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*[http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/bamman.htm ''This Land is Our Land! Tennessee's Disputes with North Carolina''], by Gale Williams Bamman, at TNGenWeb | *[http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/bamman.htm ''This Land is Our Land! Tennessee's Disputes with North Carolina''], by Gale Williams Bamman, at TNGenWeb | ||
*[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data] at State Archives of North Carolina | *[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data] at State Archives of North Carolina | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | |||
==North Carolina Land Records== | ==North Carolina Land Records== | ||
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<br>'''[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data]''' is a free site which contains all the land grant data from DOC in an easy to search format. Grants recorded in Land Patent Books Volumes 1-198 (complete set) are directly linked to an image of the page where the grant was recorded, in most cases with complete metes and bounds. For Caswell, Mecklenburg, Orange, Person, Wake, and Wilkes County, grants are directly linked to images of original warrants, surveys, receipts, and other documents.<br> | <br>'''[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data]''' is a free site which contains all the land grant data from DOC in an easy to search format. Grants recorded in Land Patent Books Volumes 1-198 (complete set) are directly linked to an image of the page where the grant was recorded, in most cases with complete metes and bounds. For Caswell, Mecklenburg, Orange, Person, Wake, and Wilkes County, grants are directly linked to images of original warrants, surveys, receipts, and other documents.<br> | ||
North Carolina. Secretary of State. Land Grant Office. ''Land | North Carolina. Secretary of State. Land Grant Office. ''Land records, North Carolina and Tennessee; indexes, 1600-1959.''Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives, 1980–. {{FSC|695114|item}}, FS Library has 788 films beginning with 1942606. The index is in six alphabetical parts: | ||
'''Grants covering 1693–1959'''. This is the largest and principal index and has the cards arranged first alphabetically by surname and then each surname is broken down by the county where the land was originally located. {{FSC|695114|item}}, FS Library films 1942606–643. | '''Grants covering 1693–1959'''. This is the largest and principal index and has the cards arranged first alphabetically by surname and then each surname is broken down by the county where the land was originally located. {{FSC|695114|item}}, FS Library films 1942606–643. | ||
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Prior to 1728 the border between Virginia and North Carolina was not defined, so many early North Carolina grants were found in Virginia. For example, one of the eight Carolina proprietors, Sir William Berkeley, lived in the American colonies and served as the governor of Virginia. In 1663 he started granting patents for land that was located in the Carolinas. Abstracts of 29 of his patents can be found in volume 1 of: | Prior to 1728 the border between Virginia and North Carolina was not defined, so many early North Carolina grants were found in Virginia. For example, one of the eight Carolina proprietors, Sir William Berkeley, lived in the American colonies and served as the governor of Virginia. In 1663 he started granting patents for land that was located in the Carolinas. Abstracts of 29 of his patents can be found in volume 1 of: | ||
Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants,''8 vols. Richmond, Virginia.: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934-2005. {{FSC|160644|item}}, FS Library book 975.5 R2n, vol. 1 (1963 ed.) and on film 1320779 item 5. See the index in volume 1. Volume 1 includes records for 1623–1666. No entries, warrants, or plats have been found for the years 1663–1668. Online at: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005994001 Hathitrust], [http://search. | Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants,''8 vols. Richmond, Virginia.: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934-2005. {{FSC|160644|item}}, FS Library book 975.5 R2n, vol. 1 (1963 ed.) and on film 1320779 item 5. See the index in volume 1. Volume 1 includes records for 1623–1666. No entries, warrants, or plats have been found for the years 1663–1668. Online at: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005994001 Hathitrust], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48408 Ancestry] ($). | ||
Most of the Lords Proprietors began granting land in the Carolinas in 1669, but unfortunately all of the entries, warrants, plats, and patents for 1669 through 1678 are lost. For the time period of 1679 through 1729 the entry records are also lost, but a transcription of some of the surviving warrants and surveys can be found in: | Most of the Lords Proprietors began granting land in the Carolinas in 1669, but unfortunately all of the entries, warrants, plats, and patents for 1669 through 1678 are lost. For the time period of 1679 through 1729 the entry records are also lost, but a transcription of some of the surviving warrants and surveys can be found in: | ||