To Katherine and others, Thanks for your replies. The website I posted on Anson Co., deeds, http://www.fmoran.com/wilkes/anson1.html , has, for instance, George Cathy #43 - 29 Mar 1753, 100 acres S side of the Catawba River. Also 800 acres, 3 Apr 1753 S side of the Catawba River in the forks of Fishing Creek. And 150 acres, 29 Mar 1753 on S Side of Catawba. In Carolina Cradle George Cathy is said to have lived in the Irish Settlement in Rowan Co. There are numerous others in the Anson Co. deeds who are people from the Irish Settlement in Rowan Co. Not on this list was John Hagans/Hagins (1722-1816) who is buried at Thyatira. Robert W. Ramsy in Carolina Cradle confused this man with a John Huggins who was also in the area. ***************** 25 Mar 1752 Granville to John Higgins of Anson for 10 sh sterl, 535 A in Anson adj Charles Burnet Note: When proved in court the name was spelled Haggins. 11 Nov 1756 Granville to John Hagins for 10 sh sterl, 380 A on S fork Liles Crk above his other survey, in the fork of the Catawba R. 15 Jul 1767 John Hagins & wf Jean to Samuel Dirmire 380 A on S fk Lilses Crk in fk of Catawba R. Note: On 4 Nov 1774 Samuel Durmire & wf Christena sold this land to George Pope. It was described in that record as being above John Hagans. *************** This John Hagans/Hagins owned several other pieces of property, but in Carolina Cradle on pages 108-109 the land marked #80 John Huggins (Huggan) was actually where John Hagans/Hagins lived. Both land and court records and his probate records confirm this. Charles Burnnett is #89, next to John. So, now I'm still a bit confused. Was the land on/near the Catawba River mentioned in the website for Anson Co. deeds all just spec land and the people lived in the Irish Settlement? Or was the land in the Anson Co. deeds described only in relation to the Catawba River and not the Yadkin? Pat Hagan Frunzi Fallsington, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <BenbowKD@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Question about Anson Co. deeds > Since most travel inland, and early settlement occurred along rivers, the > lands along the rivers were the first claims. And in an area that was > wilderness, basically, rivers were permanent points of reference. The > Catawba River > runs roughly north-south in the area west of Charlotte, until it reaches > the > area SW of Statesville, and then runs roughly westward. Anson was a very > large county in the early colonial period. > > The list members might find this series of maps of county formation > helpful. > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm_ > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm) > A detailed discussion is available in Corbitt's "The Formation of the > North > Carolina Counties, 1663-1943." > > As for names of creeks and streams, they can change over the years since > those deeds were made. I keep Powell's "The North Carolina Gazetteer" on > the > shelf to the right of my desk. It is very helpful when trying to figure > out > where the land mentioned in deeds might be located. > > Anyone studying family in early colonial NC would do well to have a copy > of > Ramsey's "Carolina Cradle" at hand. It goes into much detail on these > early > settlements. I find something new of interest every time I pick it up, > and > I've read it from front to back. > > Katherine > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message