Appearing in the Overton County Deeds

 

FamilySearch. Overton County, TN Deeds.

As part of settling a prior debt, on 9 May 1859, my 4th-great-grandfather Pleasant Flatt conveyed a three-week old mule colt to William H. Hawkins in Overton County, Tennessee. The deed above was found using FamilySearch Labs AI search tool.

Several other deeds involving Flatt also showed up in the search. Flatt was clearly in a rough financial situation in 1859. He conveyed the lease and crops on his land in Overton County in order to satisfy a judgment against him from December 1858. This echoes later legal troubles against Flatt in Metcalfe County in 1872, the case that sent him into the Metcalfe County Poor House. 

Another conveyance showed what led to the judgment against him in December 1858. In that transaction, Flatt agreed to transfer a 14 year old mare and his crop of tobacco to O.B. Brady as part of assisting Flatt with settling a previous debt he owed to Delila Boyd. Flatt would later default on his debt to Brady, causing Brady to bring an action against him, leading to the settlement shown above.

In 1860, Flatt was indebted to John L. Cain for $15. He entered into a deed of trust with Cain to sell his crop of tobacco. Given my search for the identity of Robert Cain, seeing this deed raises my interest in knowing more about who this John Cain was.

FamilySearch. Overton County Deeds, 1860.