JAMES MCCRACKEN/CHARLOTTE WOFFORD
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Re: JAMES MCCRACKEN/CHARLOTTE WOFFORD
| Cole Owen (View posts) | Posted: 24 Nov 2002 7:53PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: McCracken, Wilson, Durham
Dan:
The grants were in Lincoln Co TN. The info I found was in papers relating to the "Glasgow Land Fraud", Glasgow was the Secr of State of NC. He and some political cronies were stealing (by altering paperwork) land grants made to Rev War vets. (Apparently we started early here in the US with crooked politicians!)
The grants were for land in TN but were made for service in the NC Continental Line. David's grant was Feb 10, 1797, warrant 4652 for 640 acres. The reference number in Glasgow Papers book is 8335. I have not done the detail work to locate the land of the grant specifically to a geographical location via survey coordinates. Given your question, correctly the answer is that I assume it is the land on which David McCracken later lived (and died) near Bradshaw's Creek, close to the Giles Co line but in Lincoln Co TN.
Attested witnesses (in the fraud investigation) state David had two sons, James and Joseph but no William, and apparently a "William McCracken" must have been alleged to have signed over David's land. I found the references in a book, "Tenn. Land Entries; Military Bounty Land, Morton Armstrong's Office" by Dr. A.B. Pruitt, copyright 1996, which documents many of the papers of the Glasgo fraud. Page 825 notes the info on McCrackens. The fraud was exposed, by the way, by the new state senator from TN, Andrew Jackson.
A "John McCracken" had warrant application 4653, I believe, (it may have been 4651) but in any case it was sequentially next to David's numbered application. John's grant was also for land in TN; also for service in NC Cont Line; also attempted to be taken by Glasgow and also exposed. And, there was a John McCracken in Lincoln Co TN during the period David was there.
I have never confirmed the family relationship, if any, between David and John, however it is difficult for me to image they were not at least first cousins, if not brothers. But, I haven't confirmed it. A witness mentioned in the land fraud papers is a Joseph Wilson; as you probably know, David's wife was Elizabeth Wilson and I suspect a link there with Elizabeth, of course, but again have not confirmed it.
Let me know if you would like additional detail. It has been a while since we communicated - last time on the Durham - McCracken connections; a Durham who married a McCracken in my "McCracken" family.
Hope all is well.
Cole Owen at cowen@ixpres.com
The grants were in Lincoln Co TN. The info I found was in papers relating to the "Glasgow Land Fraud", Glasgow was the Secr of State of NC. He and some political cronies were stealing (by altering paperwork) land grants made to Rev War vets. (Apparently we started early here in the US with crooked politicians!)
The grants were for land in TN but were made for service in the NC Continental Line. David's grant was Feb 10, 1797, warrant 4652 for 640 acres. The reference number in Glasgow Papers book is 8335. I have not done the detail work to locate the land of the grant specifically to a geographical location via survey coordinates. Given your question, correctly the answer is that I assume it is the land on which David McCracken later lived (and died) near Bradshaw's Creek, close to the Giles Co line but in Lincoln Co TN.
Attested witnesses (in the fraud investigation) state David had two sons, James and Joseph but no William, and apparently a "William McCracken" must have been alleged to have signed over David's land. I found the references in a book, "Tenn. Land Entries; Military Bounty Land, Morton Armstrong's Office" by Dr. A.B. Pruitt, copyright 1996, which documents many of the papers of the Glasgo fraud. Page 825 notes the info on McCrackens. The fraud was exposed, by the way, by the new state senator from TN, Andrew Jackson.
A "John McCracken" had warrant application 4653, I believe, (it may have been 4651) but in any case it was sequentially next to David's numbered application. John's grant was also for land in TN; also for service in NC Cont Line; also attempted to be taken by Glasgow and also exposed. And, there was a John McCracken in Lincoln Co TN during the period David was there.
I have never confirmed the family relationship, if any, between David and John, however it is difficult for me to image they were not at least first cousins, if not brothers. But, I haven't confirmed it. A witness mentioned in the land fraud papers is a Joseph Wilson; as you probably know, David's wife was Elizabeth Wilson and I suspect a link there with Elizabeth, of course, but again have not confirmed it.
Let me know if you would like additional detail. It has been a while since we communicated - last time on the Durham - McCracken connections; a Durham who married a McCracken in my "McCracken" family.
Hope all is well.
Cole Owen at cowen@ixpres.com