In the mid-1800s Blount County officials found the deeds books of the county in a state of deterioration, and they voted to have the books copied into new ledgers. After being copied, the original books were destroyed.

Each deed contains the date the deed was written: the consideration for which the property was conveyed; a description of the property including  location and adjoining property owners, when known; names of witnesses; and dates of registration by county clerk. The deed of this period reflect the hard circumstances in the early 1820s following the Panic of 1819. A fullname and subject index provides easy access to information.

The books are presented as graphical images, so the user sees the works just as they were originally published. They are intended to look and function very much like "real" books, i.e., the user looks for entries of interest in the table of contents or index, and then turns to the page cited and scans it for the desired information. This is accomplished by using the powerful Adobe Acrobat Reader that is provided free on the CD for Windows and Macintosh systems. Although there are no electronic indexes, there are numerous electronic bookmarks have been added which make it easy to navigate through the books and indexes, and to jump from one book to another. This CD is best viewed with a monitor resolution of 800x600 or higher.

283 pages, CD-ROM.  $11.00

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