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Washington Co., TN - Order to Lay Road, George Reeves

1783 Order to Lay Road - George Reeves

Transcribed in Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists - Upper East Tennessee

4 Aug 1783, p 218
A road to be laid off from the county line at the head of Indian Creek to Sycamore Shoals to Jane Stuart's Road to be laid out by Jas Stuart, Sam'l Henry Jun, David McNabb, Elija Cooper, Rob Lusk, Andrew Taylor, Joshua Houghton Jun, Sam'l Henry Sr, Geo Reeves, Abraham Denton, Jacob Chamberlain, David Mecon, Wm Davis, Matthew Tolbott, Mich'l Hider and Landon Rhea.

P219 (immediately after above entry)
Road to be laid out beginning at the head of Little Sinking Creek running to Nathan Davises, then to Abraham Denton's, from there along the waters of Buffalo Creek to Valentine Sevier's, then to Reeves, and between aforesaid lines and Iron Mountain as high as James Stuart's. Edm'd Williams appointed overseer from Jas Stuart to Sylamore Shoals; Joshua Houghton Jr overseer from there to Indian Creek.

Source: Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, County Court Vol I 1775-1799