A brief history of the Jersey Settlement.

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Surname: Green, Hartley, Reeder, Church
This is from North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers dated Jan 1898, authored by G. W. 
Greene: "About the middle of the last century a colony moved from New Jersey and settled 
in Rowan County, NC. This "Jersey Settlement" is now part of Davidson County and lies near 
the Yadkin River, opposite Salisbury. In this colony was Jeremiah Greene with a large family 
of sons & daughters. H. E. McCullough of England had secured grants to large tracts of land 
in NC , tract No 9, containing 12,500 acres, including much of the land of the Jersey 
Settlement. Jeremiah Greene bought 541 acres of this land. This land is described as lying on 
the waters of the Atkin or Pee Dee on Potts Creek. This creek passes near the village of 
Linwood (in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain) within a mile of Jersey Church and empties 
into the Yadkin, not far away. The land was bought in 1761." I think I have a more colorful 
description in another article. If this is not enough info, will try to locate the other 
article. Mary Frances



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