Because of fraud involved in these warrants, we need to authenticate the service of a man by referring to the muster roll, federal pension, or other contemporary statements rather than assuming a man served because his name is on a warrant. A listing of warrants and to whom warrant was issued are in North Carolina Archives. Land location books are in Tennessee Archives. Loose warrants and loose surveys for grants issued by North Carolina are in North Carolina Archives. Loose warrants, loose surveys, and grant books for grants issued by Tennessee are in Tennessee Archives.
Most grants issued by Tennessee are for land in West Tennessee.
More information about the warrants is found in Reference 13. A settler was allowed 640 acres sort of centered around his cabin. The settler had his claim recorded in an office in Nashville, a warrant for survey was issued, the survey was done, the grant was issued, and the grant was recorded in the county were the land was. There were about 484 such claims recorded in this office. This land office was operated by Samuel Barton.