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| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140 items) |
| Abstract | The collection includes miscellaneous land grants from the Carolina Proprietors and royal and state governors, legal certificates of alterations in land grants, and deeds from individuals, chiefly in the colonial period and for lands in eastern North Carolina. Counties represented include Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Caswell, Chowan, Craven, Cumberland, Davie, Dobbs (1758-1791), Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Johnston, Lincoln, Martin, Mecklenburg, Orange, Perquimans, Rowan, Tyrrell, and Wilkes. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2009. Item-level description added in May 2024 by Davia Webb and Dawne Lucas.
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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The collection includes miscellaneous land grants from the Carolina Proprietors and royal and state governors, legal certificates of alterations in land grants, and deeds from individuals, chiefly in the colonial period and for lands in eastern North Carolina. Counties represented include Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Caswell, Chowan, Craven, Cumberland, Davie, Dobbs (1758-1791), Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Johnston, Lincoln, Martin, Mecklenburg, Orange, Perquimans, Rowan, Tyrrell, and Wilkes.
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North Carolina Land Grants and Deeds, 1711-1861; 1901.
| Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
| Folder 1 |
1711-1721Land grant to John Lovick for 4200 acres in Bath County, N.C., 12 November 1720 Land grant to William Lidbetter for 610 acres lying south of Moratock River, N.C., 1 March 1719 Land grant to Tarlow Oquinn for 300 acres in Bertie County, N.C., 4 August 1723 Land grant to James Bell for 390 acres in Pasquotank County, N.C., 11 November 1719 Land grant to William Yesson for 640 acres in Chowan County, N.C., 1 March 1721 |
| Folder 2 |
1725-1781Indenture between John Earl Granville and James Barnes, in which Granville sells Barnes 226 acres of land in Edgecombe County, N.C., 15 May 1757 Land deed from John Carteret to William Bennum for 595 acres, N.C., 1 February 1725 Land grant to Jonathan Standley for 160 acres in Hobbs County, N.C., 21 December 1763 Land grant to Edward Moseley for 8400 acres in Bath County, N.C., 20 November 172[0] Land deed from Daniel McDaniel to John Williams of 640 acres south of the Moratock River, N.C., 1 July 1727 Land grant to Thomas Barker of Chowan County, N.C., for 240 acres in Beaufort County, N.C., 30 November 1753 Land grant to George Burrington of 5000 acres near the Cape Fear River, N.C., 30 July 1725 Land deed from William Frohock to Joseph Haden of 200 acres in Rowan County, N.C., 3 November 1777 Fragment of a land deed from Joshua Bell to James Smith, Halifax County, N.C., August 1773 Photocopy of a portion of a land deed from Henry McCullough to James Faison, Duplin County, N.C., April 1777 Land grant to Thomas Everitt for 100 acres in Tyrell County, N.C., 18 August 1783 Land grant to Thomas Lee for 238 acres in Martin County, N.C., 1 March 1780 Land grant to John Campbell for 12000 acres near Cape Fear River, N.C., previously granted to Murray Crymble and James Huey, 3 March 1745 |
| Folder 3 |
1782-1789Land grant to Richard Oldham for 150 acres in Caswell County, N.C., 29 October 1782 Land grant to David Woodson for 130 acres in Rowan County, N.C., 10 October 1783 Land grant to Joshua Hays for 250 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 19 November 1787 Land grant to John Kirkpatrick for 225 acres in Lincoln County, N.C., 1 November 1784 Land grant to Willoughby Williams, assignee of Henry Martin, for 540 acres in Davidson County, N.C., 24 January 1787 Land deed from William Caswell to Benjamin Coleman for 1386 acres in Dobbs County, N.C., 15 October 1783 Land grant to David Woodson for 146 acres in Rowan County, N.C., 23 March 1785 Land grant to Robert Liley for 150 acres in Orange County, N.C., 18 May 1789 |
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1790-1800Land grant to John Robeson for 396 acres in Orange County, N.C., 17 November 1790 Indenture between John McKnith Alexander and Ignatias Furley in which Furley is sold 170 acres in Union County, S.C., 26 December 1795 Land grant to Curthbart Phelps for 100 acres in Tyrell County, N.C., 16 July 1795 Land grant to Nathan Goodwin for 200 acres in Perquimans County, N.C., 30 June 1793 Fragment of a deed for 100 acres in Randolph County, N.C. and certification that George Hodges is the incorrect name and should be John Hodges, 1794 Fragment of a land grant to James Pate for 150 acres in Orange County, N.C., November 1790 Land grant for Ezekiel Hampton for 200 acres of land in Wilkes County, N.C., 22 August 1795 Land grant to Solomon Cotten, legatee of Micajah Thomas, for 1000 acres in Greene County, N.C., 27 December 1795 Fragment of a land grant to Nathan Goodwin for 200 acres in Perquimans County, N.C., 1793 Land survey of 1000 acres in Greene County, N.C., 16 October 1795 Land grant to Torquil McNeill for 100 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 1797 Land grant to James Murdock for 36 acres in Orange County, N.C., 12 January 1800 Land grant to James Murdock in Orange County, N.C., 25 arch 1797 Land grant to James Murdock for 80 acres in Orange County, N.C., 10 June 1799 Land deed from Curthbart Phelps to Oliver Morton for a parcel of land in Tyrell County, N.C., 18 January 1798 |
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1801-1814Order to alter a land grant of 125 acres from Simon Green in Columbus County, N.C., 3 September 1811 Order to alter a land grant of 150 acres from Richard Smith in Robeson County, N.C., 7 December 1811 Order to alter a land grant of 40 acres from Mary Stockton in Stokes County, N.C., 7 December 1811 Land deed from John Drew to William Cherry for 2200 acres in Bertie County, N.C., 15 May 1807 Order to alter a land grant of 50 acres from John McRae in Richmond County, N.C., 16 December 1811 Land grant to Samuel Nixon for 46 acres of land in Perquimans County, N.C., 7 December 1804 Survey of 300 acres of land in Robeson County, N.C., for Abraham Barfield. 7 February 1812 Order to alter a land grant for a tract of land in Richmond County, N.C., from Morgan Brown, 7 November 1811 Order to alter a land patent of 300 acres in Surry County, N.C. by James McGown in Stokes County, N.C., 20 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant of 100 acres in Bladen County, N.C. by Daniel Shipman, 21 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant for 150 acres in Carteret County, N.C. by Richard Whitehurst, 21 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant by John G. Morris in Bladen County, N.C., 21 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant of 200 acres in Bladen County, N.C. by Issac Jessop(?), 21 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant of 200 acres in Buncombe County, N.C., by Felix Walker, 21 November 1812 Order to alter a land patent of 300 acres in Bladen County, N.C. by Thomas Lamb, 5 December 1812 Petition to alter a land patent for 50 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., by Edward Robinson, 19 December 1812 Order to alter a land patent for 70 acres by Hopkins Lee in Cumberland County, N.C., 23 December 1812 Order to alter a land grant for 340 acres by James Morgan and Samuel Morgan in Orange County, N.C., 12 March 1813 Order to alter a land grant for 50 acres by Malcolm Buie in Moore County, N.C., 5 October 1813 Order to alter a land grant for 205 acres in Cumberland County, N.C. by Duncan Buie, 12 November 1813 Order to alter a land patent by Jonathan Thigpin in Green County, N.C., 17 November 1813 Order to alter a land patent for 80 acres by Nathan Coathan in Montgomery County, N.C., 22 November 1813 Order to alter a land patent to Nathan Ashley for 50 Acres in Anson County, N.C. by Daniel Gould, 23 November 1813 Order to alter a land grant by Ephraim D. Harris in Cabarrus County, N.C., 23 November 1813 Order to alter a land patent of 200 acres in Iredell County, N.C., by James Hasty, 20 December 1813 Order to alter a land patent for 50 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., by John McPherson, 11 March 1814 Order to alter a land patent 200 acres in Beaufort County, N.C. by Walter Allen, 21 December 1813 Order to alter a land grant for 50 acres in Moore County, N.C. by Jesse Muse, 5 July 1814 Order to alter a land patent to Jacob Bonney for 150 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 28 November 1814 Certificate for the alteration of a land grant to David Howell for 250 acres in Surry County, N.C., 2 December 1814 Order to alter a land grant for 200 acres for William Odum in Robeson County, N.C., 3 December 1814 Order to alter a land grant for 200 acres by William Miller in Rowan County, N.C., 6 December 1814 Order to alter a land patent for 115 acres in Ashe County, N.C., by James Williams, 12 December 1812 Land grant to Nathan Clark for 25 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 24 December 1801 Land grant to James Mears for 30 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 29 November 1804 Land grant to Eli Stephens for 135 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 28 November 1805 Land grant to Moses Allen for 209 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 28 November 1805 Land grant to John Thomas for 10 acres in Johnston County, N.C., 26 November 1810 Land grant to Robert Murrae for 50 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 10 December 1814 Land deed from Peter Harmon to Levi Martin for 44 acres in Catawba County, N.C. Order to alter a land grant for 200 acres in Dobbs County, N.C., by Henry Howell, 23 December 1814 Order to alter a land patent for 640 acres in Lenoir County, N.C., by Zacariah Davis, 1 December 1812 Order to alter a land patent for 200 acres in Lenior County, N.C. by William Graddy and John Graddy, 18 November 1812 Order to alter a land grant to James Davis by Zachariah Davis in Lenior County, N.C., 16 December 1811 Order to alter a land patent by Alice Davis, Elizabeth Davis, and Mary Davis in Lenior County, N.C., 20 November 1809 |
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Certificates of alterations, 1815Order to alter and land grant for 106 acres in Bladen County, N.C., by William Hendon, 6 January 1816 Copy record of the suit between Elliot Hutrell and Everett Lassiter concerning land in Northampton County, N.C., 2 August 1815 Document on the case of John Ray versus Hugh Mulhollan concerning a grant, 30 August 1815 Copy of a jury report for the case of Thomas Everton versus Saul Sayers in Currituck County, N.C., November 1815 Document on the jury verdict for the case of Thomas McGimsey versus Elesha Blavins in Ashe County, N.C., 5 November 1815 Order to alter a land grant to Edith Birk for 640 acres by Edward B. Mulford in Bladen County, N.C., 23 November 1815 Order to alter a land grant for 200 acres by Permenious Howard in Ashe County, N.C., 25 November 1815 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres by Permenious Howard in Ashe County, N.C., 25 November 1815 Order to alter a land patent for 200 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., by Thomas Ward, 29 January 1816 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres by Stephen Gilmore in Moore County, N.C., 8 December 1815 Order to alter a land patent for 200 Bladen County, N.C. by Hugh Brown, 8 December 1815 Order to alter a land patent for 150 acres in Robeson County, N.C., by Hugh Brown, 8 December 1815 Order to alter a land patent for 54 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 2 November 1816 Document on the jury verdict for the case of Giles Newton versus Neill McNair, 11 August 1815 Petition to alter a land patent for 200 acres in Onslow County, N.C., by Michael Higgins, 22 December 1815 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres in Dobbs County, N.C., by Robert Baker, 6 December 1815 |
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1815-1819Deposition of John Carlton concerning a caveat entered by William Allison against Samuel Millender, 13 April 1816 Certificate for the alteration of a land grant to Samuel H. Williams for 140 acres in Buncombe County, N.C., 11 November 1815 Letter from Samual Millender concerning payment for a land grant of 50 acres in Wilkes County, N.C., 1 March 1816 Order to alter a land patent for 200 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., by Philemon Hodges, 24 January 1816 Order to alter a land grant for 300 acres in Wayne County, N.C., related to the case of James Handley versus John Handley Yadock, Thomas Nixon, Avery Roberts, and Richard Croom, 22 April 1816 Letter concerning a land survey in Wilkes County, N.C. and a caveat against Samuel Millender, 30 April 1816 Certificate of the clerk stating that a caveat against Sameul Millender was not filed by William Allison, 30 July 1816 Order to amend a land grant for 350 acres in Buncombe County, N.C. by Waightstill Avery, 7 September 1816 Order to alter a land grant for 50 acres in Robeson County N.C., by Ralph Barlow, 28 September 1816 Order to alter a land grant for 30 acres in Moore County, N.C., by William Buie, 3 October 1816 Order to alter a land patent for 200 acres in Carteret County, N.C. by David Bailey, 22 November 1816 Order to alter a land patent for 100 acres in Bladen County, N.C., by Eliza Blanning, 23 December 1816 Land grant to Adam Neill for 70 acres in Lincoln County, N.C., 26 November 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 250 acres in Montgomery County, N.C., by Thomas Huckley, 28 November 1816 Document for the suspension of a land grant to Ephram Nelson from Daniel Hoke, 21 November 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres in Mecklenburg County, N.C., by Samuel Knox, 22 November 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 200 acres in Buncombe County, N.C., by Benjamin Gregory, 4 December 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 25 acres in Ashe County, N.C., by Solomon Blackman, 4 December 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 250 acres in Ashe County, N.C., by Jospeh Caldwell, 4 December 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 50 acres in Moore County, N.C., by Abraham Cole, 8 December 1817 Record for the case of Joseph Physcoe versus Gideon Jones concerning a land grant of 300 acres in Craven County, N.C., 23 December 1817 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres in Moore County, N.C., by John Martin, 1 October 1818 Order to alter and land grant for 70 acres in Wilkes County, N.C., by Joel Lunsford, 23 November 1818 Order to alter a land patent for 100 acres in Richmond County, N.C., by Polly Mason, 5 December 1818 Order to alter a land patent for 300 acres in Montgomery County, N.C., by Thomas Underwood, 9 December 1818 Order to alter a land patent for 300 acres in Ashe County, N.C., by Allen Watson, 12 December 1818 Order to alter a land grant for 100 acres in Moore County N.C., by John Martin, 17 December 1818 Petition for the alteration of a land grant to Samuel Rollings for 100 acres in Anson County, by John Horne and Colen L. Horne, 27 July 1819 Order to amend a land grant for 100 acres in Burke County, N.C., by Isaiah Cellars, 9 September 1819 Petition to alter a land grant to Nicholas Friday of 200 acres in Lincoln County, N.C., by Christopher Avery, 17 September 1819 Indenture in which David Clark purchases land in Halifax County, N.C. from John Sells and Charlotte Sells, 28 March 1819 |
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1835-1861; 1901Land deed from J. W. Walker, W. Stamps Howard, Alex Waker, and N. R. Walker to R. P. Walker for multiple parcels of land in Dover, N.C., 10 January 1901 Letter from William Hill, Secretary of State, concerning a plat and warrant for 100 acres of land in McDowell County, N.C., for David Hall, 28 January 1845 Land grant to Robert Munroe for 300 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 28 December 1848 Land grant to John D. Shipman for 640 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 10 December 1845 Land grant to John W. Ellis for 35 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 29 March 1861 Land grant to John Black for 30 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 16 November 1835 |
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Addition of January 1996 (Acc. 96004), 1752-1834.
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-553/1 |
1745-1834OP-553/1: Land Grant to Gedeon Macon for 375 acres in Edgecumbe County, N.C., 6 April 1745. OP-553/2: Indenture in which Dushee Shaw sells a tract of land in Bladen County, N.C. to Daniel Shaw, 29 February 1752 OP-553/3: Land grant to Alexander McAllester for 100 acres in Bladen County, N.C., 29 September 1753 OP-553/4: Indenture in which Daniel W. Jean, of Bladen County, N.C., sells William Black, of Cumberland County, N.C., a piece of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 1769 OP-553/5: Indenture in which Peter Munroe, of Cumberland County, N.C., sells Donald MacIntyre, of Cumberland County, N.C., 150 acres of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 30 August 1774 OP-553/6: Indenture in which Philemon Hodges and Winny Hodges of Cumberland County, N.C., sells John McNeill 50 acres of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 22 August 1780 OP-553/7: Indenture in which Robert McKay, of Cumberland County, N.C., sells Archibald McNeill, of Cumberland County, N.C., 100 acres of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 17 May 1783 OP-553/8: Land grant to John McNeill for 60 acres of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 3 December 1785 OP-553/9: Bill in equity for the case of Jane Simson versus Peter Colbreath and others concerning the estate, including enslaved people and their future children, of Archibald Simson, 31 July 1787 OP-553/10: Land grant to Archibald McNeill for over 100 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 27 November 1789 OP-553/11: Land grant to Archibald Campbell for 40 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 7 June 1799 OP-553/12: Land grant to Archibald Campbell for 150 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 26 November 1799 OP-553/13: Land grant to Philemon Hodges for 20 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 10 December 1799 OP-553/14: Land grant to William Eavens for 30 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 11 May 1800 OP-553/15: Land grant to Alexander McAllester for 100 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 31 December 1800 OP-553/16: Land grant to Archibald McNeill for 50 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 12 August 1784 OP-553/17: Land grant to Alexander McAlester for 80 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 2 June 1802 OP-553/18: Land grant to Niell McNeill for 300 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 28 November 1816 OP-553/19: Land grant to Neil McNeill for 13 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 18 November 1818 OP-553/20: Indenture between Thomas Taylor and John Parker of Washington County, Ga., and James Atkins of Cumberland County, N.C., in which Taylor and Parker sells 150 acres of land in Cumberland County, N.C., to Atkins, 4 December 1819 OP-553/21: Land grant to Neill McNeill for 9 and 3/4 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 19 December 1820 OP-553/22: Indenture between Neill McNeill and Archibald Campbell, both of Cumberland County, N.C., in which McNeill sells Campbell a parcel of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 27 February 1826 OP-553/23: Indenture in which James Williams and Mary Jane Williams sells Alexander McAlister, a parcel of land in Cumberland County, N.C., 2 June 1834 OP-553/24: Land survey, done by James Dyer for John Green, of 150 acres in Cumberland County, N.C., 11 October 1779 |
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