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Timmons Cemetery, 89-1 Summary Report, page 58

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The next deed shown below reveals the sale of land to William Leeman by John Timmons in 1832. The wording indicates that the 177 acre tract was already known by the name of “Leeman's Ferry” before the sale. The sketch in the deed even shows the ferry crossing at the river. A Joseph Leeman patented about 240 acres of land in S28-T5-R1W in the 1830s, and in 1837 he patented another 35 acres that lay within Section 33. This latter section is bounded by the river, whereas Section 28 does not include riverfronts. William Leeman was reported to have already been operating his ferry on the Tennessee River “3 or 4 miles below Ditto's Landing” in 1819. That would place the ferry most likely in Section 27. The wording of the deed shown below is somewhat indefinite about the section number, but Section 27, T5-R1W, certainly fits the criteria. In particular, subsequent maps through time have shown the location of “Leeman's Bluff” on the river in Section 27. 58 - (3007)    

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