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                    LAND ENTRIES.
 
The following is a list of land entries that were made previ-
ous to 1825: Miller White, 1818; William Murphey, 1822;
Jacob Watson, 1820; Soloman Watson, 1822; John Reed, 1820;
John Gassett, 1820; William Sullivan, 1822; S. Parker, 1822; 
James Wilson, 1824; John Fishli, 1820; Samuel Bennett, 1824;
John Smith, 1820; John Baldwin, 1820; Joshua Moore, 1820;
Mathew Coffin, 1821; Elias Little, 1823; Thomas Ruddick,
1821; Henry Smith, 1822; Andrew Johnson, 1820; James Hays,
1822; James Briston, 1820; E. Henderson, 1823; John Baldwin,
1820; John T. Jones, 1821; David Perry, 1821; John Sherley, 1821;
James Bennett, 1821; Joshua Bennett, 1821; Thomas Hallowell,
1821; T. Howard, 1822; John Brown, 1821; John Epperson,
1822; Benjamin Bennett, 1821; John Tipton, 1821; John Pal-
mer, 1820; William Davis, 1821; William Smith, 1820; Samuel
Prather, 1822; Jacob Baldwin, 1820; Isaac Lewis, 1822; Samuel
Stanfield, 1822; William Marshall, 1821; Isaac Cassill, 1822;
Abraham Warner, 1821; Walter Carr, 1821; Samuel Goodenow,
1821; Esley Hilton, 1821; David Peyhley, 1822; Silas Samuel,
1820; John Kyon, 1822; Henry Karr, 1820; David Scott, 1820;
Winthrop Young, 1820; David Anderson, 1821; Edward Fentress,
1821; Mayanar Coghill, 1820; Richard Williams, 1821; James
Owen, 1820; Jacob Watson, 1822; Sipio Leatherman, 1820; Caleb
Litton.
 
  
                 PIONEER OCCUPATION.
 
No sooner had the hardy pioneer provided himself with the
rude log hut, in which he might eat, sleep and have protection from
the inclemencies of the weather, than he began to clear a small
piece of land, in which he might raise wheat or corn to supply
himself with bread. He had very little anxiety about meat,
knowing that the forests would furnish him with bear, deer,
raccoon and turkey, which cost the experienced hunter but little
trouble to procure in any quantity. The fields of the first settlers