Dobbs County NcArchives Photo Place.....Joseph Pipkin Land Grant 1779 ************************************************ 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 18, 2008, 1:14 am Source: NC Archives Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/josephpi90nph.jpg Image file size: 91.0 Kb No. 1344 County - Dobbs Name - Joseph Pipkin Acres - 200 Grant No. - 200 Issued - 10 Nov 1779 Warrant No. - [blank] Entry No. - 245 Entered - 1 May 1778 Book No. - 29 Page No. - 400 Location - On the north side of Falling Creek STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA No. 245 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 two hundred and fifty Acres, lying in the County aforesaid, Begining at Benjamin Jernigans line Joining Jesse Musgrave Joseph Session & Stephen Pipkins lines 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 first Day of May Anno Dom. 1778 Rich'd Caswell Jun'r Survey'd for Joseph Pipkin a plantation contain'g Two hundred acres Land in Dobbs County on the North side falling Creek. Begining at a Gum John Bizzel's Corner & runs North forty Seven poles to a pine in Rob't Eaches line, then with his North fifty five West one hundred fifty eight poles to a white oak his Corner, then his line North thirty five East one hundred & thirty poles to a pine Jos. Sessions Corner then with his North forty five West Two hundred & seventy poles to a red Oak his Corner then with John Bryan's line South Seventy Seven West thirty two poles to a Hickory his Corner, then with Rd. Cogdell's line South thirty Eight East one hundred forty seven poles to a pine his Corner, then with his other line South ten East One hundred Eighty & two poles to a pine in Lewis Pipkin's line, then to the begining. C Markland, Surv'r Willis Pipkin } CC Joseph Sessions } Secretary of State Land Grant Office Warrants, Plats, etc. Dobbs County S.108.684-689 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/josephpi90nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb