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From: "Jayne McCarley" <>
Subject: [TNGREENE-L] Early Settlers and Land Grants
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 09:08:00 -0700
References: <200005050249.TAA19817@bl-14.rootsweb.com>

To All:
Early Greene Co.
There were setters in the area of Mill Creek and Lick Creek earlier than
1783-88. The area was then Washington Co., NC. In 1778 Daniel KENNEDY,
James WILSON, "the orphans, William, John, Thomas and Samuel KENNEDY, Thomas
BRANDON, Asahel RAWLINGS, LeRoy TAYLOR were all on Mill Creek and they were
all there prior to 1780. The 1779 tax list of WA Co., NC even shows that
the "Estate of John KENNEDY" had 5 ac. cleared land and 2 houses built by
then.
The land Grants for these early settler's can be found by writing to the
North Carolina Land Office. Some people are not aware that the 1783 Greene
Co. grants were "copied" from the "earlier" Washington Co., NC grants when
Greene was formed and that the copies were poorly done. Some of the
original grants contain a lot more information than those that you find from
1783 on. If you feel your ancestor was on the land earlier than 1783, it
would be worth your while to write to NC Land office and check for a earlier
Grant.
Jayne

"They Went West & Lived"

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