Person:Gilbert North (1)

No. 296
CALEB O’DELL Sen. - 56 acres - Cocke County - on English Creek beginning at a post oak corner to JOHN ALLEN, WILLIAM SIMS and GILBERT NORTH, SIMS corner, crossing the Cove Road, corner to SIMS and WILLIAM NORTH, NORTH’s line, white oak on JAMES SMITH’s line-CC JAMES ALLEN and SAMUEL LILLARD Surveyed May 6, 1807.

No. 351
JAMES ALLEN - 195 1/2 acres-Cocke County - on Englishes Creek beginning at a large black oak corner to GILBERT NORTH, corner to WILLIAM SIMMS, SIMMS line, SIMMS corner, SAMUEL LITTEREL’s line, LITTEREL’s corner,white oak under the foot of Englishes Mountain, along the spurs of themountain-CC WILLIAM SIMMS and GILBERT NORTH Surveyed May 7, 1807.

No. 375
JOHN ALLEN - 328 1/4 acres - Cocke County - beginning at the head of Englishes Creek at a hickory on Jones Cove Road corner to JAMES SMITH and CALEBO’DELL, hickory on JARRET BRICKEY’s line, THOMAS WILLIAMS line, THOMAS WILLIAMS corner, white oak at the foot of Englishes Mountain, GILBERT NORTH's line, post oak corner to NORTH, SIMM’s and O’DEL, ODEL’s line-CC JOHN GILES and CALEB O’DEL surveyed May 9, 1807.

No. 1052
SAMUEL LIBERAT - 589 acres - Cocke County-on the waters of Englishes Creek beginning at a large black oak on JAMES ALLEN’s line at the foot of Englishes Mountain, spurs of said miuntain, SIMS and JAMES ALLEN’s corrner-CC JAMES ALLEN and GILBERT NORTH Surveyed May 7, 1807.

No. 927
JONAS JENKINS - 87 ¼ acres - Cocke County - on the waters of Englishes Creek beginning on a hickory sapling near JOHN SMITH’s corner, with his line, SMITH’s corner and WILLIAM NORTH’s, with NORTH’s line, corner to JARRET BRICKEY-CC JOHN ALLEN and JARRET BRICKEY Surveyed May 6, 1807.

No. 1240
GILBERT NORTH - 257 acres - Cocke County - on the waters of englishes creek beginning at a post oak corner to JOHN ALLEN, WILLIAM SIMMS and CALEBODELL, JAMES ALLEN’s corner, foot of Englishes Mountain, JOHN ALLEN’s corner-CCJACOB LARGE and SAM’L. LILLARD surveyed May 7, 1808.

Known all men by these present that I William Williams of Prince Edward County in the state of Virginia for divers food causes and considerations me hereunto moving have made ordered authorized nominated and appointed, and by these present do make ordain, authorize and appoint William Mathews my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to act, demand, sue for and recover of soutz [such] person, or persons, in whose lands the legacies may be in (which legacies) were left to Ellinor Porter by Samuel Ewing last will and testament before her intermarriage with me the said William Williams and by James Ewing since her intermarriage with me the said Williams wh___ all such sum or sums of money, ____ and demands whatsoever, which are now due unto me as Husband of the said Ellinor, and to have use and take all lawful ways and means, in my name, or _______ for recovery these of and to compound and agree for the same, and acquittance or other sufficient discharges for the same for me and in my name, to make such and deliver, and to do all other lawful acts and things whatsoever considering the premises, as fully as every respect, as I myself might or could do even I personally present at the doing thereof, and _____ one or more under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and again at his pleasure to _____ ______ and confirming and by these presents allowing what my said attorney shall in my name do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises by virtue of these presents which are ____ called witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one
Sealed and Delivered }
in the presents of } William Williams [signed with his mark]
James Mason
Gilbert North
Amrose Inge
John Hundley

Petition to the Legislature from the citizens of Cocke County lying within the district South of French Broad River and Holston River, and west of Pigeon asking that demands upon them be reduced.

[Partial Extract of Signatures]

(Signed) Gilbert North
(Signed) John Rutherford
(Signed) Noel g Rutherford
(Signed) Peter Fox
(Signed) James Gray

and others not listed here.