At 11:51 PM 3/22/03 -0500, AaronGFett@aol.com wrote: >State of North Carolina >Charles McDowell, Entry Officer of Claims for Lands in the County of Burke. >(North Carolina) > >To the Surveyor of the said County, Greeting. > >You are hereby required, as soon as may be, to lay off and survey, for >ABRAHAM DENTON a Tract or Parcel of Land, containing, fourteen Acres, lying >in the County aforesaid, on both sides of Shadrack/Shadricks Creek on the >South side of the Catawba River, joining the South side of Captn. Moon's >survey, and turning up the Creek for compliment. > >Observing the Directions of the Act of Assembly in such Case made and >provided for running out Lands. Two just fair Plans of such Survey, with a >proper Cretificate annexed to each, you are to transmit, with this Warrant, >to the Secretary's Office without Delay. > >Given under my Hand at Office >the Tenth day of February Anno Dom. 1779 > Signed by (Looks like) Mr. M. Sewell E.T. > >The actual survey is very difficult to read. >Grant # 288 Issued March 1780 >Entry # 1425 or 1428 >Entered 10 Feb 1779 >Book 28 page 287 >Looks like the chain bearers were Jonanthan Templeton and Abraham Plumley >can not read last 2 signatures. > >It appears that Abraham's widow, Eliza(beth) is on the 1790 census of Burke. >Sure would like to know who his children (if any) were and how he might tie >into my Burke Co, NC Denton line of Joseph b. @1775 VA married Polly >Hudson/Hutson in 1800 in Pittsylvania Co, VA moved to Burke with her and 2 >sons Anderson Denton and Peter McKibbon Denton @1812-1814.... >or perhaps to the John , Jackson or William Denton lines of early Burke Co, >NC > >Thanks to Denise for sending the deed to me to transcribe. > >Audrey >Orlando, FL Hi, The following is the from Burke Co. Land Grants, per Dr. Robert McNeely: If you are using DeedMapper, this can be cut-and-pasted in. Compare with the above. The present-day location of Abraham Denton's land is about a mile and-a-half south of the Catawba River dam at the State Park. The exact spot would be off Highway 70, turning right on Rutherford Drive. Near the end of the road, on the right, is the plat. I am always looking for DeedMapper plots in present Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland and Rutherford prior to 1860. This helps us all discover ancestral lands. --Derick S. Hartshorn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ! REC = Final date when the grant was issued ! DAT = Earlier date of the Entry ! Frm = Book;page Con = Acreage ! Re = Location Wit = Cable Bearers ! Lbl = Other Owners Adjacent Property added as note ! Typ grant ID File 0287 Ref Grant 0288 Adj Entry 1428 Rec 14 Mar 1780 Dat 10 Feb 1779 Frm Bk28;p187 To Abraham Denton Lbl Con 014a Re Shadrack Creek ! Catawba River S ! Both sides of a fork of Shadrack Creek ! Join Capt Moore (William Moore) ! Next to Wit James Templeton, Abram Plumley pt w.o. on SE side of the Creek on S line of Capt. William Moore ln s; 34p; pt st & p. ln w; 68p; pt b.o. beside Shadrack Creek ln n; 34p; pt p. on r. in William Moore line ln e; 68p; with William Moore, crossing the creek end All of the notes written above, the actual transcriptions, can be added to the DeedMapper deed as long as they are proceeded by an exclamation mark (!).