Dobbs County NcArchives Photo Place.....Joseph Pipkin Land Grant 1778 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 January 22, 2008, 5:09 pm Source: NC Archives Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/josephpi1192gph.jpg Image file size: 66.0 Kb No. 1154 County - Dobbs Name - Joseph Pipkin Acres - 640 Grant No. - 10 Issued - 15 Decd 1778 Warrant No. - [blank] Entry No. - 27 Entered - 7 Apr 1778 Book No. - 29 Page No. - 10 Location - On the north side of Falling Creek STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA No. 27 Richard Caswell, Jun. Entry Officer of Claims for Lands in the County of Dobbs To the Surveyor of the said County, Greeting, You are hereby required, as soon as may be, to lay off and survey, for Joseph Pipkin a Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Six hundred & forty Acres, lying in the County aforesaid, on the North side of Falling Creek Joining his own John Bratchers and James Rhodes line. Observing the Directions of the Act of Assembly in such Case made and provided for running out Lands. Two just and fair Plans of such Survey, with a proper Certificate annexed to each, you are to transmit, with this Warrant, to the Secretary's Office without Delay. Given under my Hand at Kingston the 7th Day of April Anno Dom. 1778 Rich'd Caswell Jun'r State of No Carolina Dobbs County May 6th 1778 Survey'd for Joseph Pipkin a plantation containing Six hundred & forty Acre Land in Dobbs County Aforesaid on the North side falling Creek. Begining at a white oak in his own line & runs North two hundred & eighty poles to a black jack in or near another of his lines thence West two hundred sixty two poles to a pine in John Bratcher's line then South three hundred & two poles to a red oak on the creek side at James Rhode's line, then down the meanders of the creek to the Begining Chas. Markland Surv'r Secretary of State Land Grant Office Warrants, Plats, etc. Dobbs County S.108.684-689 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/josephpi1192gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb