Anson County, NC - Thomas & Henry Potts Land Grants ~~~~~~~~~~ At a Council held at New Bern the 5th day of April 1749 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Thomas Potts 500 Anson Samuel Beasam 400 Do At a Council held at New Bern the 29th day of September 1749 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Thomas Potts 400 Anson At a Council held at New Bern the 30th day of September 1749 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Thomas Potts 460 Anson Samuel Besam 320 Do At a Council held at New Bern the 4th day of April 1750 Francis Mackilwean on Motion was Admitted to Prove the following Persons Rights Videlicet Thomas Potts and Samuel Beasam 4 Whites Anson At a Council held at New Bern the 6th day of April 1750 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Thomas Potts and Samuel Beasam 400 Anson At a Council held at New Bern the 27th day of September 1750 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Henry Potts 1,000 Anson At a Council held at New Bern the 29th day of September 1750 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Thomas Potts and Saml. Beasam 400 Anson Thomas Potts 400 Do At a Council held at New Bern the 27th day of March 1751 Read Sundry Petitions for Warrants for Land as follows Videlicet Henry Potts 600 Anson Thomas Potts 150 Do Source: The Colonial Records of North Carolina Second Series - Volume VIII Records of the Executive Council, 1735-1754 Department of Cultural Resources Division of Archives and History County formations and dates formed: Anson, 1750 from Bladen Mecklenburg, 1762 from Anson Montgomery, 1779 from Anson Richmond, 1779 from Anson Rowan, 1753 from Anson Union, 1842 from Anson ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________