Dobbs County NcArchives Photo Place.....William Rhodes Sr. 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 22, 2008, 8:59 pm Source: NC Archives Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/williamr1196gph.jpg Image file size: 76.0 Kb No. 1345 County - Dobbs Name - William Rhodes Acres - 200 Grant No. - 201 Issued - 10 Nov 1779 Warrant No. - [blank] Entry No. - 122 Entered - 8 Apr 1778 Book No. - 29 Page No. - 401 Location - On South Falling Creek State of North Carolina Dobbs County Apr 28th 1779 Survey'd for William Rhodes a Plantation containing Two hundred Acres Land in Dobbs County on South Falling Creek, Begining at a pine his own Corner & runs with his line South Seventy & East One hundred ninety six poles to a maple his Corner, then his other line South thirty Seven East Fifty poles to a White Oak Richard Cogdell's Corner, then with his line South fifty West One hundred Seventy two poles to a Stake his other Corner, then with Basses line North fifty Seven West One hundred forty poles to a Water Oak, then to the begining C. Markland Surv'r STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA No. 122 Richard Caswell, Jun. Entry Officer of Claims for Lands in the County of Dobbs To the Surveyor-General, Greeting; You are hereby required, as soon as may be, to lay off and survey, for William Rhodes Senior a Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two hundred Acres, lying in the County aforesaid, Joining his own Richard Cogdells & John Rhodes's lines on South Falling Creek. 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 eighth Day of April Anno Dom 1778 Rich'd Caswell Junr. Secretary of State Land Grant Office Warrants, Plats, etc. Dobbs County S.108.684-689 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/photos/williamr1196gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb