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From: Erin Bradford <>
Subject: John Hackett
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 08:01:40 +0100


Just found this tonight at http://www.pcquandary.com/patie/dearmond.htm I
believe this referring to the Revolutionary War, but not sure, never
actually said...also, I only copied what talked about John and that was it.
There was more, including a map of the area talked about so go to the
homepage if you want to see the rest:

From: Roots of Roane County, TN by Snyder E. Roberts, pg 155

According to available documents, JOHN DEARMOND, JOHN HACKETT and JOSEPH
O"HAVER were the first white men to set foot on the present site of Kingston
in 1785

According to Capt. W. E. McElwee, JAMES DEARMOND was the hero in the Battle
of Crab Orchard with the Indians in 1792

JOHN DEARMOND – FIRST ON KINGSTON SITE

In the March 1808 session of the Roane County Court, Attorney ROBERT WHYTE

(later State Supreme Court Justice) represented JOHN HACKETT in a suit in
which "John Hackett humbly showeth that he claimeth two tracts of land, one
being in the point of the Tennessee and Clinch Rivers of 240 acres. The
other adjoining the above tract upon Clinch River, including the Town of
Kingston, containing 300 acres." In order to prove the boundaries of the
above tracts, ROBERT WHYTE introduced an affidavit of
JOHN DEARMOND as follows:

"John DeArmond after being sworn deposeth and sayeth that in the year of
1785, about the first of September, that he was present and saw John Hackett
mark an ash tree above the mouth of a spring branch on the bank of Clinch
River which was a corner tree of the two tracts of land claimed by the said
John Hackett. This deponant farther sayeth that he
was a chain carrier for the two tracts of land, and with JOSEPH O"HAVER who
was also a chain carrier."

John Hackett’s claim was probably disallowed, or compromised, but the
important point is, John DeArmond was on the Kingston site in 1785.
(Shelby’s troops by-passed Kingston site in 1779).

JOHN DEARMOND obtained a North Carolina warrant No. 516 dated April 28, 1780
on which he was issued grant No.635 dated April 2, 1787 for 200 acres in
Greene County (now Roane) on the north fork of Emeries River (now Little
Emory) bounded on the south by William Blount’s 5000-acre survey, for which
DeArmond was to pay 50 shillings for each 100 acres. The tract was surveyed
by JOHN HACKETT in 1787, and recorded by Hackett November 8, 1791; however,
the deed was not registered in Roane County until 1816 (Book E, p 36). In
the meantime, JOHN DEARMOND sold the 200-acre tract to his son, JAMES
DEARMOND in 1809 (Book D, p 220).

Hope this helps somebody.

Erin Bradford

Listowner for Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, and Kern
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