The first settlement in what is known as Tennessee was made in 1769. The settlers were mainly from North and South Carolina and Virginia. This area was believed to have been Virginia. Through all this time North Carolina continued to issue land grants in this area to its soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War. This area has been known as Cumberland Valley and formed a settlement at French Lick, now known as Nashville. Because of dangers...

"This book is a copy of the surviving docket book for the Mero District Superior Court beginning with the November Term 1806"--[Introd.], v. 2.