Jean wrote.
Jacob Wells
Washington Co., VA 1799
And Lee Co., VA
Made the 13th day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety nine between S. Donalson
of the county of Knox and state of Tennessee of the one part
and the heirs of Jacob Wells dec'd of the other part of the
county of Sullivan and state aforesaid of the other part. ETC
Jacob Wells,
Washington Co, Va Survey.
Page 423 - John Fleming - 20,970 ac - treasury warrant #1183
dated February 14, 1795 - on the waters of Holstein and Clinch
Rivers excluding 2650 ac appropriated in the following manner:
John Richards 400 ac on Oposom Creek by survey, James Moor
100 ac by survey on said creek, also the above Richards 100 ac
on each creek, also Jacob Well 200 ac by survey on the waters of
said creek, Jacob Wells 600 ac by entries on the waters of said
creek & Licke Branch, Humphrey Marsshan 1000 ac by entry on
the waters of Oposom Creek, Arch Branch 250 ac by entry on the
waters of said creek branches of the north fork of Holstein - on the
east side of Crookes Creek above the Pound? Spring on or near
the boundary line - crossing Oposom Creek twice - on the east side
of the Black Lick - crossing several branches of Opossom Creek
corner to Jacob D. Walls land - crossing several branches of the
above creek and the double Lick branch and passing the line of
D. Walls' Cate's and Woolf's land - corner to Woolf's & Charles
Ison's land - on the west side of Big Mockeyson creek - crossing
the troublesome branch, a south branch of Clinch River - on the
north west side of the old Kentuckey Trace - crossing many
branches of Clinch River to the State line known by Walkers line -
crossing Crooked Creek - April 11, 1795
Page 475 - Michael Rysonor - 60 ac - treasury warrant #1927
dated December 12, 1791 - on the waters of Oppossom Creek,
a north branch of the North Fork of Holstein River - on Lewis
Whitenors south line and on the north side of the creek - corner
to Jacob Dayvawls land - corner to his own North Carolina
patent land - near the bank of Opossom Creek -
November 21, 1795
Page 475 - David Ross, assignee of John Cate, Jacob Will &
Walter Preston - 200 ac - Preemption warrant #2385 dated
February 11, 1783 - on the waters of Opossom Creek, a north
branch of the north fork of Holstein River - on the south side
of a spur of Clinch Mountain - crossing Hamelton's branch -
on the south side of the Pine ridge - on the top of the Pine ridge -
June 27, 1796
Best Regards
Dot