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'''Grants or patents'''. After officials received the necessary papers and fees, the new land owner was given the grant document that was his patent to the land. | '''Grants or patents'''. After officials received the necessary papers and fees, the new land owner was given the grant document that was his patent to the land. | ||
A more detailed description of the land grant process and the records associated with it is found in | A more detailed description of the land grant process and the records associated with it is found in [[United States Land and Property]]. <br> | ||
=== Land Grant History in North Carolina === | === Land Grant History in North Carolina === | ||
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Beginning in 1777 limitations were imposed on the size of the grants. In addition, the state required the person receiving the grant to have it recorded, usually within 12 months, at the Register of Deeds office in the county where the land lay. Because many patent owners did not live on their new land or in close proximity to it, there was time allowed by the secretary of state for the patentee to have his land recorded in the county where he was presently living. Failure to have the patent recorded could void the grant. | Beginning in 1777 limitations were imposed on the size of the grants. In addition, the state required the person receiving the grant to have it recorded, usually within 12 months, at the Register of Deeds office in the county where the land lay. Because many patent owners did not live on their new land or in close proximity to it, there was time allowed by the secretary of state for the patentee to have his land recorded in the county where he was presently living. Failure to have the patent recorded could void the grant. | ||
Many North Carolina land documents for the years 1663–1959 still survive and are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. Many have been microfilmed or published in abstract form. | Many North Carolina land documents for the years 1663–1959 still survive and are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. Many have been microfilmed or published in abstract form. | ||
=== Land Grant Indexes === | === Land Grant Indexes === | ||
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Hofmann, Margaret M. ''Colony of North Carolina, Abstracts of Land Patents''. 2vols. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: M.M. Hofmann, 1982–84. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975.6+R2hm 975.6 R2hm].) Volume 1 is for 1735–1754, and volume 2 1765–1775. Each volume is indexed. | Hofmann, Margaret M. ''Colony of North Carolina, Abstracts of Land Patents''. 2vols. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: M.M. Hofmann, 1982–84. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975.6+R2hm 975.6 R2hm].) Volume 1 is for 1735–1754, and volume 2 1765–1775. Each volume is indexed. | ||
Quit Rent records for 1729–1732, are found in volume 22, pages 240–258 of William L. Saunders’ ''Colonial Records of North Carolina'' cited fully | Quit Rent records for 1729–1732, are found in volume 22, pages 240–258 of William L. Saunders’ ''Colonial Records of North Carolina'' cited fully in [[North Carolina Public Records]]. | ||
The Crown ordered its land offices in North Carolina closed in 1774. | The Crown ordered its land offices in North Carolina closed in 1774. | ||
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Holcomb, Brent H. ''North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina''. Clinton, South Carolina: Holcomb, 1975–. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975+R28n 975 R28n].) This source abstracts approximately 680 patents, covering 1749–1773. There is also a list of 169 land owners who petitioned the king in an effort to keep their North Carolina patents after the North and South Carolina border were established. | Holcomb, Brent H. ''North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina''. Clinton, South Carolina: Holcomb, 1975–. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975+R28n 975 R28n].) This source abstracts approximately 680 patents, covering 1749–1773. There is also a list of 169 land owners who petitioned the king in an effort to keep their North Carolina patents after the North and South Carolina border were established. | ||
<br>For more information on South Carolina lands granted by North Carolina, see | <br>For more information on South Carolina lands granted by North Carolina, see [[South Carolina Land and Property]]. Also search in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Place Search under: | ||
SOUTH CAROLINA- LAND AND PROPERTY | SOUTH CAROLINA- LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
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Pruitt, Albert Bruce. ''Abstracts of Sales of Confiscated Loyalists Land and Property in North Carolina''. Rocky Mount, North Carolina: A. B. Pruitt, 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975.6+R2pa 975.6 R2pa].) | Pruitt, Albert Bruce. ''Abstracts of Sales of Confiscated Loyalists Land and Property in North Carolina''. Rocky Mount, North Carolina: A. B. Pruitt, 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975.6+R2pa 975.6 R2pa].) | ||
Many names of these Loyalists from 1776 onwards can also be found beginning in volume 10 of the Colonial Records of North Carolina described in | Many names of these Loyalists from 1776 onwards can also be found beginning in volume 10 of the Colonial Records of North Carolina described in [[North Carolina Public Records]]. | ||
'''Grants for Land That Later Became Tennessee'''. The area that is now Tennessee was originally attached to North Carolina. The people of the region wanted to enter the Union as the state of Franklin, but their request was rejected. In 1790 the federal government annexed that area of North Carolina and renamed it the Territory South of the Ohio River. This area was first the Washington District of North Carolina, then became Washington County, Tennessee. This same area was first under the control of Virginia, then North Carolina, and finally Tennessee. Records of these three states may have to be searched to find the land records of an ancestor who lived in that area. The earliest records are in Bristol or Washington County, Virginia, and in Washington County, North Carolina. | '''Grants for Land That Later Became Tennessee'''. The area that is now Tennessee was originally attached to North Carolina. The people of the region wanted to enter the Union as the state of Franklin, but their request was rejected. In 1790 the federal government annexed that area of North Carolina and renamed it the Territory South of the Ohio River. This area was first the Washington District of North Carolina, then became Washington County, Tennessee. This same area was first under the control of Virginia, then North Carolina, and finally Tennessee. Records of these three states may have to be searched to find the land records of an ancestor who lived in that area. The earliest records are in Bristol or Washington County, Virginia, and in Washington County, North Carolina. | ||
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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. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=024541 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. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=024541 024541].) | ||
For additional records of lands within the boundaries of present-day Tennessee that were granted by the state of North Carolina, see | For additional records of lands within the boundaries of present-day Tennessee that were granted by the state of North Carolina, see [[Tennessee Land and Property]] and the Family History Library Catalog, using a Place Search under: | ||
TENNESSEE- LAND AND PROPERTY | TENNESSEE- LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
=== Subsequent Exchanges of Land === | === Subsequent Exchanges of Land === | ||
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NORTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY]- LAND AND PROPERTY | NORTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY]- LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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''[[North Carolina]] Research Outline]. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | |||
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[[Category:North_Carolina|Land]] | [[Category:North_Carolina|Land]] | ||