Appendix I: North and South Carolina Land Grants

Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 45, 1739. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1994.

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'Appendix I: North and South Carolina Land Grants', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 45, 1739. Edited by K G Davies (London, 1994), British History Online, accessed February 11, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol45/pp274-280.

"Appendix I: North and South Carolina Land Grants". Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 45, 1739. Ed. K G Davies (London, 1994), British History Online. Web. 11 February 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol45/pp274-280.

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Appendix I

North and South Carolina Land Grants

North Carolina

A register of grants of land in North Carolina between the years 1707 and 1768 has been preserved under the reference CO 5/319. The entries for 1739 have been extracted and are given below. The register records the name of the grantee, date of grant, number of acres, and county in which the land lay. There is also an approximate location of the land, not included here, such as 'On the head of White Oak River', 'On Bear Sound', etc.

Grantee No of Acres County Date of Grant
Adams, Roger 4230 Bladen 8 June
Allen, Eliezer 640 N Hanover 7 June
ditto 640 ditto 8 June
Baldwin, Warren 640 Bladen 8 June
Bartram, William 70 ditto 14 February
Bass, Andrew 630 Craven 7 June
Beasley, Thomas 150 Onslow 7 June
Bell, Nevil 200 Carteret 18 February
Bell, Thomas 500 N Hanover 7 June
Bigford, Jeremiah 320 ditto 22 November
Blount, Reading 300 Craven (?) 15 February
Boyd, Robert 200 Beaufort 16 February
ditto 640 ditto 15 February
Bradley, John 100 Craven 28 February
Braswell, Richard 500 ditto 1 July
Brawton, Thomas 640 ditto 18 November
Bridges, Samuel 640 N Hanover 7 June
Bright, William 62 Craven 20 November
Brown, James 400 Beaufort 28 February
Bruce, William 200 Craven 21 November
Bryan, Edward 172 ditto 28 February
Bryan, John 626 ditto 28 February
Bryan, Lewis 275 ditto 23 November
Bryant, John 530 ditto 15 February
Caldom, John 500 ditto 7 June
Canaway, Thomas 179 ditto 20 November
Calvert, Joseph 130 Carteret 1 March
ditto 480 ditto 1 March
Cock, Bradbury 100 ditto 7 June
Cox, Anthony 300 Craven 20 November
Cox, Charles 200 ditto 14 February
Grantee No of Acres County Date of Grant
Cox, John 300 Onslow 23 November
Dawson, Francis 600 Craven 20 November
Depp, John 50 ditto 15 July
Dixon, Jonathan 100 N Hanover 22 September
Draper, Nathaniel 500 Beaufort 14 February
Dry, William 640 N Hanover 8 June
Dunbar, William 365 Beaufort 15 February
Dwight, Joseph 250 ditto 14 February
Dyos, John 570 ditto 15 February
Forbes, John 320 ditto 20 November
Futcher, Thomas 125 Craven 14 February
Garret, John 320 Carteret 28 February
Gatlin, John 300 Craven 7 June
Godby, Carry 500 ditto 28 February
ditto 500 ditto 28 February
Graham, George 100 ditto 20 November
Green, John 273 ditto 28 February
Harning, John 200 ditto 7 June
Harries, Charles 640 N Hanover 8 June
Hearral, Thomas 390 Craven 7 June
Herbert, James 200 ditto 15 February
Herring, Samuel 200 ditto 7 June
Herring, Simon 153 ditto 28 February
Herritage, William 126 ditto 21 November
ditto 208 ditto 21 November
Hill, Herman 300 ditto 16 February
Hollingsworth, John 284 ditto 21 November
Hopton, Charles 640 ditto 7 June
Howard, Thomas 100 ditto 20 November
Hudler, James 400 ditto 20 November
Husbands, James 320 N Hanover 5 June
Hyman, Garret 173 Craven 20 November
James, Richard 640 N Hanover 7 June
Jewell, John 300 Beaufort 1 February
Johnston, Richard 300 Craven 7 June
Jones, Frederick 2239 ditto 21 November
ditto 413 ditto 21 November
Kernegee, George 640 ditto 28 February
King, Charles 150 ditto 20 November
Linkfield, Francis 200 ditto 20 November
McCulloh, Alexander 100 N Hanover 6 June
ditto 640 ditto 6 June
Malpas, Simon 254 Craven 28 February
Marshall, William 300 N Hanover 22 November
Mills, Robert 150 Craven 16 February
Morton, Peter 640 Onslow 7 June
Murray, James 640 N Hanover 5 June
Nash, Joshua 223 Carteret 22 February
Grantee No of Acres County Date of Grant
Nelson, Thomas 640 Carteret 23 November
Phillips, William 100 Beaufort 20 November
Pierce, Edmund 280 ditto 14 February
Pilkington, Seith 640 ditto 20 February
Porter, John 640 N Hanover 8 June
Prevas, Peter 390 Craven 21 November
Price, Rice 200 ditto 7 June
ditto 196 ditto no date
Proctor, Elizabeth 100 Beaufort 14 February
Raisker(?), Michael 640 Craven 2 April
Rice, Nathaniel 200 N Hanover 6 June
Richards, John 300 Craven 8 June
Rigney, Benjamin 225 Beaufort 14 February
Semans, Daniel 200 ditto 14 February
Shackleford, John 500 Carteret 20 November
Shackleford, William 500 ditto 20 November
Simons, Jeremiah 300 N Hanover 14 February
Slade, John 200 Craven 26 November
Slade, Samuel 100 ditto 28 February
Smeal(?), John 200 ditto 8 February
Speight, Thomas 350 ditto 15 February
Staniland, Hugh 200 ditto 21 November
Stevens, Thomas 300 ditto 26 November
Swain, J(?) 300 N Hanover 9 June
Taylor, Robert 100 Craven 20 November
Thomas, Josiah 640 N Hanover 3 June
Tindall, Samuel 270 Beaufort 20 November
Tyson, Cornelius 640 ditto 21 November
Tyson, Edmund 640 ditto 28 February
Tyson, Samuel 270 ditto 20 November
Tyson, Thomas 450 ditto 21 November
Vernam, John 200 ditto 14 February
Wainer, Richard 200 ditto 20 November
Wallace, Andrew 183 Craven 20 November
Wharton, David 300 Beaufort 14 February
Wheeler, Joseph 470 Craven 28 February
Williams, John 256 ditto 21 November
Worsley, John 300 Beaufort 14 February
ditto 640 ditto 14 February
Writley, John 61 Craven 28 February
South Carolina
A register of grants of land in South Carolina between the years 1675 and 1768 has been preserved under the reference CO 5/398. The entries for 1739 have been extracted and are given below. The register records the name of grantee, place where the land granted lay, number of acres, date of grant and rent. The rent for all grants made in 1739 was 3s sterling per 100 acres. The spelling of some names, especially foreign ones, appears to be corrupt.
Abercromby, James 3000 Craven Co 11 May
ditto 980 Pedee River ditto
Allen, Joseph 238 Craven Co 14 December
Bagen, John 132 Colleton Co ditto
Baker, John 300 Craven Co ditto
Baker, Richard 500 ditto 11 May
ditto 500 ditto ditto
Baxter, Rev John 1000 Pedee River 14 December
Bexter, John 300 Craven Co 11 May
Blakeway, Sarah 650 Edistoe River ditto
Bowman, Samuel 1350 Little Pedee R 23 February
Brabant, Dr Daniel 500 Granville Co 14 December
Broadway, Mary 100 Berkeley Co 11 May
Brockington, William 200 Craven Co 14 December
Broughton, Nathaniel 134 Berkeley Co 11 May
Burhanan, William 200 Granville Co ditto
Chastaigner, Theodore 266 Berkeley Co 2 June
Child, Benjamin 500 Craven Co 11 May
ditto 87 ditto ditto
ditto 602 ditto ditto
Clement, Edward 200 Berkeley Co ditto
Commander, Samuel 650 Craven Co 12 January
Conns, Thomas 500 Pedee River 14 December
Cragg, John 100 Granville Co ditto
Cramahé, Alexander 600 Kingston Township 11 May
Crouch, Abraham 474 Craven Co 12 April
ditto 500 ditto 14 December
Davis, David 314 ditto 12 April
Debose, Isaac 155 Santee River 11 May
De Lescale, Vincent 50 Granville Co 14 December
De Pia, Peter 100 ditto ditto
De St Julien, Henry 300 Berkeley Co 11 May
Donnald, Abraham 50 Granville Co 14 December
Dunham, Jacob 750 Craven Co 12 April
Dupré, Samuel 400 Pedee River 14 December
Dyel, Thomas 250 Craven Co 12 April
Fabion, John 50 Toobados Creek 11 May
Fairwell, Thomas 650 Craven Co 12 April
Fauconnet, David 250 Granville Co ditto
Ferguson, George 325 Colleton Co
Field, William 200 Craven Co 12 April
Fordyce, John 1000 ditto 14 December
Fraser, James 250 Granville Co 12 April
ditto 159 ditto 4 December
Fuller, William 357 Edistoe River 14 December
Gadsden, Thomas 500 Craven Co ditto
Gailliard, Theodore 144 ditto 11 May
ditto 150 ditto 14 December
Grantee No of Acres Place Date of Grant
Gates, Thomas 400 Berkeley Co 14 December
Gaunt, Anthony 250 ditto 16 September
Gigniliat, Henry 600 Craven Co 2 June
Goddard, Francis 173 ditto 14 December
ditto 450 ditto ditto
Goliere, Anthony 50 Granville Co 16 September
Grimball, Isaac 106 ditto 12 April
Grimke, Frederick 34 N branch of Stono River ditto
Harman, Peter 400 Black River 14 December
Hartley, Stephen 250 Craven Co ditto
Hasford(t), Joseph 721 Berkeley Co 12 April
ditto 1000 ditto ditto
Hedvit, Elizabeth 500 Grange Township 14 December
Hendrick, William 400 Craven Co ditto
Henry, John Francis 50 Granville Co ditto
Holfendorf, John Frederick 250 ditto ditto
Hubert, John & Spear, Jacob 100 Berkeley Co 16 September
Hueffer, Devall 450 Granville Co 12 April
Huges, Daniel 289 Craven Co 2 June
Iseving(?), Robert 300 ditto 16 September
Izard, Ralph 69 Berkeley Co 6 June
Jackson, Richard 200 ditto 16 September
ditto 300 ditto ditto
Jenkins, Thomas 500 Craven Co 12 April
Johnston, Alexander 200 Berkeley Co 16 September
Jones, Dorothy 51 ditto 14 December
ditto 51 ditto ditto
Joyner, John 200 ditto 16 September
Kaill, Lodovick 300 Granville Co 14 December
Keating, Edward 200 Santee River 11 May
Kernie, Mary 50 Granville Co 14 December
Kerr, James 500 Colleton Co 11 May
Kinlock, James 500 Craven Co 14 December
Labord, John 50 Granville Co ditto
La Bruce, Joseph 94 Pedee River ditto
Larochs, Daniel & Thomas 350 Craven Co 6 June
Laye, Joseph 100 Granville Co 14 December
Lea, Isabel 500 Black Creek ditto
Lebrage, Jane 300 Granville Co 7 June
Legare, John 100 boundary to 7 May
Hugh Rose [Granville Co]
ditto 50 Granville Co 11 May
Lewis, Judith 105 Black River ditto
Lucas, Hon George 1300 Craven Co 13 December
Grantee No of Acres Place Date of Grant
Lucas, Hon George 500 Kingston Township 14 December
McGrigor, Martha 550 Granville Co 12 April
McPherson, James 200 Colleton Co 6 June
Mallet, Gideon 500 Granville Co 14 December
Marrion, Benjamin 500 Craven Co 12 January
Marrion, Gabriel 119 ditto 11 May
Marrion, Peter 45 Berkeley Co ditto
Mayerhoffer, John Henry 100 Granville Co 14 December
Michison, John 1448 Santee River ditto
Miles, Thomas 150 Craven Co 2 June
ditto 50 ditto ditto
Miller, Elizabeth 450 Savannah River 11 May
Mitchell, John 73 Colleton Co ditto
Moon, Alexander 1030 ditto 14 December
Moritte (Morett), Rev Thomas 440 Craven Co 8 June
ditto 1000 ditto 12 April
Ortellier, Daniel Jacob 100 Granville Co 14 December
Ouldfield, John 100 Craven Co 12 April
Ouldfield, John jnr 100 ditto 11 May
Perryman, Robert 500 Granville Co ditto
Peyre, Judith 254 Craven Co ditto
Pillet, Daniel 100 Granville Co ditto
Porcher, Peter 732 Berkeley Co 14 December
Porter, Rev William 200 Craven Co ditto
Potts, Thomas 500 ditto 12 April
ditto 500 ditto ditto
Pyat, John 700 Lynches Creek 11 May
Ravenel, Mrs Damaris Elizabeth 500 Berkeley Co ditto
ditto 500 ditto 12 May
Reighton, Elizabeth 400 Craven Co 16 May
Remond, Jeremiah 200 Granville Co 14 December
Richard, Major James 400 ditto 12 April
Ring, John 250 ditto 14 December
Roach, Nicholas 250 ditto 12 April
Roberson, Josheph 400 Craven Co 26 January
Roberts, David 300 Granville Co 11 May
Rock, John Jacob 107 ditto ditto
Rodney, John Jacob 50 Berkeley Co 16 September
Romesay, William 350 Pedee Swamp 11 May
Rothmahler, Job 400 Colleton Co 12 April
ditto 1876 Saltcatcher River ditto
Russ, Hezekiah 500 Granville Co 11 May
Sanders, Abraham 453 Berkeley Co ditto
Saveneau, James 243 Craven Co ditto
Scott, William 500 Craven Co 12 April
Shackelford, William 471 Lynches Creek ditto
Shehan, David 150 Waccamaw River 11 May
Singleton (Shingleton), Ebenezer 375 ditto ditto
ditto 375 ditto ditto
Smith, Richard 194 Granville Co ditto
Snow, Nathaniel 500 Cooper River 5 February
Snowden, Joshua 300 Granville Co 14 December
Sommers, George 300 Savannah River Falls ditto
Steet, John 400 Craven Co ditto
Sterchy, Perter 150 Granville Co ditto
Stubbs, John 50 Craven Co 16 September
Taylor, James 300 ditto ditto
Thompson, Richard 400 ditto ditto
Thorpe, Robert 100 Granville Co 14 May
Townsend, Daniel 500 ditto 11 May
Vanay, John Francis 50 ditto 14 December
Vaughan, Robert 200 ditto 26 January
ditto 250 ditto ditto
ditto 400 Berkeley Co 14 December
Vaughan, William 450 Edistoe River 11 May
Waggan, Thomas 500 Granville Co 14 December
Walies, Col William 300 Craven Co 12 April
Warhock, Abraham 200 ditto 2 June
Watson, John 800 ditto 12 April
Wedderburn, James 500 Savannah River 11 May
Whippy, John 450 Granville Co 12 April
Whippy, Joseph 400 ditto ditto
Williams, Robert 1300 ditto 16 September
Wood, Jonathan 500 Berkeley Co 10 April
Woodsakin, Oursella 300 ditto 6 December
Wright, Jermyn 1000 Granville Co 11 May
Wright, Richard 145 Colleton Co ditto
Zublie, David 600 Granville Co 14 December
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