Preliminary Checklist of Published Abstracts of North Carolina Deed Books

Anson – Pruitt, Albert Bruce, Abstracts of Deeds, Anson County, NC, A.B. Pruitt, 1998. Volumes:

1.       Books 4, 7, & B2 (1757-1795)

2.       Books H1, K, & H (1767-1787)

3.       Books D, C2, & E (1790-1799)

4.       Deed Books F, G, H2, L, & M (1793-1809)

5.       Deed Books N, S, O, & P (1804-1816)

6.       Deed Books Q, R, T, & U (1814-1825)

7.       Deed Books V, W, & X (1824-1831)

8.       Books Y & Z (1831-1838)

9.       Books 10, 11, & 12 (1839-1849)

10.   Deed Books 13 & 14 (1849-1854)

11.   Cumulative Index (1749-1854)

Anson – Holcomb, Brent, Anson County, North Carolina, deed abstracts, 1749-1766, abstracts of wills & estates, 1749-1795, Baltimore: Genealogical Publ Co, 1980. Holcomb had previously self-publised Anson Co, NC Deed Abstracts in 1974 – presumably subsumed by the 1980 book. Holcomb indexed only people, not places.

Anson – McBee, May Wilson, Anson County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Records, self-published, 1950.

Bath – Norris, Allen Wilkinson Hart, Beaufort County, North Carolina Deed Book I, 1696-1729: Records of Bath County, North Carolina, Washington, NC: Beaufort Co Gen Soc, 2003. This book was produced from microfilm reel #C.009.4001 at the Archives. Norris writes on page 4:

“These abstracts were proofed against the photostatic copy in the Beaufort County Courthouse and when necessary against the original volume located at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, NC. Jane Stubbs Bailey, Louise Miller Cowell and John H Oden III proofread and compared each word in each entry to obtain the most accurate abstract possible . . .

The original Deed Books of Bath County have not been found. The early books (BK A-H) were transcribed in the early 1800’s into what we know today as Beaufort County Deed Book I, which contains Book 1 through part of Book 10 [of the old Bath County records]. This is an imperfect transcription as evidenced by the 1835 Report, which enumerated many omitted items . . .

There is a break in the existing records between 1710 and 1715, caused by the Tuscarora War. Also, reference is made by Levi Truewhitt, County Clerk, to earlier deeds recorded by Charles Smith, County Clerk. This earlier book has not been found.”

Beaufort - Brayton, John Anderson, Abstracts of Beaufort County, North Carolina, Deed Book 2, 1729-1748, Baltimore, Md.: Otter Bay Books, 2011.

The introduction to the preceding volume (ie Norris’s Bath County book) contains a long discussion of past transcriptions of Beaufort Deed Books.

Bertie - Bell, Mary Best, Colonial Bertie County North Carolina: Abstracts of Deed Books, Windsor, NC: self-published, 1963-1968.

1.       Deed Book A, 1720-1725

2.       Deed Books B & C, 1725-1730 & 1739

3.       Deed Books D & E, 1730-1739

4.       Deed Book F, 1739-1744

5.       Deed Book G, 1744-1753

6.       Deed Book H, 1753-1757

Bell’s books were republished in the late 1970’s by Southern Historical Press – presumably without revision.

Bertie - Bradley, Stephen E, The Deeds of Bertie County, North Carolina, Keysville, VA: self-published, 1992.

1.       1757-1772

2.       1772-1785

3.       1785-1794

Bertie – Dunstan, Edythe Smith, Index for Courthouse Records of Bertie County, North Carolina, 1720-1875: Deeds, land divisions, grants, abstracts of wills and marriage bonds, [Windsor, N. C.]: self-published, 1966.

Bladen - Campbell, Wanda S, Bladen County, North Carolina: abstract of deeds, Bladen County Bicentennial Commission, 1977-1980.

1.       Deed Book 7

2.       Deed Books 1, 11, and 23

3.       Deed Books 8 and 10.

Bladen – Holcomb, Brent, Bladen County, North Carolina, abstracts of early deeds, 1738-1804, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1979. Includes full name index, but only to his pages, not the Deed Book. No place name index.

"At its formation in 1734, Bladen encompassed everything west of the present county. Even though many of Bladen’s Deeds were lost in the three court house fires, these abstracts are especially informative, with many long chains of title going back to original grants and many references to bordering Craven County, South Carolina. This book will provide many links which were formerly thought forever lost."

Cabarrus – Rouse, J K, Records of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Kannapolis, NC: self-published, 1987.

Cabarrus - Schneider, Lois, Cabarrus County, NC Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797, and Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, 1793-1801, Troutman, NC: self-published, 1988.

Camden - Sanderlin, Ben Garrett, Relationship Deed Books: Pasquotank County 1700-1777, Camden County 1777-1828, North Carolina, self-published, [1960].

Caswell - Kendall, Katharine Kerr, Caswell County, North Carolina, Deed Books Abstracts, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1989. Contains a name index, but only to her own page number, not the Deed Book citation. No place index. Contains chart of parishes of old Caswell County. Volumes:

1.       1777-1817

2.       1817-1840.

“Deed Books A through R total 6614 pages and cover 40 years of land transfers . . . Included are over 1200 grants from the State of North Carolina . . . For a few of the early grants herein the names of chain carriers are included.”

Chatham – Laird, Marilyn Poe & Vivian Poe Jackson, Chatham County, North Carolina Deeds, Dolton, IL: self-published, [no date]. No index? Volumes:

1.       1770-1782

2.       1780-1785

3.       1783-1788

Chowan - Hofmann, Margaret M, Chowan Precinct, North Carolina, 1696 to 1723: Genealogical abstracts of Deed Books, Weldon, NC: Roanoke News Co, 1972.

Columbus - Williamson, Jason McLeod, Abstracts of Earliest Columbus County, North Carolina Deeds, Alexandria, VA: self-published, 1975-1990. Volumes:

1.       Blah

2.       1816-1829 (Deed Books C & D)

3.       1829-1840 (Deed Books E & F)

4.       1840-1846 (Deed Books G & H)

5.       1846-1850 (Deed Books I (Part 1) and J)

6.       1850-1855 (Deed Books K, L, & M partial)

7.       1856-1860

Craven – Pruitt, Albert Bruce, Abstracts of Deeds, Craven Co, NC, self-published, 2004.

1.       Deeds (1728-1761)

2.       Deed Books 2, 3, & 4 (1708-1765)

3.       Deed Books 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (1750-1758)

4.       Deed Books 11, 12, & 13 (1761-1766)

5.       Deed Books 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, & 19 (1766-1772)

6.       Deed Books 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24 (1772-1783)

7.       Deed Books 25, 26, 27, & 28 (1782-1788)

8.       Deed Books 29, 30, & 31 (1791-1794)

9.       ?

10.   Deed Books 35, 36, & 37 (1797-1811)

11.   Deed Books 38 & 39 (1811-1817)

Cumberland – Fields, William C, Abstracts of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, Fayetteville, N.C.: Cumberland County Genealogical Society, 1994. The first volume includes an excellent creek map of Cumberland and Moore Counties. Fully indexed. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books 1-3 (1754-1770)

2.       Deed Books 4-7 (1770-1785)

Currituck - Brayton, John Anderson, By a Line of Marked Trees: Abstracts of Currituck County, North Carolina, Deed Books, Memphis, TN: elf-published, 2000. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books 1-3

2.       Deed Books 3-4

Davie – Linn, Jo White, Davie County, North Carolina Will and Deed Abstracts: Wills 1836-1900, Deeds 1836-1850, Salisbury, NC: self-published, 1973.

Davidson - Middleton, Catherine C, Abstracts of Davidson County Deed Books I and II, self-published, 1969.

Davidson - Shoaf, Mary Jo Davis, Davidson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Will Book 2, 1844-1868, and Deed Book 3, 1826-1828, Roanoke, VA: self-published, 1989.

Duplin – Draughon, Eleanor Daphine Smith, Duplin County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Deeds, Rose Hill, NC: Duplin County Historical Society, 1983. See also “Sampson” below.

Edgecombe - Hofmann, Margaret M, Abstracts of Deeds, Edgecombe Precinct, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1732 through 1758 - as found in Halifax County, North Carolina public registry Deed Books 1-2-3-4-5-6, Weldon, NC: Roanoke News Co, 1969. Includes a full name index, but only to pages in her text, not the Deed Books. No place name index. From “Note to the user of this compilation: “Granville grantees are not included in the abstracts that follow, but appear in 1749-1763 Abstracts of Granville Grantees in Halifax County, North Carolina Public Registry.

Edgecombe - Hofmann, Margaret M, 1749-1763 Abstracts of Granville Grantees in Halifax County, North Carolina Public Registry,

Edgecombe - Watson, Joseph W, Abstracts of Early Deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1759-1772, self-published, 1966. Volumes:

1.       1759-1772

2.       1772-1788.

3.        

Franklin – Watson, Joseph W, Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Franklin County, North Carolina, 1779-1797, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1984.

Gates - Taylor, Mona Armstrong, Abstracts of Deeds of Gates County, North Carolina, Harker Heights, TX: self-published, 1983. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books 6 and 7 (1803-1808)

2.       Deed Books 8 and 9 (1808-1814)

3.       Deed Book 10 (1814-1819)

4.       Deed Book 11 (1819-1824)

5.       Deed Books 12 and 13 (1824-1828)

6.       Deed Book 14 (1828-1833)

7.       Deed Books 15 and 16 (1833-1839)

8.       Deed Books 17 and 18 (1839-1844)

9.       Deed Books 19 and 20 (1844-1851)

10.   Deed Books A-5 (1776-1803)

Granville – Gwynn, Zae Hargett, Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1765, Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, 1974. Covers Deed Books A through G and has an index, but for names of people only, not places.

Granville – Rackley, Timothy W, Granville County North Carolina Deeds, 1763-1766, self-published, 1999. Includes a good creek map for Granville, Vance and _ Counties and 3 separate indexes for full-names, female-names and places.  Rackley writes in his introduction:

“This is the first in a series pertaining to the deeds of Granville County, North Carolina. My intent was to pick up where Zae Margett Gwynn had stopped ith her Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville County North Carolina 146-1765. Due to increased expectations of today’s researcher, the standard for abstracting deeds has changed. Also since approximately one third of Deed Book G pertains to Earl of Granville land grants, it was necessary to begin with Deed Book G instead of Deed Book H.”

Granville – Gwynn, Zae Hargett, Kinfolks of Granville County, North Carolina, 1765-1826, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1974.

Greene - Murphy, William L Jr, Genealogical Abstracts of Greene County, NC Deeds, 1776-1860, Raleigh, NC : self-published, 1996.

Guilford – Bennett, William D, Guilford County Deed Books, Raleigh, NC: self-published, 1990. Volumes:

1.       Deed Book 1

2.       Deed Book 2

From page xiii of Volume 1:

“Because the microfilm copy of Deed Book 1 is almost illegible, these abstracts were prepared from the originals in the Register of Deeds’ Office at the courthouse in Geernsboro, North Carolina . . .

“Your orator further sheweth, that during the late war, to wit, abut the months of March or February 1781, the British Army, among the many Barbarous and wanton ravages commited in this County, destroyed the greatest parts of the records of said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.’ Thus pleaded James McCollom in his suit against his brother concerning a lot will. [Salisbury Court Equity Enrolling Docket, p. 31] On 23 September 1790, John McKibbons of Mcklenburg County testified, “During the ravages of the late war the records of the County of Guilford were in a great measure utterly destroyed by the enemy and the Books or Dockets containing the records relating to the trial herein before charged among others utterly lost and destroyed.” [Salisbury District Superior Court Enrolling Docket, p. 49.] Earlier, John Hamilton had testified, ‘The records of the sair trials and the returns were destroyed with a large part of the records of the said Court of the County of Guilford by a detachment of the British Army during the late war.” [Salisbury District Superior Court Enrolling Docket, p. 53.]”

The introduction of Volume 2 indicates that the microfilming of Deed Book 2 was much better. Therefore it is primarily transcribed from that source. Gilford County Deed Book 2 is mostly made up of recordations of state land grants.

Guilford – Pruitt, Albert Bruce, Abstracts of Deeds, Guilford Co, NC, self-published, 2008. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books 3, 4, 5, & 6 (1784-1799)

2.       Deed Books 7, 8, & 9 (1799-1809)

3.       Deed Books 10, 11, 12, & 13 (1809-1819)

4.       Deed Books 14, 15, & 16 (1819-1826)

5.       Deed Books 17 & 18 (1824-1833)

6.       Deed Books 19, 20, & 21 (1825-1836)

7.       Deed Books 22, 23, & 24 (1835-1839)

8.       Deed Books 25 & 26 (1839-1842)

9.       Deed Books 27, 28, & 29 (1842-1847)

10.   Deed Books 30 & 31 (1845-1850)

11.   Deed Books 32 & 33 (1849-1857)

12.   Deed Books 34-36 (1852-1860)

Halifax - Hofmann, Margaret M, Abstracts of Granville grantees, Halifax County, North Carolina, public registry, 1749-1763.

Haywood - Eddleman, Bill, Abstracts of Haywood County, North Carolina Deeds, Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2005. Covers Haywood Co Deed Books A-C (1809-1838).

Iredell - Coulter, Shirley, Iredell County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Statesville, NC: Abstract Publishers, 1977. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books A & B (1788-1797)

2.       Deed Books C & D (1797-1802)

Johnston – Haun, Weynette Parks, Johnston County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Deed Books, Durham, NC: self-published, 1980-2006. Volumes:

1.       Deed Books A-1, B-1, Transcript-1, D, D-1 (1759-1771)

2.       Deed Books E-1, Transcripts 2 & 3 (F-1, N-1, P-1, Q-1, R-1) (1764-1791)

3.       Deed Books H-1, I-1, K, L-1 (1771-1782)

4.       Deed Books M-1, O-1, S-1, T-1 (1779-1794)

5.       Deed Books U-1, V-1, W-1, X-1 (1795-1799)

6.       Deed Books Y-1, Z-1, A-2, B-2 (1799-1803)

7.       Deed Books C-2, D-2, E-2 (1783-1808).

Johnston - Ross, Elizabeth E & Zelda B. Wood, Kinfolks of Johnston County: Abstracts of deeds, Clayton, NC: self-published, [1993].

Lincoln - Pruitt, Albert Bruce, Abstracts of Lincoln Co, NC : land entries 1780 & 1795-1797 : land processions, 1789-1834 : & Lincolnton, NC deeds, 1785-1868, self-published, 1988.

Lincoln - Pruitt, Albert Bruce, Abstracts of Deeds, Lincoln Co, NC, 1988-

1.       Deed Books 3, 4, & 16 (1786-1793)

2.       Deed Books 17, 18, & 19 (1793-1800)

3.       Deed Books 20, 21, & 22 (1800-1805)

4.       Deed Books 23, 24, & 25 (1804-1813)

5.       Deed Books 26 & 27 (1813-1817)

6.       Deed Books 28, 29, & 30 (1817-1824)

7.       Deed Books 31 & 32 (1824-1828)

8.       Deed Books 33 & 34 (1828-1833)

9.       Deed Books 35 & 36 (1833-1837)

10.   Deed Books 37 & 38 (1837-1843)

11.   Deed Books 39 & 40 (1841-1846)

12.   Deed Books 41 & 42 (1843-1856)

13.   Deed Books 43 & 44 (1856-1863)

14.   Deed Books 45, 46, & 47 (1863-1876)

15.   Deed Books 48 & 49 (1877-1878)

16.   Deed Books 50 & 51 (1878-1880)

17.   Cumulative Index to People in Lincoln Co Deed Books (1769-1881)

18.   Cumulative Index to Places in Lincoln Co Deed Books (1769-1881)

Martin - Martin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, Williamston, N.C.: The Society, 1993. Volumes:

1.       Deed Book A (1774-1787)

2.       Deed Books B & C (1787-1801)

Mecklenberg – Holcomb, Brent, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1763-1779, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1979. An earlier version was self-published in 1976?

Mecklenberg - Ferguson, Herman W, Genealogical Deed Abstracts: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1990-2007. I’m not sure whether there were volumes before Deed Book 10 or not. Perhaps this series commences at the end of Holcomb’s Mecklenberg abstracts (above). Volumes:

1.        

2.        

3.       Deed Books 10-14

4.       Deed Books 15-23

5.       Deed Books 24-28 & Books 1-3, second series

Moore - Wicker, Rassie E, Miscellaneous ancient records of Moore County, NC, Moore County Historical Association, [1971?] Includes an excellent folding map. Covers Cumberland grants and deeds 1754-1784, Census of Moore County 1850, Census of Moore County 1790.

Nash – Rackley, Timothy Wiley, Nash County, North Carolina Deeds, Kernersville, NC: self-published, 1996.

1.       1778-1804

2.       1782-1791

3.       1791-1813

4.       1794-1800

5.       1800-1818.

Nash – Watson, Joseph W, Estate Records in the Deed Books of Nash County, North Carolina, 1781-1897, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1982.

Nash – Watson, Joseph W, Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1979. Abstracts of parts of the first 20 Deed Books of Nash County.

Nash – Watson, Joseph W, Abstracts of Early Deeds of Nash County, North Carolina: Books 1-6, Fort Worth, TX: Arrow Printing, 1966.

Nash – Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker, Notes from Deeds in Nash County, North Carolina, 1938.

New Hanover - Pruitt, Albert Bruce, 1943-, Abstracts of Deeds, New Hanover Co, NC, self-published, 2003-2008.

1.       Deed Books A & B (1735-1744)

2.       Deed Books C, D, & E (1744-1773)

3.       Deed Books F, G, & H (1754-1788)

4.       Deed Books I & K (1789-1793)

5.       Deed Books L & M (1794-1805)

6.       Deed Books N & O (1805-1813)

7.       Deed Books P & Q (1813-1820)

8.       Deed Books R & S (1820-1826)

9.       Deed Books T & U (1828-1833)

10.   Deed Books V & W (1833-1838)

11.   Deed Books X & Y (1837-1841)

12.   Deed Books Z & AA (1841-1845)

New Hanover - Graves, Mae Blake, New Hanover County Abstracts of Deeds, Wilmington, NC: self-published, 1981. This is labeled Volume 1, but apparently Graves did not produce any later volumes. Includes a full-name index and a partial place name index, but both indices are to pages in her book, rather than the Deed Book. From the Foreword:

“Many of the old records in New Hanover County have been lost to courthouse fires. Old Deed Book A and old Deed Book B have been combined to form our present day Deed Book AB, and this is our earliest Deed Book.”

New Hanover - McKoy, Elizabeth Francenia, Early New Hanover County Records, Wilmington, NC: self-published, 1973.

Northampton - Hofmann, Margaret M, Abstracts of Deeds, Northampton County, North Carolina, 1741-1759: Public registry, Deed Book one and Deed Book two, Weldon, N.C.: Roanoke News Co, [1968?].

Northampton - Bradley, Stephen E, The Deeds of Northampton County, North Carolina, Keysville, Va.: S.E. Bradley, 1990. Volumes:

1.       1759-1774

2.       1774-1787.

Onslow - Abstracts of the Records of Onslow County, North Carolina, 1734-1850. This item has no author, publishing information or date.

Orange - Bennett, William Daub, Orange County Records, Raleigh, NC: self-published, 1987. Volumes:

1.       Granville Proprietary Land Office, abstracts of loose papers

2.       Deed Books 1 & 2

3.       Deed Book 3

4.       Deed Book 4

5.       Granville Proprietary Land Office, deeds & surveys, 1752-1760

6.       Granville Proprietary Land Office, deeds & surveys, 1761-1763

7.       Granville Proprietary Land Office, miscellaneous records

8.       Deed Book 5

9.       State Land Grants 1-500

10.   State Land Grants 501-1000

11.   Deed Books 6 & 7

12.   Deed Books 8 & 9

13.   Inventories & accounts of sales 1758-1785

14.   Deed Books 10 & 11

15.   Deed Book 12, 1805-1807

16.   Inventories and accounts of sales, 1800-1808

17.   Deed Book 13

18.   Deed Book 14

19.   Deed Books 15 & 16.

Pasquotank - Brayton, John Anderson, Abstracts of Pasquotank County, North Carolina Deeds 1750-1770, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co, 2009.

Pasquotank - Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, record of deeds, 1700-1751, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1990.

Pasquotank - Sanderlin, Ben Garrett, Relationship Deed Books: Pasquotank County 1700-1777, Camden County 1777-1828, North Carolina, self-published, [1960].

Perquimans - Winslow, Ellen Goode Rawlings, History of Perquimans County as Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere: Abstracts of deeds from 1681 through the revolution, Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Co, 1931.

Perquimans – Haun, Weynette Parks, Perquimans County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1681-1729, Durham, NC: W P Haun, 1983.

Person - Kendall, Katharine Kerr, Person County, North Carolina Deed Books, 1792-1825, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co, 1993. From page iii: “Books A through G total 2899 pages covering 33 years of land transfers, some grants from State of North Carolina, deeds of slaces and other personal property, powers of attorney, division of land to inheritors, and migration of inhabitants.”

Pitt – Ellison, Judith DuPree, Index and Abstracts of Deeds of Record of Pitt County, North Carolina, Miami Beach, FL: Atlantic Print & Lith, 1968.

Randolph – Grigg, Barbara Newsom, Randolph County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Books 1 through 5, 1779 -1794. Contains an index of last names and place names, but only to pages in her own text, not the Deed Book. From page 1:

“Due to the Revolutionary War, a small fire and loss by Vermin, few land transfers appear on record for the first two years [of Randolph County’s existence]. The Court Minutes for this period have survived and land transfers from the first Minute book - June 1779 to June 1782 are included. A total of 24. There are however, many earlier deeds that were registered at later dates.”

Robeson - Williamson, Jason McLeod, Robeson County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts, Alexandria, VA.: self-published, 1982-1986. Volumes:

1.       1787-1793 (Deed Books A, B & C)

2.       1793-1797 (Deed Books D, E & F)

3.       1797-1800 (Deed Books G, H, & I)

Rockingham – Webster, Irene B, Rockingham County, North Carolina deed abstracts, 1785-1800, Madison, NC: self-published, [1973.]

Rockingham – Redman, Inez, Revised Index to Rockingham Co, NC Deeds 1785-1800, Birmingham, MI: self-published, 1983.

Rockingham – Webster, Irene B, Rockingham County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1785-1800, Madison, NC: self-published, [1973].

Rowan – Linn, Jo White & Edith Montcalm Clark, Rowan County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Salisbury, NC: self-published, 1972. Volumes:

1.       1753-1762; Deed Books 1-4

2.       1762-1772; Deed Books 5, 6, 7

3.       Evidently the third volume was consolidated with the prior two and published in 1983 as Abstracts of the Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1785, vols. 1-10, by “Mrs. Stahle Linn, Jr” – presumably aka Jo White Linn.

Rowan - Kluttz, James W, Abstracts of Deed Books of Rowan County, North Carolina, Landis, NC: self-published, 1996-. Clearly Mr Kluttz, a Civil Engineer who probably surveyed much of Rowan Co, picked up where Jo White Linn left off:

1.       Deed Books 11-14. 1786-1797 –

2.       Deed Books 15-19. 1797-1807 –

3.       Deed Books 20-24. 1807-1818 –

4.       Deed Books 25-29. 1818-1828 –

5.       Deed Books 30-34, 1828-1840.

Mr. Kluttz also produced a land grant map for all of Rowan County at 1:24,000 scale in 1973. The only copy I know of is in the North Carolina Room at the Rowan County Public Library – on 6 large sheets.

Rutherford – Davis, Caroline Heath, Rutherford County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1773-1795, Rutherfordton, NC: self-published, 1973.

Rutherford – Green, John Plath, Abstracts of Deeds, Rutherford County, North Carolina, volumes A-D, Dallas: Family Heritage Pub, [1968]

Sampson/Duplin - Peterson, Max R, Abstracts Sampson-Duplin Deeds, Buies Creek, NC: self-published, 1983-6. “Including all deeds, wills, inventories of estate, accounts of sales, powers of attorney, bills of sale, etc, found in the first three volumes of the old Duplin County Deed Books.” Volumes:

1.       Duplin Deed Books 1-3 (1750 - 1774)

2.       Duplin Deed Books 4-6 (1762 - 1779)

3.       Duplin Deed Books 7-9 (1780 – 1793)

4.       Sampson County Deed Books 10-12 (1794 - 1804)

Stokes – Hallecook, Deborah J, Stokes County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts, Peoria, AZ: self-published.

Surry – Snow, Carol Leonard, Surry County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Toast, NC: C & L Historical Publ, 1995.

1.       Deed Books G-H (1795-1800)

2.       Deed Book I (1800-1803)

3.       Deed Books K-L (1803-1808)

Surry - Absher, Mrs. W O, Surry County, North Carolina Abstracts Deed Books A, B, and C (1770-1788), Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981.

Tryon – Holcomb, Brent, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1769-1786; Tryon County Wills & Estates, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977.

Wake – Watson, Joseph W, Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina 1785-1802, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1978.

Warren - Kerr, Mary Hinton, Warren County, North Carolina Records (3 vols), Warrenton, N.C. 1967. Volumes:

1.       Abstracted records of colonial Bute County, N.C., 1764-1779 and Bute County marriages

2.       Abstracts of Deed Book A, 1764-1766: deeds of colonial Bute County, N.C. –

a.       Volume 2 supplement: Abstracts of Bute Co., N.C., deeds registered in Warren Co. Deed Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7, 1766-1779

3.       Abstracts of will books, 1779-1814

Wayne - Ham, Tania S, Wayne County, North Carolina (2 vols), Jacksonville, Fla.: T.S. Ham, 1973-1974.

1.       Deed Books 1 & 2, 1780-1785

2.       Deed Book 3, 1785-1787

Wayne – Watson, Joseph W, Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1780-1793, Rocky Mount, NC: self-published, 1981.

Yancey - Williams, Sally, Index and Abstract of Deeds of Yancey Co, NC, which included portions of Old Buncombe & Old Burke Counties, North Highlands, CA: self-published, 1985.

Other published works containing historical land ownership and land grant information for North Carolina:

Davie - Hughes, Fred, Davie (the Forks of the Yadkin) County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, 1977. 
Guilford - Hughes, Fred, Guilford County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, 1980. 
Montgomery - Hughes, Fred, Montgomery County, North Carolina, historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, 1976. 
Randolph - Hughes, Fred, Randolph County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, [1976]. 
Rockingham - Hughes, Fred, Rockingham County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, [1979]. 
Stokes - Hughes, Fred, Stokes County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, 1977. 
Surry - Hughes, Fred, Surry County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, 1977. 
Yadkin - Hughes, Fred, Yadkin County, North Carolina: historical documentation, Jamestown, NC: Custom House, [1976].