Pre-Revolutionary War Land Grants
Register of Deeds, Rowan County, Books 1-7
In 1743 Lord Granville's interest was laid off in severalty, embracing the northern portion of North Carolina and extended as far south as the Montgomery County line.
Sept 17, 1744, George II granted the Earl of Granville 1/8th part of North and South Carolina.
In 1745, George II granted Henry Eustice McCulloh eight tracts of land in the Province of North Carolina, each tract containing 1250 acres. That part of the McCulloh land in Guilford County lay on the head waters of the Alamance and Stinking Quarter Creeks. Parcels of it were sold to William Rose, Peter Amick, Nathaniel Robinson, Jeremiah Kimbro, James O. Neal, Solomon Grace and Smith Moore.
In 1753, James and his wife Jeane Graham of Anson County sold to William McKnight for five shillings, a parcel of land in Anson County on the branch of buffalo Creek, 641 acres.
In 1753, William Renolds and Rachel, his wife, of Orange County, conveyed by deed to their son, Jeremiah Renolds, 250 acres of land on Polecat Creek.
In 1753 Tubuland Gant (also spelled Gaunt, Gauant) bourht of James Carter for five shillings, 632 acres on the south fork of Deep River.
In 1753, the 27th reign of George II of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of Faith etc., Henry Beddingfield sold to William Mebane 600 acres on the North Buffalo Creek for 45 pds current money of Virginia. To this indenture, Alexander Mebane and John Thompson were witnesses.
In 1753 Granville sold John Cunningham a grant of 640 acres of land on Reedy Fork Creek for three shillings.
In 1754 George Jorden Jun. sold to Jonathan White 320 acres of land on the southside of Hogins Pond, south of Haw River Witnesses: Daniel Weldon, Blake Baker, Edward Underhill.
In 1754 Granville granted Alexander Mebane 640 acres on the upper branches of the Great Alamance. A yearly rent of 25 shillings was agreed upon.
In 1755 the agents of Granville granted Robert Thompson 464 acres on the north side of Reedy Fork. Robert Thompson was the first man killed in the Battle of Alamance, 1771.
In 1755 Granville sold George Finley a tract on the north side of the Reedy Fork, in Orange County.
In 1755 Granille sold George Finley a tract on the north side of the Reedy Fork, in Orange County.
In 1755, Robert Jones sold John Blair of Virginia land on the Dan River.
In 1755 Granville sold Anthony Hoggett for three shillings proclamation money, 480 acres on Deep River. Granville also in the same year granted Philip Hoggett 420 acres on Deep Creek.
On Nov. 9, 1756, Granville granted John McNight that tract of land on both sides of Nix Creek, a branch of Reedy Fork of Haw river. Witnesses: Peter Henley, Chief Justice of Rowan County. Mordecai Mendenhall came to this territory at or before this time. He owned many hundred acres of land on the Deep River
In 1756 Granville granted John Kirkpatrick 300 acres in the Parish of St. Luke on the Bufflo Creek. In the same year, Granville granted John Rhodes for 10 shillings a tract joining the land of Robert Harris on the north fork of Haw River.
In 1756, Granville granted Joseph Ozburn 640 ares on Reedy Fork of Haw River.
In 1757 Zebulon Gnantt, wheelwright, sold John Hiat 630 acres of land on the north of Deep River. William Shepperd and his wife, Martha, sold Isaac Beason 480 acres of land on Deep River.
In 1757 Christopher Nation and his wife, Elizabeth, sold Benjamin Cox land on Polecat Creek.
In 1757 Henry Ballinger and Thomas Hunt bought of Richard Williams 50 acres of land for five shillings. This tract the deed declares to be for the use, befit, privilege and convenience of a Meeting House which is already, and bears the name of New Garden, for the Christian people called Quakers to meet in for public workship of Almighty God, and also the ground to bury their dead in.
In 1759 Mordecai Mendenhall and his wife, Charity, of Rowan County,s old Nathan Dick 450 acres on Horsepen Creek. That year Uriah Woolman, merchant of Philadelphia, and Joseph Miller, yeoman of Chester County, Pennsylvania, bought of William Buis a tract of land on the Deep River. Witnesses: Moses and John Mendenhall.
In 1759 Granville granted William Bebane 636 acres in St Lukes Parish on South Bufalo, beginning at Kimbrough Corner and running along John McAdoo line. In that year Granville granted John Boyd 467 acres on Reedy Fork.
In 1760 Thomas Donnell sold James Donnell 320 ares on the North Buffalo for five shillings.
In 1762 Granville granted William Armfield 540 acres in St. Lukes Parish for 10 shillins or two dollars and a half. He also granted James Mendenhall for the same amount 204 acres of land joining Richard Beason land on Deep River; and William Millican, 620 acres of land on the same stream.
In 1763 John Nicks sold James Denny of Pennsylvania 650 acres of land on the North Buffalo.
In 1764 Thoms Donnell sold Alexander McKnight land on North Buffalo. In that year Robert Tate sold William Trousdale on the North Buffalo.
In 1765 Henry Eustice McCulloh sold Robert Sloan 208 acres on Potts Creek.
In 1766 Thomas Donnell sold Francis Cummings for 5 shillings 400 acres of land on a branch of the South Buffalo.
In 1766 James Mathew Sr. sold to James Mathews Jr. for 100 pounds proclamation money, 500 are on Alamance Creek.
In 1767 John Hodge sold to Alexander Penny for 5 shillings 326 acres of land on Buffalo Creek, this being part of a tract granted John Gillespie by Granville in 1762.
In 1769, Benjamin and Elizabeth Beason gave land on Polecat Creek to their sons, William, Richard, Benjamin and Isaac Beason.
In 1770 Robert Forbis sold Welcome W. Hodge land on Josephs Creek.
In 1770 Joseph Sales owned land on the Dan River.
In 1770 John Frazier and Abigal, his wife, sold Thomas Buller land on the Deep River.
In 1770 James Graham of Rowan County sold John McGee of Orange County a tract on the Great Alamance. This was a part of the land sold by Herman Husbands to James Graham in 1766.
THE STORY OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTHCAROLINA By Sallie W. Stockard