You may want to try searching Northampton Co., NC. Below is information of residence before 1820 that I have in my database: Source: The Deeds of Northampton Co. 1759-1774. Deed Book 4 1766-1770. 836-(185) DEMCY WINBORN of Macklingburgh Co. to WILLIAM WINBORN of Northampton Co. 8 Mar 1768. Page 53 of this reference. Special Collections Dep’t of Sanford University in Alabama. Mrs. Helen Johnson. The Winbornes (Alabama: n.p., n.d.). Dorothy -----Original Message----- From: roots-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 12:40 PM To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: ROOTS Digest, Vol 11, Issue 123 Send ROOTS mailing list submissions to roots@rootsweb.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/roots or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to roots-request@rootsweb.com You can reach the person managing the list at roots-owner@rootsweb.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ROOTS digest..." If you respond to this digest, please replace the subject line of your response (so it doesn't read "Re: ROOTS-L Digest") and please don't quote the digest ... a few lines from the message to which you are responding or (better still) a brief summary of that message will do. Thanks! Today's Topics: 1. land deeds ca 1820 Mecklenburg, NC (jbletch@aol.com) 2. Re: land deeds ca 1820 Mecklenburg, NC (Eliz Hanebury) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:13:58 -0500 From: jbletch@aol.com To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] land deeds ca 1820 Mecklenburg, NC Message-ID: <1585f1c46bb-1ba-7734@webprd-a31.mail.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Does anyone know if there are copies of land deeds from Mecklenburg, NC ca 1820? If so, is it possible to write to NC and purchase copies? Think that is going to be the only way to find clues to ancestors. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:40:26 -0500 From: Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> To: "JBletch@aol.com" <jbletch@aol.com> Cc: "ROOTS@rootsweb.com" <roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] land deeds ca 1820 Mecklenburg, NC Message-ID: <CA+TOumgMf3caWt1tGFD_V_QmHsACMz28miaWCHFXgnhf8YGfiw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" North Carolina has a great archive system but I feel sure that if it is a "burnt courthouse county" there won't be much that early. What county are you looking for? Have you looked for a will at Ancestry? Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:13 PM, jbletch--- via ROOTS <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if there are copies of land deeds from Mecklenburg, NC ca > 1820? > If so, is it possible to write to NC and purchase copies? > Think that is going to be the only way to find clues to ancestors. > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the ROOTS list administrator, send an email to ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ROOTS mailing list, send an email to ROOTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of ROOTS Digest, Vol 11, Issue 123 **************************************