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North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data

This free site contains searchable data for over 217,460 land grants issued by the state of North Carolina from 1663 to 1960, including around 10,000 grants issued for what is now Tennessee. Over 36,000 grants are linked directly to an image of the page in the corresponding Land Patent Book where the land description was recorded. 41,000 Images of all Lord Granville Grants including signed deeds, warrants, and surveys. 6,300 Images of all Land Grant Entry Books copied by the state 1778 - 1795. 1,400 records of pre-1730 land grants not found in any other online databases.

Washington Co NC: Abstracts Deed Books A-B-C

Washington Co, NC's courthouse burned 3 times (the last time in 1881) and only the deed books were saved. Linda Haas Davenport has abstracted the 985 individual deeds found in Deed Books A-B-C. These 3 deed books officially cover the years 1799-1814, but many deeds from earlier years are scattered throughout the books. Davenport has indexed the hundreds of names found in these books in 4 indexes: Surnames, Females, Slaves and Places.