The Heirs, Etc., of J.J. Williamson v. R. Buchannan

The record shows that this was a caveat filed by Buchannan to prevent the plaintiff from obtaining a grant, upon a survey and entry, made under the laws of Tennessee, because, as is alleged. Buchannan has a better claim to the land, derived under a grant from the State of North Carolina, to Samuel M. Buchannan for 1800 acres, and dated in the year 1792, and surveyed in the year 1792. The caveat was filed in the County Court of Lincoln; and, by the consent of the parties, at May session, 1812, was transferred to the Circuit Court of the same county for trial at June term, 1812, of the Circuit…