Appendix I: North and South Carolina Land Grants

Pages 274-280

Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 45, 1739. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1994.

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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.



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