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.
This passage describes a land development project undertaken by He and Thomas Bedford in North Carolina around 1803. The project involved the creation of 102 town lots and a Public Square, located at the confluence of the East and West Forks of the Stones River.