In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand
64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There
Daniel and Abraham Hiestand - Post Virginia
Daniel Hiestand/Haston left Virginia with his older brother, Abraham, in about 1783. They journeyed to what is now Upper East Tennessee, near Jonesborough in Washington County. After 20 or so years there, they parted ways. Daniel moved his family to South Knoxville in Knox County, TN. Abraham moved to South Central Kentucky.
Abraham claimed 100 acres on Tebbs Bend of the Green River, in what is now the southern tip of Taylor County, KY. His good friend, John Lemon, settled on the adjacent bend, known for more than 200 years as Lemon’s Bend.
Something happened shortly after Abraham received his survey–something that changed his mind about completing the purchase. I suspect that is when his wife, Mary Magdalene Boehm Hiestand, died. On the back of the survey he assigned the rights of his surveyed property to his son, Henry Hiestand/Hestand. But, Henry chose not to finalize the deal either. So, the land never made it into the Hiestand family. However, it became the site of a very important Civil War battle.
Abraham and Henry both settled about 50 miles southwest of Tebbs Bend, in what became Monroe County, KY.
The survey drawing below is upside down, which was not uncommon for survey plats in that era.
Abraham Hestand's Tebbs Bend Survey
In South-Central KY, the Hiestand name for Abraham’s family became “Hestand,” but, in the early years, clerks often spelled it “Heaston.”
Site of the Battle of Tebbs Bend
Excellent Tour of the Battlefield if you are interested in Civil War history – Link below:
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