Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Land Grant Atlas of Old Orange County

Regular readers of this blog (yes, both of you) will no doubt have noticed my long silence. Here it is October and this is my first post of 2012.  My apologies, readers.  But fear not.  I have been hard at work on matters of interest.

For the last several years, as readers will no doubt already recognize, I have focused much of my research on the Hawfields (aka Saxapahaw Old Fields).  At first I was interested in that area because I own a small piece of the Hawfields - the Puryear Mill, on the Haw River about a mile below Swepsonville.  Because I wanted to know the history of the Puryear Mill, I began doing title research on the property.  Running the deeds backwards, as real estate lawyers do, starting with the man I bought the land from, I traced the deeds back to prior owner to prior owner.  I pieced together the story of the mill back to about 1850, but beyond that time, I drew a blank.  There was a major gap in the title history and the only way to fill in that gap was to start at the other end of things - to look at the original State Land Grants (and Lord Granville's grants) for this area.

I soon enough found that the Puryear Mill site was originally granted by the State of North Carolina to Samuel Hunter in the 18th century and to my great interest, I also found that the original survey of Samuel Hunter's land is preserved at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh!  Using the survey and an architects scale (a fancy kind of ruler) I took the USGS 7.5" Quadrangle map for Mebane and sketched the boundaries of Samuel Hunters state land grant (Orange County State Land Grant Number 1717) onto the quadrangle to see its original extent.  This was a pleasing exercise and because the text of the survey mentioned that the property was adjoining John Armstrong, Matthew Scoby, James Trousdale and Eli McDaniel, I looked up their land grants as well.

I quickly discovered that their original surveys were also preserved at the archives, so I could sketch their land onto my Mebane Quad as well.  And furthermore, their grants also mentioned still further neighbors.  By following this pattern, I quickly worked my way north along the Haw River drawing in the various state land grants from what is now Swepsonville up to what is now the Town of Haw River.  And thus began an almost obsessive quest to re-draw as many state land grants on the Mebane Quad as I possibly could.  But I soon came to understand that some of these state land grants conflicted with an earlier set of land grants that had been issued by the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina, way back in 1728.

Without belaboring here the whole story, one bit of research led to another until I began to understand that to really, truly understand the story of the Saxapahaw Old Fields, I needed to map out as much of these disputed land claims as I possibly could.  So I began to work on a grander scale.  I started mapping land grants not just on the Mebane Quad, but also on the Saxapahaw Quad just to the south and the Burlington Northeast Quad to the north.  Soon my quest extended into the Efland Quad, the White Cross Quad and the Cedar Grove Quad as well.

After five years of inquiry into the original land grants of old Orange County (i.e. what are now Alamance, Orange and Durham Counties, NC) I have come to the point where I feel that I have taken my inquiry into the Hawfields land grants as far as I can given the limits of working with USGS 7.5" Quads will allow me to go.  I have redrawn the boundaries of hundreds of land grants - mostly from the State of North Carolina, but also a good number from Lord Granville and also from the Lords Proprietors before him.

A few years ago, I started selling copies of my maps via this blog and I thank all those of you who have bought them.  But the maps, standing alone, lacked adequate context.  There was far more to the full story than I could tell simply by mapping land grants.  So I started writing up a companion sheet that explained what the maps signified.  Soon that sheet was a booklet.  And as I pursued the issue so further, I realized that the story of the Hawfields and the maps I have created deserve to be an entire book.  And further, that this book would ultimately need to be part of a four volume series that would eventually cover the entirey of Old Orange County (i.e. basically Durham, Orange and Alamance Counties).

So I have produced a volume, entitled The Land Grant Atlas of Old Orange County, Volume II: The Saxapahaw Old Fields.  I call this Volume II, because I anticipate that Volume I will cover lands further to the west, including Henry McCulloh's Great Tract #11 and points northward.  Volume III will cover Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Efland and Caldwell and Volume IV will cover Durham, Bahama, Rougemont and Orange Factory - if I live long enough to complete all four volumes.

Anyway, dear readers, my point is this: After thousands of hours of work on the Hawfields, I am ready to go to press on Volume II.  This book will include a detailed narrative of the land disputes that arose in the Hawfields, six full color detailed maps of the Hawfields land grants, covering all of the Mebane, Saxapahaw and Burlington Northeast Quadrangles, as well as the western half of the Efland, White Cross and Cedar Grove Quads.  As well, the atlas includes many full color illustrations of old surveys of the area and an exploration of interesting tales of individual land owners.

Because the full execution of this project required looking at the title histories of so many properties, I also assembled many subsequent deeds and other conveyances from 1728 up to about 1815.  For each land grant, I have included as much title history as I could manage to sort out (in abstracted form).  The final product is to be an 11" x 17" color atlas of the entire area, showing as many land grants as possible - all of them drawn onto modern USGS Quadrangle maps, making it possible to see where the various old land grants were (and potentially allowing the genealogical crowd to visit their family's 18th and early 19th century homesteads).

As well, a full understanding of the many land grants, deeds and surveys in the Hawfields required a full understanding of the locations of old roads, fords, and other landmarks in the Hawfields.  So the atlas contains a full discussion of the locations of those landmarks, including a thorough exploration of the exact location of the Indian Trading Path as it passed through the Saxapahaw Old Fields from time immemorial.

Needless to say, I have invested a tremendous amount of effort in creating this atlas, and the cost of printing in color (and in hardcover) is considerable.  Consequently, the price of the finished product is necessarily considerable.  But for those of you who love this area the way I do, I think the book will seem reasonably priced - especially once you see the level of attention to detail that has gone into creating this atlas.  The full retail price of this atlas will be $100 (including first class postage).

For those of you who have previously purchased copies of my maps, I appreciate that you have already paid for much of the information.  But please recognize that I have extended my work to some degree since the time that the previous maps were printed.  Yet I do not wish to gouge anyone who is truly interested in this subject, so I hereby extend the following offer:

Anyone who has previous paid for my maps in the Early Land Claims series (and anyone who orders a copy of The Land Grant Atlas of Old Orange County, Volume II: The Saxapahaw Old Fields in the next few weeks before the book actually goes to press) can purchase a copy of the 102 page, hardcover, full-color, first edition, first printing of the Atlas for $75 (including first class postage).  The first (and perhaps only) printing will be only 100 copies.  The atlas is to be printed on high quality acid-free, archival-quality paper and will be, if I may humbly say so, a landmark work on the history, geography and genealogy of the land and early residents of the Hawfields.  To place an advance order for your own copy of this book, please send a check for $75 to:

Mark Chilton
203 Ashe Street
Carrboro, NC 27510

The book will go to press before the end of October, 2012 and will be delivered to you before Christmas of 2012, making this a great holiday present.  The $75 pre-order price will be available from now until Thanksgiving 2012.  After that time, the price will be $100.

So that genealogists out there on the internet will be able to determine whose land grants (and subsequent purchasers, inheritors etc.) are covered by this atlas, here is a list of all those whose land interests are depicted in Volume II of this atlas (names listed more than once indicate that multiple properties of that person are shown in the atlas):


Samuel Actor
Samuel Actor
Samuel [Actor] Ector
Mary Albird
Jane Albird
John Allen
George Allen
James Allen
Zacharia Allen
James Anderson
Harry Anderson
Alexander Anderson
Alexander Anderson
James Andrews
John Armstrong
John Armstrong
John Armstrong
James Armstrong
William Armstrong
William Armstrong
John Ashcroft
Paoli Ashe
Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe
William & John Bailey
James Baker
John Baldridge
John Baldridge
Robert Baldridge
John Baldridge
James Ball
John Barnhill
Robert Barnhill
Robert Barnwell
Robert Barnwell
John Bason
Jacob Bason
Jacob Bason
German Baxter
German Baxter
German Baxter
Hudson Berry
Hudson Berry
James Bird
James Bird
James Bird
Empson Bird
Robert Bird
Richard Bird
James Bowles
Patrick Boyd
John Boyle
David Bradford
George Bradford
Thomas Bradford
William Bradford
William Bradford
William Bradford
Thomas Bradshaw
Thomas Bradshaw
Thomas Bradshaw
William Bradshaw
John Breeze
Sackfield Brewer
Sackfield Brewer
Zackfield Brewer
Wilson Brown
John Buckner
James Burch
Michael Burke
Walter Burnside
Robert Burnside
Walter Burnside
John Butler
Zachary [Cadle] Kaydale
Nathan Camp
John Campbell
John Campbell
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell
Archibald Campbell
Jacob Cantrell
John Carden
Edward Carrigan
Edward Carrigan
Edward Carrigan
William [Carrigan] Kerrigan
Hugh [Carruthers] Cruthers
Moses Carson
Jonathan Carswell
John Carter
William Carter
Providence Carter
Joseph Caswell
Martha Catchim
Robert Cate
Thomas Cate
Thomas Cate
Thomas Cate
Barnard Cate
Richard Cate
Richard Cate
Barnett Cate
Barnard Cate
Barnerd Cate
Barnard Cate
Bernard Cate
Richard Cate
Richard Cate
John Cate
Thomas Cates
William Chance
Ezekiel Chance
William Chance
John Chapman
James Cheek
James Christmas
Charles Christmas
Charles Christmas
Richard – Christmas
Nathaniel Christmas
Nathaniel Christmas
Charles Christmas
William Churton
James Clendenen
Charles Clendenen
James Clendenin
James Clendenin
William Clendenin
Fisher Clendennen
James Cokeley
Brice Collins
Nicholas Conce
Richard [Cope] Coop
Hugh Crafford
John [Craig] Creige
William Craigg
Hugh Crawford
Moses Crawford
James Crawford
William Crutchfield
James Currie
Ezekiel Curry
John [Daily] Dalley
William Dailey
Samuel Davenport
James Davis
Jonathan Davis
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis
Mary Jr Day
James Dickie
Augustin Dishon
Augustin Dishon
James Dixon
Joseph Dixon
Benjamin Dixon
William Dobbins
Isaac Dorris
David Douglas
Patrick Dunn
John Dunnavan
John Durham
Joab Durham
Matthew Durham
William Eccles
John Ecles
William Jr Ecles
John Edwards
Richard Edwards
John Elliott
James Elliott
James Elliott
James Elliott
James Elliott
John Eubanks
Thomas Farmer
James Faucet
James Faucett
George Faucett
George [Faucette] Fosset
Milley Faucett
Robert Sr Faucett
Robert Jr Faucett
Robert Faucette
Robert Faucette
William Faucette
Thomas Fitch
Thomas Fitch
William Fitch
James Forrest
James Forrest
James Forrest
John Forrest
Richard Foster
James Freeland
Thomas Freeland
Thomas Freeland
James Jr Freeland
James Jr Freeland
James Jr Freeland
James Fruit
John Fury
John Galbreath
John Galbreath
John Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Galbreath
Samuel Galloway
William Gant
James or William Garner
Andrew Gibson
Gennings Gibson
Billey Gousling Gooch
Phillip Goodbread
William Gordon
William Gordon
Richard Gott
William Griffeth
Thomas Griffin
John Griffis
Luke Grimes
John Grisham
Levi Hall
James Hall
James Hall
Isaac Hall
Isaac Hall
Archibald Hamilton
Peter Hamlin
Stephen Hamlin
Daniel Handley
Daniel Handley
Robert Harden
Benjamin Harden
Jacob Harder
Richard Hargrove
John Harrington
John Harrington
John Harrington
James Hart
Thomas Hart
Hans Hingle
John Hodge
George Hodge
William Hodge
Valentine Hollingsworth
Robert Hollowell or Holloway
John Hopkins
William Hopper
Thomas Sr House
Thomas Jr House
Thomas Howard
John Huffman
Andrew Huffman
Andrew Huffman
Jacob Huggins
Jacob Huggons
Timothy Hughes
Rowland Hughes
Samuel Hunter
Robert Hunter
Hardy Hurdle
Hardy Hurdle
Hardie Hurdle
Hardie Hurdle
James Hutcheson
John Jinnings
James Johnston
Robert Johnston
George Johnston
George Johnston
John Johnston
Jonathan Jones
Acquilla Jones
Jonathan Sr Jones
John Jones
John Justice
John Justice
John Kennedy
James Kennedy
John Kennedy
James Kerr
James Kerr
Alexander Kilpatrick
Robert Kimbrough
John King
John King
John King
Armor King
Armor King
Armour King
Edward King
Edward King
John & Edward King
John & Edward King
Baxter King
Lewis Kirk
James Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Elisha Kirk
Isaac Kirk
Stephan Kirk
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Benjamin Lacy
John Lambert
Thomas Lapsley
Barnett Lashley
Thomas Lasley
Thomas Lasley
Barnabus Lassley
Hugh Laughlin
Thomas Lindley
William Lindley
John Lindsay
Matthew Linsey
Thomas Lockard
Thomas Lockhart
John Logue
John Logue
Ephraim Logue
Conrod Long
David Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Elizabeth Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Mathew Lyon
John Madden
Stephen Madden
Archibald Mahon
Peter Mallett
Thomas [Manes] Means
William Manes
John Mann
Zachariah Marten
Obadiah Martin
Benjamin Martin
James Mason
Hannah Massey
Hugh McAdams
John McAdams
Hugh McAdams
Samuel McAdams
William McAdams
James McCadams
Robert McCarney
Hugh McConwell
Jeremiah McCracken
John McCracken
Alexander McCrackin
John McCrory
John McCrory
John McCrory
John McCrory
John McCrory
Eli McDaniel
Eli McDaniel
Eli McDaniel
Eli McDaniel
John McDaniel
Melchi McDaniel
Eli McDaniel
John McDaniel
Robert McEntire
James McGowin
John McMinnimy
John McMinnimy
John McMinnimy
James McMunn
James McMunn
John McNeil
John McRory
David McSwine
Catherine McVain
James McWilliams
James Mebane
James Mebane
David Mebane
James Mebane
William Mebane
William Mebane
George A Mebane
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane
William Jr Mebane
Alexander Jr Mebane
Alexander Sr Mebane
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane Sr
Martin Mehaffey
Wesley Miles
James Millican
James Millican
James Millican
Robert Millican
Robert Millican
Charles Millican
John Minnis
John [Minnis] Minnes
John Minnis
John Minnis
John Minnis
Jacob Minnis
Joel Molton
John Moore
James Moore
Joseph Moore
Robert Moore
William Moore
Valentine Moore
John Moore
Robert Moore
James Morrow
James Morrow
Robert Morrow
William Morrow
William Morrow
John Morrow
William Morton
Hugh Mulhollan
Thomas Mulhollan
Thomas Mulhollan
Thomas Mulhollan
Thomas Mulhollan
Thomas Mulholland
Robinson Mumford
Robinson Mumford
Andrew Murdaugh
John Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
James Murray
Henry Murray
James Murray
Henry Murray
William Murray
Walter & William Murray
John Murry
William Muzzle
John Nelson
Samuel Nelson
Robert Nelson
Samuel Nelson
Samuel Nelson
John Newland
James Newland
James Newlin
Nathaniel Newlin
Henry O’Daniel
John O’Daniel
John O'Daniel
John O'Daniel
John O'Daniel
Henry O'Daniel
Samuel O'Daniel
Henry O'Daniel
Joseph Baker Pace
William Paris
Henry Paris
Thomas Partin
James Parton
Henry Patillo
Nathaniel Patterson
James Patterson
John Patton
John Patton
John Patton
Samuel Patton
Robert Patton
Andrew Patton
Alexander Patton
James or Samuel Patton
John Patton
John Patton
Henry Payne
Thomas Payne
Nehemiah Payne
Nehemiah Payne
Robert Peasley
William Phillips
John Phillips
John Pickard
John Pickard
John Pickard
Alexander Pickard
Edward Pickett
John Pugh
John Pugh
John Pugh
John Pugh
Daniel Pugh
John Pyron
John Rainey
William Rainey
William Raspberry
John Ray
John Ray
John Ray
John Ray
William Ray
John Reed
John [Reeves] Reavis
John Reeves
Isaac Reynolds
Edward Jr Rippey
Edward Sr Rippey
Matthew Rippy
James Roach
Alexander Robbs
John Roberson
Athanatius Roberson
Andrew Robertson
Hugh Rodgers
Mary Rodgers
Anthony Rodgers
James Roney
James Roney
James Roney
James Roney
James Ross
Jane Russell
John Sample
Matthew Scoby
Robert Scott
William Scott
Matthias Scudder
Constantine Sellers
Adam Sharp
Adam Sharp
Joseph Shaw
George Sheridan
John Shugart
John Shy
Ruth Simmons
John Sloss
Joseph Sloss
Robert Small
Robert Small
John Smith
John Smith
James Smith
Rubin Smith
James Smith
James Smith
James Smith
Andrew Smith
Reuben Smith
Andrew Smith
George Smith
Reuben Smith
Andrew Smith
George Smith
William Smith
Charles C Smith
Thomas Squires
Tobias Stalkup
Joseph Stalsworth
Joseph Stalsworth
Joseph Stalsworth
John Standiford
John Standiford
Charles Stanford
Anthony Stanford
John Starks
John Steel
John Steel
John Steel
John Steel
John Stephens
James Stewart
Samuel Stewart
John Stockard
James Stockard
James Stockheart
Benjamin Stone
William Strain
John Jr Stroud
Samuel II Strudwick
Samuel II Strudwick
William F Strudwick
Edward C A Strudwick
Martha S M Strudwick
Martha S M Strudwick
Edward C A Strudwick
William F II Strudwick
William F II Strudwick
John Swaney
John Swaney
John Swenney
Allen Sykes
Allen Sykes
David Tate
James Tate
George Tate
William Tate
William Tate
William Tate
John Tate
Mary Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor
James Taylor
James Taylor
Ed Thomas
Jacob Thomas
James Thomas
Rachel Thomas
Griffith Thomas
Thos Thompson
John Thompson
John – Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Joseph Thompson
John Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Thompson
John Thompson
Joseph Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Thompson
John Thompson
John Thompson
James [Tinnen] Tinnia
George W Trice
Adam Trollinger
Adam [Trollinger] Drollinger
Jacob Henry Trollinger
James Trousdale
John Trousdale
James Turner
James Jr Turner
James Jr Turner
James Jr Turner
John Waldraven
John Walker
John Walker
George Walker
William Walker
John Ward
Daniel Warson
Henry Wasson
Thomas Watts
Jonathan West
Michael Whatley
Henry White
David White
Stephen White
William [Whitted] Whitehead
Samuel Whitesides
Samuel Whitesides
John Whitsell
James Whitsett
Samuel Whitsett
Thomas Whitted
James Williams
George Williams
Ezekiel Williams
Frederick Williams
John Williams
Thomas Willingham
Edward Willson
Mathias Wilson
John Wilson
Robert Witty
Robert Witty
John Wood
John Woods
John Woody
James Woody
Samuel Woody
Joseph Woody
William Woody
Robert Woody
Robert Woody
John Workman
James Young

In addition the atlas includes subsequent title history for many of the original grantees, tracing the land ownership through the following later land owners in the Hawfields (and in some cases earlier occupants of the land as well) – all of these also indexed as to location:
(Names listed more than once indicate that there are multiple properties/transactions for that individual.)

Samuel Actor
McNemar Adams
Luroi Akers
Alexander Allen
Doherty Allen
Dougherty Allen
George Allen
James Allen
James Allen
James Allen
James Allen
John Allen
John Allen
Samuel Allen
William Allen
Joseph Allison
Walter Alves
Alexander Anderson
Isaac Anderson
James Anderson
James Anderson
Jennet Anderson
Kenneth Anderson
John Armstrong
John Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong
Richard D Ashe
Thomas S Ashe
William Austen
James Baker
John Baker
Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker
Daniel Baldridge
John Baldridge
Robert Baldridge
Joseph Barker
James Barnhill
John Barnhill
John Barnwell
William Barnwell
Thomas Baskett
William Baskett
Jacob Bason
Jacob Bason
John Bason
John Bason
James Jr Bell
Alexander Benson
Edward Benson
Patsey Benson
Reuben Benson
Reuben Benson
Thomas Bevans
Richard Bird
Thomas Bird
Thomas Bird
Thomas Bird
Thomas Blair
William Blalock
Alec Bowles
John Sr Bowles
John Jr Bowls
George Boyd
John Boyd
James Brackin
David Bradford
Joseph Bradford
William Bradford
William Jr Bradshaw
William Braxton
Andrew Bridges
William Bridges
William Bridges
David Brient
Joseph Britnal
William Brooks
John Browning
James Bryan
William Bryan
William Bryan
William Bryan
Samuel Bryans
Jenney Bryen
William Bryen
Richard Bull
James Burch
Cuthburt Burton
[Nathan?] Camp
Archibald Campbell
Archibald Campbell
Catlett Campbell
George Campbell
George Campbell
John Campbell
Moses Campbell
Isaac Cantrell
Joseph Cantrell
Joel Carden
William Carnal
John Carregan
James Carrigan
Robert Carruthers
William Carruthers
Alexander Carson
George Carter
Nathaniel Carter
Nathaniel Carter
Nathaniel Carter
Thomas Carter
Isaiah Cate
James Cate
James Cate
Jesse Cate
Richard Cate
Richard Cate
Robert Cate
Robert Cate
James Child
Samuel Child
John Christmas
Richard Christmas
Richard Christmas
Richard Christmas
Richard Christmas
James Clark
Joseph Clendenin
John Cohorn
Mehitable Coit
Brice Collins
Joseph Collins
John Compton
Thomas Compton
Benjamin Cook
John Cook
Zachariah Cook
Willis Cooper
Horatio Cope
Richard Cope
Richard Cope
Joel Corder
Benjamin Cornell
Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton
Samuel Couch
Nicholas Counce
Andrew Cowan
Andrew Cowan
Moses Cox
Joseph Crage
John Crawford
William Creage
Alexander Criswell
John Jr Criswell
William Criswell
James Crutchfield
William Crutchfield
Ezekiel Currie
James Curry
William Daily
Isaac [Davenport] Devenport
John [Davenport] Devenport
Martha [Davenport] Devenport
Samuel [Davenport] Devenport
David Davidson
Adam Davis
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Sr Davis
Robert Davis
Henry Day
Henry Day
John Debow
John Debow
Micajah Debruler
James Dickey
Samuel Dickie
Thomas Dickson
Thomas Dickson
Augustin Dishon
Joseph Dixon
Stewart Dixon
Thomas Dixon
Robert Dobbins
Isaac Dorris
John Dorris
Joseph Dorris
William Dorris
John Douglas
William Downin
Robert Duncan
James [Dunn] Dunne
Lysias Durham
Thomas Durham
William Lindley Durham
John Eccles
John Eccles
William Eccles
[John Sr?] Edwards
Allen Edwards
Allen Edwards
Archibald Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
Nathaniel Edwards
Sterling Edwards
William Edwards
William Elliot
John Elliott
John Ellis
James Ellison
Joseph Ellison
William [Ellison] Eleson
John Elmore
Moses Emery
John Englesch
David Enoch
John Enoch
James Erwin
Andrew Faddes
George Jr Faucett
John Faucett
George Forrest
John Forrest
John Jr Forrest
John Sr Forrest
Matthew Forrest
Matthew Forrest
Richard Foster
Richard Foster
George Foust
Richard Freeman
William Freeman
William Freeman
William Freeman
William Armstead Freshwater
Jesse Fulton
Robert Fulton
Thomas Fulton
John [Fury] Fewry
Matthew Futril
John Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Galbreath
William Gant
William Gant
William Gean
Andrew Gibson
David Gilson
David Gilston
Worham Glenn
Billey Gousling Gooch
Phillip Goodbread
John Graham
John Gray
Jacob Greer
Joseph Greer
Thomas Griffen
John Griffeth
Thomas Griffin
William Griffith
William Grimes
John Hackney
Thomas Hadley
William Hall
William Hamilton
William Handley
William Hanley
Edmund Harden
Laurance V Hargis
Thos N S Hargis
Richard Hargrove
Reuben Harper
Finney Hart
Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart
Isaac Harvey
John Harvey
John Hastings
John Hastings
Samuel Hawkins
? Henderson
John Hendricks
David Herndon
George Herndon
Henry Hesse
Zebedee Hicks
George Hodge
George Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Joseph Hodge
Samuel Hodge
William Hodge
Thomas Holgan
Samuel Holliday
John Holmes
John Homes
James Hopkins
John Hopkins
John Hopkins
William Hopkins
Able Horn
George Horner
George Horner
George Horner
William House
Thomas Howard
Thomas Howard
John Huffman
Mary Huffman
John Hughlett
Alex Hughs
James Huie
Andrew Hunter
Christian Hunter
Matthew Hunter
Matthew Hunter
Richard Hunter
Robert Hunter
James Hutcheson
James Hutcheson
James Hutcheson
James Hutcheson
Samuel S Jackson
Henry Jacobs
Benjamin James
John Jenkins
Nathan Jenkins
James Johnston
James Johnston
John Johnston
John Johnston
William Johnston
Edward Jones
Isham Jones
John Jones
John Jones
Jonathan H Jones
Lewis Jones
Charles Kelley
John Kelley
Charles Kelly
Charles Kelly
James Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy
Jonathan Kimbrough
Robert Kimbrough
Robert Kimbrough
Armour King
Thomas King
William King
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
Lewis Kirk
William Kirkland
Alexander Kirkpatrick
Alexander Kirkpatrick
Alexander Kirkpatrick
James Kirkpatrick
James Kirkpatrick
John Kitzmiller
Absalom Knight
David Lapsley
James Lapslie
Lodwick Lard
James Latta
James Lea
James Lea
James Lett
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathan Lindley
Jonathon Lindley
Simon Lindley
William Lindley
William Lindsay
William Lindsey
Thomas Lloyd
Richard Loadan
Thomas Lockhart
Gasper Long
Jacob Long
John Long
Thomas Loyd Jr
David Lynch
Edward Lynch
James Lynch
John Lynch
Peter Mallett
William Manes
Benjamin Martin
Alexander Mason
Alexander Mason
Daniel Mason
Henry Mason
James Mason
John Mason
James Massey
Tench Massey
James Mathews
William Mathis
William McAdam
Catherine McAdams
Joseph McAdams
Sarah McAdams
John McAddam
Andrew McBroom
James McCallon
Andrew McCauley
Andrew McCauley
Andrew McCauley
Robert McCauley
Andrew McCawley
Andrew McCawley
John McCawley
John McCawley
Barbara McCay
Andrew McClary
Andrew McCleary
Andrew McCleary
Edward McClusky
David McCrackin
Samuel McCrackin
Thomas McCrackin
David McCrory
Robert McCrory
Thos McCulley
Henry E McCulloh
Daniel McDaniel
John McDaniel
John McDaniel
Thomas McDaniel
John McDannel
John McDannel
Mary McDannel
Walter McFarland
William McGowan
William McIver [McLuer?]
Nathaniel & Ann McLemore
William McLuer [McIver?]
Samuel McMullan
John McMurrey
John McMurty
John McQuester
widow McRay
David McSwain
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane
Brown Mebane
David Mebane
James Mebane
James Mebane
James Mebane
William Mebane
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6 comments:

  1. Congrats on this awesome sounding book.

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  2. Mark, do you still have copies of this book available for sale?

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  3. Hi Mark – I have read your blog, “Wandering Through the NC Piedmont,” and I have found it very interesting. My family descends from a man named William Smith, who married Leticia (Lettis) Holloway in Orange County in 1788. We don’t know much about him, except that he had at least 2 sons, one of whom died in 1826 in Orange County (James Smith), and one who moved to Tennessee in 1824 and lived there until he died in 1879 (Robert A. Smith). The Bondsman for William and Leticia’s wedding was named Reuben Smith.

    According to old family records and folklore, William’s family had settled in Orange County (date unknown but previous to 1788) and lived “southwest of Hillsboro on tributaries of the Eno River.”

    Do you think your map would possibly cover this area? I have never lived in North Carolina, and know very little about Orange County.

    Thanks very much,

    Rachelle Child

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  4. Hello! I just heard about your work from Reverend Bob Ellis. He pointed me in the direction of your 2008 book but I found and purchased your 2015 color version from Lulu. I am so looking forward to it's arrival as I am a descendant of Pioneer Thomas Thompson and his son John "The Miller" Thompson (whom I believe built the Saxapahaw mill). Oh and I love maps!

    Thanks again for all your hard work to build this reference.

    Diana Thompson

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  5. Hello Mark I liked the info . in your reference of land owners in the land grant atlas of old orange county. Question is how detail is the ownership of the land and why was so much land lost in the period of time

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  6. Wonderful information Mark....and THANK YOU !!!!

    Many thanks for all of your assistance and information you've provided.....We've made some great strides with our research project....which started with your kind input.

    Again, Thanks

    Rich Marshall

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