Kendricks. v. Dallum

[S. C., 2 Tenn. 211; Cooke, 220.]

The plaintiffs filed their bill on the 20th of October, 1808, in which it is stated that they claim a 5000 acre tract of land by virtue of an entry in John Armstrong's office, No. 535, in the name of Jones Kendrick, made on the 27th of October, 1783, in these words: "Jones Kendrick, 5000 acres of land, on the west fork of the second creek above Gen. Green's land, that empties into Duck River on the south side, beginning near the fork of said creek, and extending up the said west fork for complement." That Elijah Robertson, on the 29th of October, 1783, made…