I want to again mention the existence of a very helpful tool for Rowan researchers. It is titled "Rowan County North Carolina Vacant Land Entries 1778-1789 by Richard E Enochs. Anyone with ancestors in Rowan during the 1760s and 70s will be interested in this. During this period people settling in Rowan could not get title to their land because of the death in 1763 of the owner of all of the land, Lord Granville, and the closing of his land office in Rowan. So the new arrivals "squatted" during this period and because they were not property owners did not appear on tax lists, deed books, or will books. They were literally "invisible" Then in 1778 the new government opened up shop to get things straightened out by allowing all of these folks to come in and apply for a state grant for their land. They poured in of course and Mr Enochs publication details it all. Each entry shows the acreage, location, neighbors, etc. Some of the claimants had been living on their property for as long as fifteen years. It can answer lots of questions. Look it up. Charles Johnson

I hope the Graham's are rolling over in their graves ...... if they could have only known the confusion they caused by using the same names over and over and over. Pronounced GRIMES, they are said to have come down from PA between 1747 and 1800. By the Spring of 1749, the twenty families included James Sr., James Jr., Richard, & John Graham, Catheys and James Marl'in (later changed to Martin) According to the separate wills of Richard Graham died Feb. 13, 1779, son Joseph was alive & wife Agnes will probated 1792 she mentions son Joseph & his wife Elioner. Feb 4, 1788 "ordered that James Marlin, Espr. be appointed guardian of Rachael & Allen Graham orphans of Joseph Graham, deceased". Would the children be considered orphans if the mother was alive but unable to care for them? If any sons were old enough could they have stayed on the land with the mother and only the younger ones live with aunts, uncles or grandparents? Nancy Marlin, wife of James, died in 1803, named her granddaughter Eleanor in her will. I am looking for Joseph Graham born abt 1750, married Eleanor Martin abt 1770, she was born abt 1758. Children: Eleanor b 1771, married James B. Knox, Allen b between 1772-1777, probably Joseph, Jr, b 1778, Rachel b abt 1787, married Thomas Williamson after May1804. Did they have a sister Else? Book 38 page 523, Feb 5, 1849, Joseph Graham - - no wife signs -- lets George M. Lyerly (both of Rowan Co., NC) have 150 acres on Back Creek next Thomas Todd, John Gibson, & Widow Gillespie, for $75.00. Witnessed by J.S. Johnson Aug 1849. (The amout may not be exact, but it is what my father, Joseph Graham lived upon & willed me & my sister & two brothers). That would mean there were 5 living children at that time. I wish he had named his brothers and sisters or if I could find the will to know if this is a different Joseph. Would a son be 21 to be willed land or could it have been held in trust till he was of age? I believe this parcel of land to be near where Furgus Graham lived and I believe Furgus also had a son Joseph. If anyone has sorted these people out, I would appriciate any help. Nina

--part1_0.6be35825.25839017_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This may be an important address for some of you .... this is the correct name of the library collection I researched over twenty years ago and I can't rave enough about it. --part1_0.6be35825.25839017_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <djrodgers@lexcominc.net> Received: from rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (rly-yd02.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.2]) by air-yd05.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:52:18 -0500 Received: from smtp02.infoave.net (smtp02.infoave.net [165.166.0.27]) by rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (v66.4) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:52:09 -0500 Received: from default ("port 1438"@[207.144.151.147]) by SMTP00.InfoAve.Net (PMDF V5.1-12 #23426) with SMTP id <01JJCBPTIQTK8WWDOW@SMTP00.InfoAve.Net> for HISTMOM@aol.com; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:52:03 EST Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:52:25 -0500 From: David & Belinda Rodgers <djrodgers@lexcominc.net> Subject: Re: Yadkin Co. Maps To: HISTMOM@aol.com Reply-to: djrodgers@lexcominc.net Message-id: <38516809.6280@lexcominc.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-KIT (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <0.64462f81.2582b1b2@aol.com> Hi, Are you referring to the McCubbins Collection in the History Room of the Rowan Co. Public Library? "McCubbins collection Mrs. Mamie Elizabeth Gaskell McCubbins spent nearly fifty years compiling research notes for her anticipated, comprehensive book on early Rowan County families. She knew that this book would be the work for which she'd be remembered. The book was never completed but "Miss Mamie's" research notes are consulted on a regular basis. Consisting of more than 150,000 abstracts of court records, wills, deeds, and Bible records, and arranged alphabetically by surname, the McCubbins collection is one of the most cited sources in western North Carolina genealogy. Visitors to the History Room are asked to contribute photocopies of their own research notes, family group sheets, and pedigree charts to the ever-expanding "annex" files stored among Miss Mamie's originals." The library's page is at: http://www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us/ The History Room is called the Edith Clark Room. Hope this helps. Belinda Rodgers HISTMOM@aol.com wrote: About 1976, I xeroxed two maps from a book at the Cubish (sic) room in the Rowan Co., library. Maybe someone can give the correct name and address. --part1_0.6be35825.25839017_boundary--

What was the URL for the maps?..I didn't see it in the RR-L. BFaye >One person opened it in PaperPort > > >==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== >Have you joined the Rootsweb Genealogical Data >Cooperative yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/

Gayle Read Jerry's reply to you. I do have Garren's. Would love to hear from you. My address is myarber@iolms.com Mauri

Gayle, thank you for your reply to my question. Have no Garren or Mitchells in my background.JMcK

One person opened it in PaperPort

About 1976, I xeroxed two maps from a book at the Cubish (sic) room in the Rowan Co., library. Maybe someone can give the correct name and address. So far one person was able to open the maps in WORD .... some have not.

GenForum has recently added a forum for the surname Ivester. Hugh (Isbister) Ivester came to America in 1775 from the Orkney Islands (Scotland) eventually settling in North Carolina on the Yadkin. He married Barbary ? Their first son was George Newell Ivester born c. 1779 probably in Rutherford - married Anna Rucker born c. 1790 in Rutherford, NC. If you have any information on this family and/or allied families, please check out the Ivester forum at GenForum.com - leave queries, messages, etc. Some names associated with Ivester - Rucker, Lingerfelt, Magnus, Whistenant, Anderson, Nichols, Gabrels, Gobel, Gabel, King, Cline, and Peeler.

Al of Yadkin Co... I just joined the RowanRoots List.... I am researching the Rutledge's of NC, some of whom moved to the area that later became Yadkin Co. They migrated from Cumberland Co. PA. I noted the info you posted for Charles and I believe these maps may be of assistance to my search... However, I would need the addresses to send further inquiries... If you have any, or all, of the addresses, could you send me a note? At this point, I know I need Yadkin Co., but lack enough knowledge of the area to know if I need others, ie Surry, etc. So would appreciate as many ideas or addresses you think would help... Thanks for your help... Hope I can reciprocate at some point... John Rutledge in Oregon

130 Archibald raig 131 Conrad Michael 132 Henrich Zobeli 133 Elizabeth Gillespie 134 Herman Hartmann 135 Georg Schmidt 136 Richard Walton 137 Adam Buttner 138 Lorentz Schnepp 139 "Ryal's (sic) old place" 140 Johannes Bosinger 141 Peter Veit 142 Michael Bonacher 143 Martin Raiblen (sic)* 144 Peter Stroher 145 Christian Eller (Ohler) 146 Joseph Wolfskehl 147 Henrich Agader 148 Heinrich Frohlich 149 Anthony Salz 150 Peter Eary (sic) 151 Joseph Lobwasser 152 Killen Earnhardt (Ernh) 153 Conrad Bullen 154 James McCulloch & Rutherford 155 John Hampton 156 Jacob Van Pool * 157 Michael Muller 158 Wendel Muller (2) 159 Christopher Rintelmann 160 Samuel Shinn (2) 161 Georg Henrich Birrer (Bary) 162 James Carter 163 Friedrich Litzieh(h or a)r 164 Lorentz Lingel 165 Henrich Rohn 166 Richard Morebee 167 Heinrich Grob 168 Jacob Volenweider (Fulenweider) 169 George Magoune (sic) 170 Philip Earnhardt (Ern) the end

--part1_0.51671060.258267d4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Many of these names are the same as the early settlers on Rowan Co ... hope it helps someone. --part1_0.51671060.258267d4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <BLAIR-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (rly-yd03.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.3]) by air-yd03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:34:13 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (v66.4) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:34:05 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA29994; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 05:32:28 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 05:32:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38511CF0.8A098C17@jsucc.jsu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:32:00 -0800 From: Benjie Blair <bblair@jsucc.jsu.edu> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: BLAIR-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [BLAIR-L] Earl of Donagal ships list Resent-Message-ID: <NfWcpB.A.hUH.sDQU4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: BLAIR-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: BLAIR-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <BLAIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1223 X-Loop: BLAIR-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: BLAIR-L-request@rootsweb.com This came in on the Antrim List: Passenger List for the Earl of Donagal - Duncan Ferguson Master, which came to the port of Charleston Dec. 22, 1767-was provided by Mrs.Benjamin Culp of Gastonia. This is one of the Martin Ships and the Original of this list is in the University of N. C. Library. (They are listed by name & age.) Andrew Simpson 25 Margaret Cahy 40 Rachael Singleton 24 W. Blakely 25 Mary Bell 45 Janet McDowell 14 Elizabeth Blakely 54 James Bell, Jr. 14 Agnes McDowell 4 Mary Blakely 4 Samuel Bell 10 John McDowell 13 David Blakely 22 John Bell 6 William McDowell 20 Chambers Blakely 10 Mary Bell 15 Margaret McDowell 18 Sarah Blakely 24 Elizabeth Bell 17 James McDowell 25 Elizabeth Blakely 20 John Hamilton 20 David Usher 40 Agnes Blakely 35 John McKeown 36 Ann Usher 39 Michael Wilson 35 Andrew McKeown 10 David Usher 13 Margaret Wilson 25 Agness McKeown 10 Daniel Usher 15 Charles Wilson 5 Alexander McKeown 12 Ann Usher 6 Jane Wilson 4 Mary McKeown 21 John Usher 18 Adam Cahy 40 James Spence 20 Samuel Armstrong 25 William McCullough 40 Sarah Spence 20 Mary Armstrong 25 Elizabeth McCullough 9 John Anderson 20 William Armstrong 2 Christian McCullough 46 Robert Owen 22 Margaret Armstrong 60 Patrick Spence 50 Elizabeth Anderson 28 John White 47 Mary Spence 60 John McDougal 50 Ann Garner White 40 Joseph Spence 20 Janet McDougal 40 William White 14 Robert Spence 16 Mary McDowell 8 Margaret White 11 Janet Spence 10 Elizabeth Owen 20 Helen White 9 Jannat White 5 James Stewart 26 Isabel White 7 Rose Stewart 22 Eleanor White 50 Victoria White 3 Walter Brown 30 Margaret Brown 30 @Hugh Bonar 18 Samuel Kelse 45 Susan Kelse 44 John Brown 6 Samuel Kelse 10 Margaret Kelse 8 Janet Kelse 16 George Kelse 17 Samuel Willson 40 John Kelse 6 John Wilson 12 Margaret Willson 8 Mary Wilson 38 Ann Wilson 10 Elizabeth Willson 14 Thomas Willson 4 Sarah Wylie 38 Rebecca Wylie 11 James Wylie 45 Samuel Wylie 6 John Wylie 4 Margaret Wylie 9 Dougal Ballentine 50 Margaret McClelan 21 Mary McKinney 70 Robert Ballentine 11 William Ballentine 22 Elizabeth Ballentine 50 Mary Ballentine 19 William Taylor 40 Jannet Taylor 37 Margaret Taylor 13 Jannet Taylor 5 Robert Taylor 10 John Taylor 2 William Taylor 17 Patrick Harbinson 34 Jane Harbinson 22 John Harbinson 4 Mary Harbinson 8 Robert Willson 51 Elizabeth Willson 25 Joseph Willson 6 James Willson 4 Samuel Frazier 25 Elizabeth Frazier 25 Robert Robinson 60 Susannah Robinson 50 Waterhouse Robinson 13 Alexander Hook 22 Elizabeth Ballentine 17 Ann Thomson 4 Clark Hill 39 Margaret Robinson 29 Robert Robinson 16 George Hall 11 Jane Robinson 27 Charles Hall 14 Alexander Hall 18 Mary Hall 46 James Hall 4 Martha Spence 24 Samuel Hall 8 David Spence 28 Robert Kirkpatrick 20 William Hall 16 Jane Kirkpatrick 50 Elizabeth Marshall 39 Thomas Kirkpatrick 48 William Marshall 41 Jannet Marshall 7 Robert Gray 17 Mary Marshall 5 John Cary 37 Robert Marshall 13 Martha Boyd 17 Susannah Man 40 William Boyd 20 Robert Man 40 Robert Man 3 Mary Cary 37 John Ma 8 Ann Cunningham 7 James Man 11 Jane Cunningham 30 Alice Lamont 20 Arthur Cunningham 30 James Lamont 30 Margaret Blair 33 James Cunningham 4 Thomas Blair 38 Jane Blair 2 John Lamont 5 James Blair 9 John Knox 50 Jane Marshall 16 James McCartney 30 Sarah Knox 17 Samuel Caldwell 20 Hugh Knox 10 James Crawford 20 John McCartney 30 William Knox 50 Mary Carroll 5 James Knox 16 David Carroll 34 Margaret Dustman 20 William Boyd 20 David Dustman 17 James McClelan 48 Jane Carroll 23 Ralph McDougal 18 Martha McClelan 6 Samuel Alston 26 Henry McCleland 10 John Carson 20 Catherine McCleland 46 Elizabeth Knox 40 David Spence 60 William McClelan 3 Robert Wylie 30 Adam Spence 2 Hugh Caldwell 30 Martha Spence 8 Mary Spence 20 Jannet Spence 40 Margaret Spence 24 Peter Wylie 50 Francis Murphy 6 Matthew Gaston 19 William Wylie 7 Eleanor Spence 17 Mary Wylie 13 Francis Wylie 17 Ann Wylie 47 James Wylie 18 Janet Harbinson 13 Margaret Wylie 20 Mary Harbinson 36 John Caldwell 60 Adam Harbinson 46 Robert Spence 12 John Andrew 36 Elizabeth Harbinson 3 Elizabeth Caldwell 20 Alice Andrew 6 James Caldwell 24 Margaret Andrew 9 George Hall 26 Samuel Andrew 13 William Andrew 2 John Hall 3 John Andrew 3 William Hall 7 Andrew Walker 12 Jane Hall 27 Elizabeth Walker 32 Mary Walker 5 John Walker 40 Jane Walker 8 James Gray 13 Thomas Walker 10 Jane Gray 40 Jane Andrew 36 James Gray 40 Elizabeth Gray 7 William Russell 14 George Gray 10 Margaret Russell 44 David Russell 18 William Russell 42 Mary Russell 20 Mary Thomson 30 Margaret Russell 19 Adam Thomson 30 Adam Thomson 2 James Russell 16 Peter Thomson 6 John Thomson 8 William Wylie 20 ==== BLAIR Mailing List ==== RootsWeb offers many more services for genealogists. 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76 Walter Carruth 77 Thomas Bell (2) 78 Robert Reed 79 Hugh Reed 80 John Huggins (Huggan) 81 William McKnight 82 Daniel McFeeters 83 Fergus Graham 84 Thomas Brandon 85 John Locke (Locke) 86 John Nisbet (Nesbit) (5) 87 James Allison (2) 88 Matthew Lock (Locke) 89 Charles Burnett 90 David Strain 91 Matthew Gillispie 92 Archibald Wasson 93 Alexander Cathey (2) 94 Richard Brandon (2) 95 James Graham (3) 96 James Patton 97 John Russell * 98 Samuel Woods 99 George Tate * 100 Samuel Cochrane 101 Thomas Little 102 Robert Barclay( Barkley) 103 Andrew & John Beard 104 John Kilpatrick 105 John Brandon, Jr. (2) 106 Robert McPherson 107 Robert Woods 108 John Burnett 109 John McConnell 110 Alexander Douglass 111John Gardiner (Gardner) 112 Thomas Evans 113 John Dunn (2) 114 Jacob Braun 115 James Carson (3) 116 Hugh Waddell 117 Peter Schmidt 118 Alexander McCulloch 119 John Whitesides 120 John Dunn & John Little 121 Peter Arndt 122 Alexander Clingman 123 Georg Brunner (4) 124 Salisbury Town Land 125 James Andrew 126 John Thomas 127 John Howard (2) 128 John Dill 129 Paulus Buffell (Biefel) * No grant recorded prior to 1763, but referred to in descriptions of adjoining grants. remaining 40 names later.

I will go out this morning and try to enlarge the map if anyone can accept Hewlett Packard scanned items let me know ... some people can't receive items from me. from a map "Prepared by David Rendleman, 1953". The early spelling on Martin records were spelled Marl'in/Marlin 26 Samuel Young (2) 27 James Stewart (4) 28 Richard Graham (2) 29 Thomas Johnston 30 Richard King 31 John & Joseph Thompson 32 Samuel Hillis 33 Robert Harris 34 Humphrey Cunningham 35 John Cowen 36 Andrew Kerr (3) 37 David Fullerton (2) 38 Alexander Dobbins 39 Malcolm Hamilton 40 William Porter 41 Richard Robinson (Robison) 42 John Kirkpatrick 43 Henry Barklay (Barkley) 44 William Niblock 45 Robert Luckey (Luckie) Th Thyatira Church 46 James Deacon (Deason) 47 William Steven 48 John Long (6) 49 James Hill 50 Matthew Long 51 John Best 52 Samuel Martin 53 Henry White (2) 54 John Holmes 55 William Brandon 56 James Cathey 57 James Story 58 George Cathey (2) 59Robert Hardin 60 Andrew Cathey 61George Lock (Locke) 62 John Brandon (3) 63 Andrew Allison (2) 64 John Todd 65 John Cathey 66 John Dickey 67 John Lawrence (Lowrance, Lorentz, Laurents) 68 Matthew Woods 69 Joshua Nichols 70 James Blyth (Blythe) 71 Samuel Blyth (Blythe) 72 David Woods 73 John Patterson 74 James Erwin (Irwin) (2) 75 James Alexander the 70 names remaining to follow later.

--WebTV-Mail-8207-2144 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Charles, then you need four maps. i Heritage Map Yadkin Co by Fred Hughes. 2. Heritage Map Davie County by Fred Hughes 3. The Andrew Lagle Land Grant map of Davie. 4. Rowan Co. Lib History has new maps of early grants in Rowan. All cost money but I dont know the cost.Do you need addresss on these? Davidson Co may have such maps. Forsyth, Surry and Wilks I dont know Maybe youll get others to fill in on these. There are several land grant booklets on Yadkin, Surry, Stokesand Forsyth of Old Rowan. Jo White Linn has put out booklets on land grants as well. Good luck AL of Yadkin Co. NC --WebTV-Mail-8207-2144 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.121) by storefull-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:28:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 757EC1B; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:28:37 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: alhudson@webtv.net Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 2776E13A; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:28:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA14437; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:18:03 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:18:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <384FD4E7.96D62FB9@ldd.net> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 08:12:23 -0800 From: "Charles E. Elrod" <haapy1@ldd.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: rowanroots-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Land Grants along the Yadkin river Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <bUgzD.A.2gD.aLGU4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/6897 X-Loop: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ROWANROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Hello to all. Does anyone have a download able map showing the landowners along the Yadkin river during the period of 1700-1800. Would deeply appreciate it if someone has on, or knows where I could find one, would you please e-mail me with details. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Charles E. Elrod haapy1@ldd.net ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== Please do not post WARNINGs of any kind on this list. There are no exceptions! --WebTV-Mail-8207-2144--

Jerry, I am looking at the 1770 Collet map and I observe nothing in the way of a high buff or a sawmill.. There are several saw mills on rhe map but many miles away. I know of no other Baths in NC. Obviosly something is messed up with data provided. As for Forsyth co. there is a Mt Pleasant Ch in Tanglewood Winston-Salem City Park . It has an interesting history and McKnights Meeting stood just west of the park. We have a good many McKnights in Yadkin Co today. I know of no Indian Wells. Puzzles me why we are in Bath Co on the Cape Fear River instead of the Tar AL of Yadkin Co. NC

JERRY AND CHARLOTTE, B ATH CO was formed in 1696 and is extinct. IT PREVIOUSLY was a part of Albemarle CO., now extinct. Bath co was chipped away by PAMPTECOUGH co in 1705 and two other counties. In 1712 Bath became Beaufort then lost a little to Pitt Co in 1760, and the remainder bcame Pamlico in 1872 and remains Pamlico today.Bath today lies on the north bank of the Tar River as it flows into an arm of the Pamlico Sound . The Tar parallels the Cape Fear Riverbut a separation of some 100miles as the crow flys. Hardly to be considered one community. A Rand McNally Atlas foe some $10.00 would get you there with a car of course. AL of Yadkin Co. NC

The map is too small to scan clearly .. it was xeroxed over twenty years ago at the library in Rowen Co. There are 170 names so I will finish it tomorrow if this wanted by anyone. Original Grantees in the Irish and Trading Ford Settlements, 1747-1762 Map Name and Number No. of Grants (if more than one 1 James Dobbins (3) 2 James Martin 3 Robert Tate (5) 4 Samuel, John & Joseph Luckey(Luckie) 5 Robert Johnston 6 John Carson 7 Nicklaus Thommen & Johann Bernhardt Steigner 8 John Dobbins 9 Henry Huey (4) 10 John Withrow (3) 11 James Brandon (2) 12 Griffith Rutherford 13 William Cowan (2) 14 Francis Wilson 15 Samuel Reed 16 John Wilson 17 John McElwrath (5) 18 Henry Chambers 19 Thomas Gilespie (4) 20 Robert Steel 21 John Kerr (4) 22 James Hemphill 23 William Grant 24 Michael Dickson 25 Mary Armstrong

I have a question about a deed in Rowan County in 1789 whereby Frederick Miller deeds 300 acres on Farmer's Creek to 6 named grandchildren (all children of his daughter Catherine who married Jacob Miller). My question is this: 1) Wouldn't this land have had to remain in the hands of the guardian (their father), Jacob Grimes, and not been able to be sold until they all reached 21? (Or were laws different at that time?) There was only one grandson (George Grimes) and the others would be daughters who probably would have been married at the time of the sale. So I would be looking for deeds saying "1/6 of land deeded, etc.), right? This entire family ended up in TN - Robertson County by 1825 anyway.(which was formed from Tennessee county in 1796( which brings me to my SECOND Question. 2) Did Rowan County, NC ever contain this land in TN? It seems impossible to me looking at a map because Robertson Co TN is below Kentucky border. 3)If anyone has a published Deed Index for Rowan, could you help me out? Virginia

Hello to all. Does anyone have a download able map showing the landowners along the Yadkin river during the period of 1700-1800. Would deeply appreciate it if someone has on, or knows where I could find one, would you please e-mail me with details. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Charles E. Elrod haapy1@ldd.net