He and Thomas Bedford, a fellow land speculator, were granted as assignees a North Carolina land grant and had laid out 102 town lots and a Public Square by 1803, at the junction of the East and West Forks of the Stones River.
In 1803, He and Thomas Bedford, a fellow land speculator, received a North Carolina land grant. They developed the area by laying out 102 town lots and a Public Square at the junction of the East and West Forks of the Stones River.