Here is one of the coolest early Tennessee documents that I have ever been able to offer. This is actually dated from 1784 while Nashville was still part of North Carolina. It would be a few more years before Tennessee would receive statehood. This document reads "Know all Men by these presents that we: Samuel Barton, Thomas Malloy & James Shaw, Directors and Trustees of the Town of Nashville in the State of North Carolina for and in consideration of four pounds lawful money of the aforesaid state do hereby grant & convey to Benjamin Pettet, his Heirs & Assigns the Lot number twenty-nine in the aforesaid Town of Nashville and every part & parcel thereof. To have and to hold the said Lot number twenty-nine and every part & parcel thereof with every one of its rights, priviledges, easements, advantages, emoluments & appentenances unto the said-Benjamin Pettet, his Heirs & Assigns from the day of the date of these presents for ever under the rules, restrictions & proviso's hereafter mentioned Viz. that the said Benjamin Pettet shall within three years after the date of this conveyance erect, build & finish on the aforesaid Lot one well framed or square log, or brick or stone house sixteen feet square at least & eight feet pitch in the clear with a brick or stone chimney or proportionable to such dimensions of the said Benjamin Pettet shall have one or more Lots contiguous according to an Act of Assembly in that case made & provided. In Witness whereof we have herewith subscribed our hands & affixed our seals this sixteenth day of August in the year 1784." In 1784, Market Street in Nashville was located along the Cumberland River and is now known as 2nd Avenue, serving as a hub for early commerce with warehouses, while Commerce Street likely paralleled it or was nearby, forming the core of the young settlement's riverfront trade, as Nashville (then Nashborough) was established right on the riverbanks for its strategic importance. This Lot #29 area is near what is now the Hard Rock Cafe and where the Wild Horse Saloon used to be if my map reading is correct. The document measures 12 inches by 7-1/4th inches in overall size. It is very legible with the minor paper losses and some fold line separations. This is an amazing piece of Nashville history!

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