History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . in further con-sideration of the payment of a sum of money.* Two days later, March 19, a deed was madeconveying in fee simple to Charles Robertson, as trustee for the Watauga Association, the , which had heretofore been leased, in consideration of the sum of ^2,000, lawful moneyof Great Britain, in hand paid. This deed is recorded in the registers office of WashingtonCounty, Tennessee, and prescribes the boundaries of the purchase. It is signed by the followingCherokee chiefs on behalf of the Cherokee Nation, viz.: Oconosto
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . in further con-sideration of the payment of a sum of money.* Two days later, March 19, a deed was madeconveying in fee simple to Charles Robertson, as trustee for the Watauga Association, the , which had heretofore been leased, in consideration of the sum of ^2,000, lawful moneyof Great Britain, in hand paid. This deed is recorded in the registers office of WashingtonCounty, Tennessee, and prescribes the boundaries of the purchase. It is signed by the followingCherokee chiefs on behalf of the Cherokee Nation, viz.: Oconostota, Attacullecully, TennessyWarrior, Willinawaugh. March 25, 1775, two deeds were executed by the Cherokees to Jacob ^Ante, paragraph 81. Ramsey, 109-111; Reports of Bureau of Ethnology for 1883-84, , article by Charles C. Royce. Ante, paragraph 105; Ramsey, pp. 110-119; Report of Bureau of Ethnology, article ofCharles C. Royce, 1883-18S4, pp. 148, 149. ^Martins Private Acts of North Carolina, page 116. *Ante, paragraph 81 ; Ramsey, p. MclNTOSH —Creek Chief. 132 History of Tennessee. Brown in consideration of ten shillings. One deed couvej-ed to him the tract which he hadpreviously leased, and the other deed conveyed an additional tract, shown on map of theWatauga Settlements, marked Browns Second Purchase. These several purchases are notshown on the annexed map of the Indian Treaties, but coincide very nearly with AverysTreaty, marked 3.^ 215. Averys Treaty.—July 20, 1777, Commissioners Preston, Christian, and Shelby, onthe part of Virginia, and Avery, Sharpe, Winston, and l,anier, on the part of North Carolina,met at Fort Henry, near Long Island, on the Holston, and concluded with the Cherokees atreaty which is known in Tennessee as Averys Treaty. It confirmed the Watauga cessionsmade in 1775, and somewhat extended their boundaries. The portion of the cession includedin Tennessee is shown on the annexed map, marked 3. 216. Treaty of Nashborough.—The Trea
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