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1801 Andrew Jackson Signed Land Deed Tennessee 5,000 Acre Conveyance Patrick Campbell Knox County
Rare frontier-era Tennessee manuscript deed signed by future U.S. President Andrew Jackson involving a 5,000-acre tract in Knox County.
Description
Offered is an original manuscript land deed dated October 5, 1801, signed by Andrew Jackson, future seventh President of the United States.
This early Tennessee conveyance records the transfer of approximately 5,000 acres of land from Andrew Jackson to Patrick Campbell. The document identifies Jackson as a resident of Davidson County and describes extensive lands in Knox County, Tennessee, referencing Turkey Creek, the Clinch River, and the Holston River.
The deed further references prior ownership by Stockley Donelson and a sheriff's sale through which Jackson acquired title before conveying the property.
Highlights include:
Original manuscript deed
Dated October 5, 1801
Signed by Andrew Jackson
Tennessee frontier land transaction
Approximately 5,000 acres
Knox County / formerly Hawkins County references
Early statehood-era Tennessee history
Registration endorsements on reverse
Condition is poor but largely complete, with expected age-related wear including separations, losses, staining, and old repairs. The document remains highly displayable and historically significant.
A rare opportunity to acquire an original early Tennessee land document directly connected to Andrew Jackson's frontier legal and land-speculation activities prior to his presidency.
Stockley Donelson was not a random name.
He was:
Brother of Rachel Donelson Jackson (Andrew Jackson's wife)
One of the most active Tennessee land speculators of the frontier era
Owner of substantial Knox County lands
Closely tied to the Jackson family network and land business activities.
The deed specifically states that the tract had previously belonged to Stockley Donelson and passed through a sheriff's sale before Jackson conveyed it to Patrick Campbell. That is exactly the sort of complex title chain seen in frontier Tennessee land speculation.
