Jackson County, TN Land Records Jackson County, Tennessee Land Records - Jackson County deed records are available from 1872. Can be ordered from Betty Huff Bryant, 1100-B Mission Ridge, Austin, TX 78704. John Armstrong's Entry Book by Irene M. Griffey, 1993.
Entries are statewide and is the earliest land record for most of Tennessee.
Covers 18th century, over 2600 entries. Exact copy of Middle Tennessee's first land entry book and 1878 militia payroll. Contains about 5500 land grants issue by NC for land in Tennessee. For further information, see the excellent report on Walker's Line on the TNGenWeb site . This may affect where you look for Jackson or Clay County ancestral information.