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'''Card Index'''. This index, also referred to as the Land Grant Index, is the predecessor to the newer MARS index. This index is located at the North Carolina State Archives, and a microfilm copy of part of the index is available at the Family History Library. | '''Card Index'''. This index, also referred to as the Land Grant Index, is the predecessor to the newer MARS index. This index is located at the North Carolina State Archives, and a microfilm copy of part of the index is available at the Family History Library. | ||
North Carolina. Secretary of State. Land Grant Office. ''Land Records, 1600s thru 1957, Land Grant Index. | North Carolina. Secretary of State. Land Grant Office. ''Land Records, 1600s thru 1957, Land Grant Index.''Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives, 1980–. (On 742 FHL films beginning with 1942606.) The warrants and plats are in the process of being microfilmed and are available for Anson through Rutherford counties. 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. (FHL 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. (FHL films 1942606–643.) | ||
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'''Granville District grants'''. (FHL film 1942645 item 1.) The index is at the beginning of the film. | '''Granville District grants'''. (FHL film 1942645 item 1.) The index is at the beginning of the film. | ||
'''Lords Proprietors grants prior to 1729 | '''Lords Proprietors grants prior to 1729'''. This portion covers grants mainly within the old Albemarle County area. (FHL film 1942645 item 2.) The index follows the Granville District grants index. | ||
'''Lords Proprietors grants for which no county is given'''. Most of these grants were probably in the old Albemarle County area. (FHL film 1942645 item 3.) This is the last index on the film. | '''Lords Proprietors grants for which no county is given'''. Most of these grants were probably in the old Albemarle County area. (FHL film 1942645 item 3.) This is the last index on the film. | ||
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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 | 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. (FHL book 975.5 R2n; vol. 1 (1963 ed.) 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. | ||
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: | ||
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North Carolina. Secretary of State. ''List of North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778–1791''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M68. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1944. (FHL film 024541.) | North Carolina. Secretary of State. ''List of North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778–1791''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M68. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1944. (FHL film 024541.) | ||
For additional records of lands within the boundaries of present-day Tennessee that were granted by the state of North Carolina, see the "[[Tennessee Land and Property|'''Land and Property''']]" section of the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../tennessee '''Tennessee Research Outline'''][http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../tennessee ] and the Family History Library Catalog, using a Place Search under: | For additional records of lands within the boundaries of present-day Tennessee that were granted by the state of North Carolina, see the "[[Tennessee Land and Property|'''Land and Property''']]" section of the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../tennessee '''Tennessee Research Outline'''][http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../tennessee] and the Family History Library Catalog, using a Place Search under: | ||
TENNESSEE- LAND AND PROPERTY | TENNESSEE- LAND AND PROPERTY | ||