ABSTRACTS OF DOBBS COUNTY DOCUMENTS IN THE FRED I. SUTTON COLLECTION P. C. 1416.1, NC ARCHIVES, RALEIGH, NC Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by F. R. Hodges Date: 26 Sept. (Nov.?), 1757 Nature of document: Land grant (#131) Grantor: King George II Grantee: Samuel Seaford Location: Johnston County, on both sides of Panther Swamp Extent: 624 acres In consideration of: 4 shillings annually for every 100 acres granted Mentioned in metes and bounds: Daniel McGee's line Surveyed: 4 March, 1757 Surveyor: Richard Caswell Governor: Arthur Dobbs NOTE: This is a regrant of an earlier grant (#130) Date: 27 April, 1767 Nature of document: Land grant (#637) Grantor: King George III Grantee: Jonathan Thigpen Location: Dobbs County, east side of Panther Swamp Extent: 400 acres In consideration of: 4 shillings annually for every 100 acres granted Mentioned in metes and bounds: Francis McClendon's line, Samuel Seaford's line, Daniel McGee's corner, Benjamin Caswell's corner, William King's line Governor: William Tryon Date: 22 July, 1774 Nature of document: Land grant (#359) Grantor: George III Grantee: John Jones Location: county of Dobbs Extent: 250 acres In consideration of: 4 shillings annually for each 100 acres Mentioned in metes and bounds: Samuel Seaford's line, Jonathan Thigpen's line Governor: Josiah Martin Date: 9 November, 1784 Nature of document: Land grant Grantor: state of NC Grantee: John Smith Location: county of Dobbs, north side of Great Contentney creek Extent: 192 acres In consideration of: Not given Mentioned in description of metes and bounds: Charleraft's (?) line, Singleton's line, James Britt's line, Elijah Grimsley's line Govenor: Alexander Martin ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. **********************************************************************