James and Isabella Clark Land

1. = the largest tract which is also the most easterly one:
         400 ac: survey dated 19 Sep 1828 (clarifying lands of John, Robert, Peter and James Clark) ... waters of the Middle Fork of the Holston River: first, 342 acres conveyed by James Braden to James Clark, father to the present applicants by deed dated 7 Dec. 1807 which land was granted to said Braden by two patents, both dated 16 Dec. 1799 (one for 150 acres and the other for 192 acres). Also 58 acres by VA Land Office treasury warrant #9069 dated 16 Sept. 1826; WC Survey Book 2: 508-509; also VA Patent and Land Grants Bk 83: 415

2. = small triangular tract on the southwest corner of the larger survey above
         50 ac: VA to James Clark 26 Apr. 1815, surveyed 22 Jul 1812; VA Grants 65: 72

3. = small tract nestled against the west side of the larger survey #1
         70 acres sold by George and Ann Kincannon to James and Isabella Clark Feb. 1798; Wash Co. DB 2: 39-40. This was part of a much larger tract to the west on which George Kincannon lived

4. = small tract which sits like a hat above tract # 1 and 3
         17 acres sold by James Beattie to James Clark on 3 Oct. 1817 and recorded in May 1818. It was part of the land James Beattie lived on. It is also possible this land was sold directly to James Clark Jr. (not James Clark Sr.)

The colored tracts represent portions of the tract that were in one way or another passed to James's sons.

On Jun 22, 1812 James Sr. sold 2 parcels to his sons James Jr. and John.

Pink: James Clark Jr. bought 100 acres off the southern end for $170.

Light Blue: John Clark bought 140 acres for $200.

James Sr.'s 1818 will left the land on which he was living to his sons Robert and Peter. This would have been the land above the Old Wagon Rd (present day route 11). Robert was to manage the land for himself and Peter until Peter was old enough to do so himself (Robert was abt 22 and Peter was abt 13 at the time).

Robert eventually sold his share and those deeds shed some light on how Robert and Peter divided the land:

Dark Blue: On Feb. 26, 1831 Robert and Catherine Clark sold 122 acres to John Clark for $507 (see narrative for source)

Green: On Feb. 26, 1831 Robert and Catherine sold 48.25 acres to Peter Clark for $193 (see narrative for source)

Peter had probably already received the uncolored land to the west of this green section as his share under the terms of his father's will.

The northeastern section of James Clark's original survey, which is also uncolored, found its way into the Hutton family. In 1828 James Hutton's heirs sold part of it to Arthur Hutton and part of it to John Hutton Jr.

In 1858 John and Mary (Beattie) Clark divided their land amongst their sons John B. and James Clark, further subdividing James and Isabella's original tract.

Diana Powell with assistance from Bob Ford, 2007