Appendix I
North and South Carolina Land Grants
North Carolina
A register of grants of land in North Carolina between the years 1707 and 1768 has been
preserved under the reference CO 5/319. The entries for 1739 have been extracted and are
given below. The register records the name of the grantee, date of grant, number of acres,
and county in which the land lay. There is also an approximate location of the land, not
included here, such as 'On the head of White Oak River', 'On Bear Sound', etc.
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| Grantee | No of Acres | County | Date of Grant |
| Adams, Roger | 4230 | Bladen | 8 June |
| Allen, Eliezer | 640 | N Hanover | 7 June |
| ditto | 640 | ditto | 8 June |
| Baldwin, Warren | 640 | Bladen | 8 June |
| Bartram, William | 70 | ditto | 14 February |
| Bass, Andrew | 630 | Craven | 7 June |
| Beasley, Thomas | 150 | Onslow | 7 June |
| Bell, Nevil | 200 | Carteret | 18 February |
| Bell, Thomas | 500 | N Hanover | 7 June |
| Bigford, Jeremiah | 320 | ditto | 22 November |
| Blount, Reading | 300 | Craven (?) | 15 February |
| Boyd, Robert | 200 | Beaufort | 16 February |
| ditto | 640 | ditto | 15 February |
| Bradley, John | 100 | Craven | 28 February |
| Braswell, Richard | 500 | ditto | 1 July |
| Brawton, Thomas | 640 | ditto | 18 November |
| Bridges, Samuel | 640 | N Hanover | 7 June |
| Bright, William | 62 | Craven | 20 November |
| Brown, James | 400 | Beaufort | 28 February |
| Bruce, William | 200 | Craven | 21 November |
| Bryan, Edward | 172 | ditto | 28 February |
| Bryan, John | 626 | ditto | 28 February |
| Bryan, Lewis | 275 | ditto | 23 November |
| Bryant, John | 530 | ditto | 15 February |
| Caldom, John | 500 | ditto | 7 June |
| Canaway, Thomas | 179 | ditto | 20 November |
| Calvert, Joseph | 130 | Carteret | 1 March |
| ditto | 480 | ditto | 1 March |
| Cock, Bradbury | 100 | ditto | 7 June |
| Cox, Anthony | 300 | Craven | 20 November |
| Cox, Charles | 200 | ditto | 14 February |
| Grantee | No of Acres | County | Date of Grant |
| Cox, John | 300 | Onslow | 23 November |
| Dawson, Francis | 600 | Craven | 20 November |
| Depp, John | 50 | ditto | 15 July |
| Dixon, Jonathan | 100 | N Hanover | 22 September |
| Draper, Nathaniel | 500 | Beaufort | 14 February |
| Dry, William | 640 | N Hanover | 8 June |
| Dunbar, William | 365 | Beaufort | 15 February |
| Dwight, Joseph | 250 | ditto | 14 February |
| Dyos, John | 570 | ditto | 15 February |
| Forbes, John | 320 | ditto | 20 November |
| Futcher, Thomas | 125 | Craven | 14 February |
| Garret, John | 320 | Carteret | 28 February |
| Gatlin, John | 300 | Craven | 7 June |
| Godby, Carry | 500 | ditto | 28 February |
| ditto | 500 | ditto | 28 February |
| Graham, George | 100 | ditto | 20 November |
| Green, John | 273 | ditto | 28 February |
| Harning, John | 200 | ditto | 7 June |
| Harries, Charles | 640 | N Hanover | 8 June |
| Hearral, Thomas | 390 | Craven | 7 June |
| Herbert, James | 200 | ditto | 15 February |
| Herring, Samuel | 200 | ditto | 7 June |
| Herring, Simon | 153 | ditto | 28 February |
| Herritage, William | 126 | ditto | 21 November |
| ditto | 208 | ditto | 21 November |
| Hill, Herman | 300 | ditto | 16 February |
| Hollingsworth, John | 284 | ditto | 21 November |
| Hopton, Charles | 640 | ditto | 7 June |
| Howard, Thomas | 100 | ditto | 20 November |
| Hudler, James | 400 | ditto | 20 November |
| Husbands, James | 320 | N Hanover | 5 June |
| Hyman, Garret | 173 | Craven | 20 November |
| James, Richard | 640 | N Hanover | 7 June |
| Jewell, John | 300 | Beaufort | 1 February |
| Johnston, Richard | 300 | Craven | 7 June |
| Jones, Frederick | 2239 | ditto | 21 November |
| ditto | 413 | ditto | 21 November |
| Kernegee, George | 640 | ditto | 28 February |
| King, Charles | 150 | ditto | 20 November |
| Linkfield, Francis | 200 | ditto | 20 November |
| McCulloh, Alexander | 100 | N Hanover | 6 June |
| ditto | 640 | ditto | 6 June |
| Malpas, Simon | 254 | Craven | 28 February |
| Marshall, William | 300 | N Hanover | 22 November |
| Mills, Robert | 150 | Craven | 16 February |
| Morton, Peter | 640 | Onslow | 7 June |
| Murray, James | 640 | N Hanover | 5 June |
| Nash, Joshua | 223 | Carteret | 22 February |
| Grantee | No of Acres | County | Date of Grant |
| Nelson, Thomas | 640 | Carteret | 23 November |
| Phillips, William | 100 | Beaufort | 20 November |
| Pierce, Edmund | 280 | ditto | 14 February |
| Pilkington, Seith | 640 | ditto | 20 February |
| Porter, John | 640 | N Hanover | 8 June |
| Prevas, Peter | 390 | Craven | 21 November |
| Price, Rice | 200 | ditto | 7 June |
| ditto | 196 | ditto | no date |
| Proctor, Elizabeth | 100 | Beaufort | 14 February |
| Raisker(?), Michael | 640 | Craven | 2 April |
| Rice, Nathaniel | 200 | N Hanover | 6 June |
| Richards, John | 300 | Craven | 8 June |
| Rigney, Benjamin | 225 | Beaufort | 14 February |
| Semans, Daniel | 200 | ditto | 14 February |
| Shackleford, John | 500 | Carteret | 20 November |
| Shackleford, William | 500 | ditto | 20 November |
| Simons, Jeremiah | 300 | N Hanover | 14 February |
| Slade, John | 200 | Craven | 26 November |
| Slade, Samuel | 100 | ditto | 28 February |
| Smeal(?), John | 200 | ditto | 8 February |
| Speight, Thomas | 350 | ditto | 15 February |
| Staniland, Hugh | 200 | ditto | 21 November |
| Stevens, Thomas | 300 | ditto | 26 November |
| Swain, J(?) | 300 | N Hanover | 9 June |
| Taylor, Robert | 100 | Craven | 20 November |
| Thomas, Josiah | 640 | N Hanover | 3 June |
| Tindall, Samuel | 270 | Beaufort | 20 November |
| Tyson, Cornelius | 640 | ditto | 21 November |
| Tyson, Edmund | 640 | ditto | 28 February |
| Tyson, Samuel | 270 | ditto | 20 November |
| Tyson, Thomas | 450 | ditto | 21 November |
| Vernam, John | 200 | ditto | 14 February |
| Wainer, Richard | 200 | ditto | 20 November |
| Wallace, Andrew | 183 | Craven | 20 November |
| Wharton, David | 300 | Beaufort | 14 February |
| Wheeler, Joseph | 470 | Craven | 28 February |
| Williams, John | 256 | ditto | 21 November |
| Worsley, John | 300 | Beaufort | 14 February |
| ditto | 640 | ditto | 14 February |
| Writley, John | 61 | Craven | 28 February |
| South Carolina |
| A register of grants of land in South Carolina between the years 1675 and 1768 has been
preserved under the reference CO 5/398. The entries for 1739 have been extracted and are
given below. The register records the name of grantee, place where the land granted lay,
number of acres, date of grant and rent. The rent for all grants made in 1739 was 3s
sterling per 100 acres. The spelling of some names, especially foreign ones, appears to be
corrupt. |
| Abercromby, James | 3000 | Craven Co | 11 May |
| ditto | 980 | Pedee River | ditto |
| Allen, Joseph | 238 | Craven Co | 14 December |
| Bagen, John | 132 | Colleton Co | ditto |
| Baker, John | 300 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Baker, Richard | 500 | ditto | 11 May |
| ditto | 500 | ditto | ditto |
| Baxter, Rev John | 1000 | Pedee River | 14 December |
| Bexter, John | 300 | Craven Co | 11 May |
| Blakeway, Sarah | 650 | Edistoe River | ditto |
| Bowman, Samuel | 1350 | Little Pedee R | 23 February |
| Brabant, Dr Daniel | 500 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Broadway, Mary | 100 | Berkeley Co | 11 May |
| Brockington, William | 200 | Craven Co | 14 December |
| Broughton, Nathaniel | 134 | Berkeley Co | 11 May |
| Burhanan, William | 200 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Chastaigner, Theodore | 266 | Berkeley Co | 2 June |
| Child, Benjamin | 500 | Craven Co | 11 May |
| ditto | 87 | ditto | ditto |
| ditto | 602 | ditto | ditto |
| Clement, Edward | 200 | Berkeley Co | ditto |
| Commander, Samuel | 650 | Craven Co | 12 January |
| Conns, Thomas | 500 | Pedee River | 14 December |
| Cragg, John | 100 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Cramahé, Alexander | 600 | Kingston Township | 11 May |
| Crouch, Abraham | 474 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| ditto | 500 | ditto | 14 December |
| Davis, David | 314 | ditto | 12 April |
| Debose, Isaac | 155 | Santee River | 11 May |
| De Lescale, Vincent | 50 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| De Pia, Peter | 100 | ditto | ditto |
| De St Julien, Henry | 300 | Berkeley Co | 11 May |
| Donnald, Abraham | 50 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Dunham, Jacob | 750 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Dupré, Samuel | 400 | Pedee River | 14 December |
| Dyel, Thomas | 250 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Fabion, John | 50 | Toobados Creek | 11 May |
| Fairwell, Thomas | 650 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Fauconnet, David | 250 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Ferguson, George | 325 | Colleton Co |
| Field, William | 200 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Fordyce, John | 1000 | ditto | 14 December |
| Fraser, James | 250 | Granville Co | 12 April |
| ditto | 159 | ditto | 4 December |
| Fuller, William | 357 | Edistoe River | 14 December |
| Gadsden, Thomas | 500 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Gailliard, Theodore | 144 | ditto | 11 May |
| ditto | 150 | ditto | 14 December |
| Grantee | No of Acres | Place | Date of Grant |
| Gates, Thomas | 400 | Berkeley Co | 14 December |
| Gaunt, Anthony | 250 | ditto | 16 September |
| Gigniliat, Henry | 600 | Craven Co | 2 June |
| Goddard, Francis | 173 | ditto | 14 December |
| ditto | 450 | ditto | ditto |
| Goliere, Anthony | 50 | Granville Co | 16 September |
| Grimball, Isaac | 106 | ditto | 12 April |
| Grimke, Frederick | 34 | N branch of Stono River | ditto |
| Harman, Peter | 400 | Black River | 14 December |
| Hartley, Stephen | 250 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Hasford(t), Joseph | 721 | Berkeley Co | 12 April |
| ditto | 1000 | ditto | ditto |
| Hedvit, Elizabeth | 500 | Grange Township | 14 December |
| Hendrick, William | 400 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Henry, John Francis | 50 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Holfendorf, John
Frederick | 250 | ditto | ditto |
| Hubert, John & Spear,
Jacob | 100 | Berkeley Co | 16 September |
| Hueffer, Devall | 450 | Granville Co | 12 April |
| Huges, Daniel | 289 | Craven Co | 2 June |
| Iseving(?), Robert | 300 | ditto | 16 September |
| Izard, Ralph | 69 | Berkeley Co | 6 June |
| Jackson, Richard | 200 | ditto | 16 September |
| ditto | 300 | ditto | ditto |
| Jenkins, Thomas | 500 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Johnston, Alexander | 200 | Berkeley Co | 16 September |
| Jones, Dorothy | 51 | ditto | 14 December |
| ditto | 51 | ditto | ditto |
| Joyner, John | 200 | ditto | 16 September |
| Kaill, Lodovick | 300 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Keating, Edward | 200 | Santee River | 11 May |
| Kernie, Mary | 50 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Kerr, James | 500 | Colleton Co | 11 May |
| Kinlock, James | 500 | Craven Co | 14 December |
| Labord, John | 50 | Granville Co | ditto |
| La Bruce, Joseph | 94 | Pedee River | ditto |
| Larochs, Daniel &
Thomas | 350 | Craven Co | 6 June |
| Laye, Joseph | 100 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Lea, Isabel | 500 | Black Creek | ditto |
| Lebrage, Jane | 300 | Granville Co | 7 June |
| Legare, John | 100 | boundary to | 7 May |
| | Hugh Rose
[Granville Co] |
| ditto | 50 | Granville Co | 11 May |
| Lewis, Judith | 105 | Black River | ditto |
| Lucas, Hon George | 1300 | Craven Co | 13 December |
| Grantee | No of Acres | Place | Date of Grant |
| Lucas, Hon George | 500 | Kingston Township | 14 December |
| McGrigor, Martha | 550 | Granville Co | 12 April |
| McPherson, James | 200 | Colleton Co | 6 June |
| Mallet, Gideon | 500 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Marrion, Benjamin | 500 | Craven Co | 12 January |
| Marrion, Gabriel | 119 | ditto | 11 May |
| Marrion, Peter | 45 | Berkeley Co | ditto |
| Mayerhoffer, John
Henry | 100 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Michison, John | 1448 | Santee River | ditto |
| Miles, Thomas | 150 | Craven Co | 2 June |
| ditto | 50 | ditto | ditto |
| Miller, Elizabeth | 450 | Savannah River | 11 May |
| Mitchell, John | 73 | Colleton Co | ditto |
| Moon, Alexander | 1030 | ditto | 14 December |
| Moritte (Morett),
Rev Thomas | 440 | Craven Co | 8 June |
| ditto | 1000 | ditto | 12 April |
| Ortellier, Daniel
Jacob | 100 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Ouldfield, John | 100 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Ouldfield, John jnr | 100 | ditto | 11 May |
| Perryman, Robert | 500 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Peyre, Judith | 254 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Pillet, Daniel | 100 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Porcher, Peter | 732 | Berkeley Co | 14 December |
| Porter, Rev William | 200 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Potts, Thomas | 500 | ditto | 12 April |
| ditto | 500 | ditto | ditto |
| Pyat, John | 700 | Lynches Creek | 11 May |
| Ravenel, Mrs
Damaris Elizabeth | 500 | Berkeley Co | ditto |
| ditto | 500 | ditto | 12 May |
| Reighton, Elizabeth | 400 | Craven Co | 16 May |
| Remond, Jeremiah | 200 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Richard, Major James | 400 | ditto | 12 April |
| Ring, John | 250 | ditto | 14 December |
| Roach, Nicholas | 250 | ditto | 12 April |
| Roberson, Josheph | 400 | Craven Co | 26 January |
| Roberts, David | 300 | Granville Co | 11 May |
| Rock, John Jacob | 107 | ditto | ditto |
| Rodney, John Jacob | 50 | Berkeley Co | 16 September |
| Romesay, William | 350 | Pedee Swamp | 11 May |
| Rothmahler, Job | 400 | Colleton Co | 12 April |
| ditto | 1876 | Saltcatcher River | ditto |
| Russ, Hezekiah | 500 | Granville Co | 11 May |
| Sanders, Abraham | 453 | Berkeley Co | ditto |
| Saveneau, James | 243 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Scott, William | 500 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Shackelford, William | 471 | Lynches Creek | ditto |
| Shehan, David | 150 | Waccamaw River | 11 May |
| Singleton
(Shingleton), Ebenezer | 375 | ditto | ditto |
| ditto | 375 | ditto | ditto |
| Smith, Richard | 194 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Snow, Nathaniel | 500 | Cooper River | 5 February |
| Snowden, Joshua | 300 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Sommers, George | 300 | Savannah
River Falls | ditto |
| Steet, John | 400 | Craven Co | ditto |
| Sterchy, Perter | 150 | Granville Co | ditto |
| Stubbs, John | 50 | Craven Co | 16 September |
| Taylor, James | 300 | ditto | ditto |
| Thompson, Richard | 400 | ditto | ditto |
| Thorpe, Robert | 100 | Granville Co | 14 May |
| Townsend, Daniel | 500 | ditto | 11 May |
| Vanay, John Francis | 50 | ditto | 14 December |
| Vaughan, Robert | 200 | ditto | 26 January |
| ditto | 250 | ditto | ditto |
| ditto | 400 | Berkeley Co | 14 December |
| Vaughan, William | 450 | Edistoe River | 11 May |
| Waggan, Thomas | 500 | Granville Co | 14 December |
| Walies, Col William | 300 | Craven Co | 12 April |
| Warhock, Abraham | 200 | ditto | 2 June |
| Watson, John | 800 | ditto | 12 April |
| Wedderburn, James | 500 | Savannah River | 11 May |
| Whippy, John | 450 | Granville Co | 12 April |
| Whippy, Joseph | 400 | ditto | ditto |
| Williams, Robert | 1300 | ditto | 16 September |
| Wood, Jonathan | 500 | Berkeley Co | 10 April |
| Woodsakin, Oursella | 300 | ditto | 6 December |
| Wright, Jermyn | 1000 | Granville Co | 11 May |
| Wright, Richard | 145 | Colleton Co | ditto |
| Zublie, David | 600 | Granville Co | 14 December |