Granville Grants

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There are a few Granville grants in the Guilford NCGenWeb Archives under “Deeds”.


4933, John Todd 22 February 1759, 522 acres in Rowan County in the Parish of St. Luke on both sides of Todds branch (which is) the Waters of Grants Creek near Mr. Parkers Mill /s/ John Todd Wits: W. Churton Richard Robeson surveyed 21 October 1758 SCC: Robt Bell; John Cather W Churton Survr Plat show the location of “Bell Land”. The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763, Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. 3, by Margaret M. Hofmann, p. 109.


7911, pg. 99 John Boyd 20 August 1759, 476 acres in Rowan County on the N side of the reed fork of Haw river, joining the County line and the sd river. The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763 Abstracts of Miscellaneous Land Office Records, Vol. 5, by Margaret M. Hofmann, p. 355.


5: 114, dated 10 May 1762: Granville to Robert Bell for 10 sh proc, 360 A on Sugar Tree waters of Haw R adj John Nix & John McKnight. Jno Agar, John Frohock. Prvd Apr. Court 1763. (p. 51) “Abstracts of the Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1785, Vols. 1-10,” by Jo White Linn, privately published at Salisbury, NC, 1983.


4394, Robert Bell 10 May 1762, 360 acres in Rowan County on the Waters of Sugar Tree being the Water of Haw River, Joining John Nix and John McNight /s/ Robert Bell Wit: John Frohock examined by: John Frohock surveyed 27 April 1762 CC: Joseph Cunningham, William Hamilton John Frohock Survr. The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763, Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. 3, by Margaret M. Hofmann, p. 43.


7018, Robert Bell plat dated 27 April 1762, 360 acres in Rowan County on the Waters of Sugar Tree (which is) the Waters of Haw River, joining John Nix and John McNight CC: Joseph Cunningham, William Hamilton (surveyor’s name not given) The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763, Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. 5, by Margaret M. Hofmann, p. 275.