham, William and
Richardson, William
1378
1787
McCoy, Spencer
with
Latham, William
Richardson, William
McCoy, David
1399
1787
McDaniel, James
1216
1784
McFarlan, John
1241 & 1275
1784
McFeeter, Samuel
McFeeters
1145
1783
McKinley, Samuel
1477
1789
McMillin, William
1091
1782
McMurray, John
1010
1782
McMurray, Samuel
1209 & 1400
1784 & 1787
McWhiter, James
McWherter
1019
1782
Merritt, Benjamin
1008 & 1418
1782 & 1787
Miller, Daniel
1419
1787
Miller, Frederick
1227
1784
Miller, John
1054
1782
Miner, John
1130-1132
1782
Mitchell, Joab
1121-1126, 1128 and 1129
1782
Mitchell, Mark
1473
1789
Money, Benjamin
1277
1784
Moore, Joseph
1095
1782
Moorfield, John
1393
1787
Morgan, Charles
1346
1787
Morrill, John
1354
1787
Morrill, Thomas
Murrill
1196
1784
Morrison, Michael
1319
1784
Morrison, Patrick
1173 and 1175
1783
Morrison, Peter
1310
1784
Mullins, John
1385
1787
Murphy, John
1198 &1267
1784
Murphy, Levi
Levy
1480
1789
Myers, Martin
1424, 1425 & 1432
1787 & 1788
Neadeaver, Jacob
Nedeaver
1186
1783
Nowlin, Bryant Ward
1211
1784
Odam, James
1092
1782
Offield, James
1160, 1177 and 1187, 1192 and 1193
1783
Orth, Adam
1402
1787
Palate, Ann
1012 & 1327 to 1328
1782 & 1787
Patterson, James
1077
1782
Patterson, Robert
1064
1782
Patterson, William
1461
1788
Payne, Charles
1009, 1458, 1463 & 1484
1782, 1788 & 1789
Payne, William
1499
1789
Peirpoint, Larkin
1272
1784
Pemberton, John
1029
1782
Pemberton, William
1085
1782
Peters, Coonrad
1290
1784
Poole, Alexander
1063 & 1106
1782
Ramsey, Josiah
1422
1787
Rhea, John
1313
1784
Rice, Henry
1378
1787
Richardson, William
with
McCoy, David
McCoy, Spencer
Latham, William
1330-1335
1787
Richardson, William with Latham, William and
McCoy, David
1110, 1214 & 1270
1782 & 1784
Ridley, George
1435
1788
Roberts, William
1134-1136
1783
Robertson, Elijah
1286
1784
Robertson, George
1343, 1451
1787 & 1788
Robertson, John
Roberson
1223 & 1370
1784 & 1787
Rodes, Christian with Mansfield, John
Road, Manifee,
1112
1782
Rodes, Christopher with Mansfield, John
1210 & 1438
1784 & 1788
Rodgers, Joseph
Rogers
1386
1787
Ross, David
1180
1783
Routledge, William
1107
1782
Rowler, Martain
1075
1782
Russell, Brewer
1315
1784
Russell, George
1105, 1117, 1147, 1151
1782 & 1783
Scott, John
1165 & 1174
1783
Scott, William
1234
1784
Sellers, Robert
1504
1789
Sharpe, Anthony
1119, 1025 & 1482
1782 & 1789
Sharpe, John
Sharp
1294 & 1300
1784
Sharpe, Thomas
1280 & 1304
1784
Shelby, David
1000 & 1457
1782 & 1788
Shelby, John
1088
1782
Shell, Arnold
1046
1782
Shelton, Lewis
1444
1788
Shipley, Richard
1082
1782
Shoulds, Patrick
1246 & 1368
1784 & 1787
Shute, John
1405
1787
Shutts, Martin
1253 & 1258
1784
Simpson, Henry
1292
1784
Sims, Bartlett
1023
1782
Smith, Anderson
1260
1784
Smith, James
1007, 1101 & 1167
1782 & 1783
Smith, Joseph
1049
1782
Smith, Peter
1057, 1086, and 1446
1782 & 1788
Smith, Samuel
1225
1784
Smith, Solomon
1289 & 1391
1784 & 1787
Smith, William
1255
1784
Snodgrass, John
1367
1787
Spar, Henry
1462 & 1469
1788 & 1789
Spurgin, William
1069
1782
Steel, Robert
1202 & 1488
1784 & 1789
Stubblefield, William
Weighet
1243 & 1317
1784
Talley, John
1215
1784
Thomas, William
1325 & 1456
1784 & 1788
Thompson, James
1436
1788
Thompson, John
1050, 1351 &1394
1782 & 1787
Topp, Roger
Rodger, Roget
1205
1784
Tredway, William
1411
1787
Tredway, William
1146
1783
Turney, Henry
1120
1782
Vanters, Jesse
1001
1782
Vawter, Philemon
1501
1789
Venus, Margaret
1358
1787
Vincent, Thomas
1026
1782
Wade, David
1212
1784
Wade, Edward
1027
1782
Wade, Robert
1409
1787
Waggoner, Andrew
1222
1784
Waggoner, Henry
1047
1782
Waldrope, James
1478
1789
Walker, Felix
1017
1782
Wallace, Joseph
1324
1784
Wallace, Thomas
1366
1787
Wallen, Joseph
1337
1787
Wallen, Elisha
1206
1784
Waller, Johnston
1281
1784
Ward, Edward
1487
1789
Warren, William
1442
1788
Warrick, Martin
1229 & 1459
1784 & 1788
Weaver, Christian
1329
1787
Weaver, Michael
1068
1782
Webb, Benjamin
1070
1782
Webb, David
1176
1783
Webb, George
1104
1782
Webb, John
1384
1787
Whealer, James
1321 & 1439
1784 & 1788
Widenor, Lewis
Whitnee
1361
1787
Williams, Robert
1142
1783
Willoughy, Andrew
1285
1784
Willson, Augustine
1437
1788
Wilson, Samuel
1100
1782
Young, Elizabeth
1076, 1089,1090, 1226 & 1259
1782 & 1784
Young, Robert