North Carolina Land Records

Some of the early land records have been published by Margaret Hofmann
 

Lists of Land Warrants Granted By Various NC Counties, 1769-1771 (FHL film 18,065)
      In order by court session, then by county, then by warrant number; court sessions were held April and November of each year. The list has a few faded pages. Following from page by page:
      Nov. Court of Claims, 1771: Bladen Co. Warrant #588. Jas. Duncan, 100 acres, 11/25/1771, near Drowning Creek joining Richard Smith's line.
      (no other Duncan found)
 

Documents in NC Secretary of State's Office (FHL film 18,083)
   NC Land Grants, Various Counties, 1735-1804
      (1735-1740?) Index to No. 2 Alphabet to No. 1 & 2 - no Duncan
      1735-1741 - no Duncan
      1740-1750 - Patentees, acres, Precinct, date of grant, comment?
            Duncan, Abrm., 300 acres, Beaufort, 28 Feb. 1743/4
      1745-1750
            Duncan, Abram, 350 acres Beaufort, 8 June 1746
      List of Land Warrants (by county, 1750's to ca 1762) - no Duncan
      List of Warrants Returned not executed - no Duncan
      List of Warrants for this Province, 1753-1754 "Alphabetical list of all the Warrants for Land in this Province given between the 1st Day of Feby. 1753 to the 1st day of November 1754 distinguishing the Counties"
            Includes counties in alphabetical order of Anson, Beauford, Bladen, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Duplin, Hyde, Jonston, New Hanover, Onslow - no Duncan
      List of Grants 1783 (by county, not alphabetic) - no Duncan
   "Misc. Material from Office of Secretary of State" (only a few documents in each category)
      Guardian Bonds - no Duncan
      Powers of Attorney 1749-1790 - no Duncan
   List of Entries for Land Made by the Officers & Soldiers in NC Line 1783 (small booklet, about 8 or 10 names per double sideways page)
      No., Persons name & Rank, Acres entered, Time when Made, Location of the lands
      #171, Elijah Duncan, Pvt, 22 Oct., 274, 36, self, (blank)
      (MAD: do not understand the "36" other than several entries had this number, others had "84" and other various numbers. All entries had a number like this, in the lower right corner in the "Time when Made" column and row.)
      MAD: The first item in the book, and the first item on a few pages, in the "Location of the lands" column, had the notation "Within the limits of the land reserved by law for the officers and soldiers". Most entries were blank in that column.
 

Index cards in NC Land Grant Office (copies from Charles O. Duncan 4/1985)
      John Duncan Jr., #1041A, 80 acres Granville Co., Grant #204 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #304 entered 1 Feb. 1779, Book 35, pg.135, on waters of Grassy Creek.
      John Dunkin Jr., #1059A, (blank) acres Granville Co., Grant #222 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #430 entered 5 Aug. 1779, Book 35, pg.153, on waters of Grassy Creek. (CD: 300a)
      William Duncan, #1201, 22 acres Granville Co., Grant #364 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #339 entered 1 Feb. 1779, Book 35, pg.295, on Taylors Mill Creek.
      William Duncan, #1301, (blank) acres Granville Co., Grant #93 issued 24 Sept. 1779, Entry #89 entered 28 May 1778, Book 39, pg.203, on Taylors Mill Creek. (CD: 200a)
      John Dunnagen, #211, 640 acres Granville Co., Grant #144 issued 26 April 1753, Entry # n/a entered n/a, Book 11, pg.349, beg. at a white oak.
      Thomas Dunagain, #179, 200 acres Granville Co., Grant #76 issued 28 Oct. 1752, Entry # and date blank, Book 11, pg.342, beg. at a hickory.
      Daniel Duncan, #54, 110 acres Halifax Co., Grant #15 issued 10 Dec. 1760, Entry # (blank) entered 30 July 1760, Book 14, pg.128, beg. at a pine John Marland corner.
      Daniel Duncan, #744, 35 acres Caswell Co., Grant #742 issued 10 Nov. 1784, Entry #828 entered 28 July 1779, Book 56, page 74, on the waters of Hyco.
      Daniel Duncan, #734, (blank) acres in Caswell Co., Grant #732 issued 10 Nov. 1784, Entry #827 entered 28 July 1779, Book 56, pg.71, on the waters of N. Hyco. (MAD: 135a)
      David Dunagan, #2191, 300 acres Edgecombe Co., Grant #502 issued 9 Nov. 1784, Entry #454 entered 16 Nov. 1780, Book 56, pg.175, beg. at a stake Elisha Butler's corner.
      Robert Dunavan, #781, 640 acres Edgecombe Co., Grant # (blank) issued 16 Nov. 1783, Entry # and date blank, Book 9, pg.317, N. Fork of Fishing Creek. (marked "Duplicate")
      Robert Dunavan, #634, 640 acres Edgecombe Co., Grant # (blank) issued 16 Nov. 1738 (MAD: sic), Entry # and date blank, Book 8, pg.51, N. Fork of Fishing Creek.
 

NC Land Grants (copies from Charles O. Duncan 4/1985)
      William Duncan, #1201, 22 acres Granville Co., Grant #364 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #339 entered 1 Feb. 1779, Book 35, pg.295, on Taylor's Mill Creek. (from index page)
      No. 339, State of NC, Mimucan Hunt, entry officer of claim for lands in the Co. of Granville, to the surveyor of the said county ... you are hereby required to lay off and survey as soon as may be for William Duncan a tract or parcel of land containing 22 acres lying in the County aforesaid on the head of Taylors Mill Creek, adjoining the lines of Richard Taylor, his own line and the country line. ... 1 Feb. 1779.
      Plat, Surveyed July 30, 1779, for William Duncan, 22 acres land ... in Granville Co. on Taylors Mill Creek, begin. at his own corner, pointers on Taylors line, ...; chain carriers Benja. Robertson, William Duncan.
      (CD: Mecklenburg Co. VA will of William Duncan dated 4 Aug. 1795 left bequest to sister Elizabeth Robinson, and land in Granville Co. NC to brother John Duncan.)
      John Duncan Jr., #1007A, 218 acres Granville Co., Grant #222 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #430 entered 5 Aug. 1779, Book 35, pg.153, on waters of Grassey Creek. (from index page)
      Plat, surveyed 15 Sept. 1779, for John (no last name), 218 acres land ... in Granville Co. on waters of Grassey Creek ... Gram's line (?Grall's line), Knight's line; chain carriers William Dunkin, Jesse Dunkin.
      John Duncan Jr., #1041A, 218 acres Granville Co., Grant #204 issued 1 March 1780, Entry #340 entered 1 Feb. 1779, Book 35, pg.135, on waters of Grassey Creek. (from index page)
      Plat, (mostly too faint to read) ... Robert's line; chain carriers Joseph Asbell, Wm. Dennis. (CD: William Dennis listed on tax list with Ambrose Harrison Duncan as a single man in 1780.)
 

NC Land Grants (copies from Charles O. Duncan 3/1987)
      No. 304, State of NC, Mimucan Hunt, entry officer of claim for lands in the Co. of Granville, to the surveyor of the said county ... you are hereby required to lay off and survey as soon as may be for John Duncan Jr. a tract or parcel of land containing 80 acres lying in the County aforesaid on the waters of Grassy Creek, adjoining the lands of Malachi Frazier, Cockrel Robert and Person ... 1 Feb. 1779. (CD: Grant #1041-A, Warrant #204)
      No. 430, State of NC, Micajah Bullock, Entry Officer ... to survey for John Duncan a parcel of land 200 acres on the waters of Grassy Creek adjoining the lines of Hunt Knight Grofs? and Stovall including his plantation. 5 Aug. 1773. (Grant #1009A, Warrant #222)
      Book 11, pg.342: #76. Thomas Dunagain, 200 acres in Granville Co. beg. at a hickory running thence ... 28 Oct. 1752. (no neighbors or creek names)
      Book 11, pg.349: #144. John Dunnagan, 640 acres in Granville Co. beg. at a white oak ... 26 April 1753.
 

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