Family branches - 52 weeks of Ancestors

Uriah Hunt, born 1757, lived in North Carolina and applied for some of the first land grants in what would become Tennessee.   During the Revolutionary War, Dec.9,1778,  Uriah had an entry for 300 acres in Washington county on both sides of Boones Creek.   On Dec. 25, 1778, he had an entry for 250 acres in Washington county on Sinking Creek.  And in July 29, 1779, an entry for 200 acres in Washington county on Boones Creek. I thought the price he paid for this land was interesting: "  Washington Co. NC, No. 99; for 50 shillings for every 100 acres, grant to  Uriah Hunt  119 acres".   In "The History of Washington County TN" p.891, it says that Uriah Hunt at one time owned most of the land that currently comprises Sulphur Springs Community.   Above is a sign by the land he once lived on. Uriah is named in the book "Early Settlers of Washington County, Tennessee: (pre) 1768-1777", and also has a page in the book "Sketches of Tenne...

Rosanna McNees married John McCormick, probably about 1770.  She and John had three sons: James b.about 1771, William b.about 1773, and Adam b.about 1776. John and Rosanna's brother William McNees were in the Rangers and John died in 1779.  Rosanna was known as "widow McCormick". A document of her land warrant is below  A plat of her land in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania is below   Rosanna remarried to Adam Stott.    In 1794, the worst of the Whiskey Rebellion happened in western Pennsylvania, where Rosanna and Adam lived.  The government wanted to tax distilled liquors, and the local people didn't want the tax.  Many Scottish and Irish families moved away from this area at this time.  The family moved to Kentucky at least by 1794 possibly by the Ohio River, and then following the Limestone Trace westward, or by leaving Wheeling VA (now WV) down to Kentucky.  Rosanna and Adam Stott purchased 50 Bourbon Co. acres, adjacent to John ...