Title	James Saunders service right, 1785
Description	Handwritten service right for James Saunders, 1785
Historical Note	Two hundred-acre service right to land around Bledsoe's Lick. The community was named for Isaac Bledsoe, a pioneer and long hunter who built a fort on the site. Settlers in the region were open to attack by Native Americans who believed their hunting grounds were being destroyed. The town is now known as Castalian Springs and is located in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Date	1785
Collection Name	Early Tennessee Land Records -- Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1784-1840 Guard Rights
Accession Number	RG 50
Subject - LCSH	United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject - TGM	Revolutions Military standards Correspondence
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	37944
Physical Location	Folder S (first item in the folder)
Media Type	Manuscripts
Copyrights	No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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