Granville-Rowan County NcArchives Deed.....Dickey, John - Granville Grant, Granville Grant May 26, 1756 ************************************************ 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: Joseph H. Howard jhhoward@comcast.net May 2, 2007, 4:20 pm Written: May 26, 1756 Recorded: February 22, 1759 1756 26 May. John Dickey made application for a grant of land (for the final grant see 22 February 1759 below) in the Granville District of North Carolina. In the application it is described as: "543 acres in Rowan County in the Parish of St. Luke in a Fork of the Beaver Dam Branch of Grants Creek, joining Mr McCulloch's Land, a Thicket in the sd McCulloh's line, and both sides of the sd Branch /s/ John Dickey Wits: W Churton, Michael Robinson entered 26 May 1756 surveyed 12 October 1758 SCC [i.e., sworn chain carrier]: John Todd, Robert Luckie, W Churton Survr A notation on the plat mentions "John Todd's Land" and "Robt Bell's Claim" 1759 22 Feb. John Dickey was granted 543 acres in Rowan County on Beaver Dam Branch of Grant's Creek, joining Alexander McCulloch's line. A notation on the plat mentions "John Todd's Land" and "Robt Bell's Claim". It was proved May Court. The following is a transcription of the original Granville Grant Indenture (copies of the original available from the NC State Archives, 109 East Jones St., Raleigh, NC 17601-2807 on mf reel S.108.255, S.S.L.G. 116-I, 4519): This Indenture Made the Twenty Second Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine Between the Right Honorable John Earl Granville, Viscount Carteret, and Baron Carteret, of Hawnes in the County of Bedford, in the Kingdom of Great-Britain Lord President of his Majestys Most Honorable Privy Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, of the one Part, and John Dickey of Rowan County Province of North Carolina Planter on the other Part. WHEREAS His Most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, in and by a certain Indenture bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of September, in the Eighteenth Year of his Reign, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Four and made between His said Most Excellent Majesty of the one Part, and the said John Earl Granville, by the Name Stile, and Title of the Right Honorable John Lord Carteret, of the other Part; DID, for the Considerations therein mentioned, Give and Grant, Release, Ratify, and Confirm, unto the said Earl, (by the Name, Stile, and Title of John Lord Carteret, as aforesaid) and his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, a certain District, Territory, or Parcel of Land lying in the Province of North-Carolina in America, and all the Sounds, Creeks, Havens, Ports, Rivers Streams, and other Royalties, Franchises, Privileges and Immunities, within the fame, as they are therein set out, or described, allotted, granted and confirmed, to the said John Earl Granville, as aforesaid, for one Eighth Part of the Charters granted by King Charles the Second, in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Years of his Reign to Eight Lords Proprietors of Carolina; as by the said Indenture duly Enrolled in the High Court of Chancery in Great-Britain, and in the Secretary's Office of the Province of North-Carolina, Reference being thereto had, will more fully appear. Now This Indenture Witnesseth, That as well for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Shillings Sterling Money to the said John Earl Granville in Hand paid, by the said John Dickey at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents, the Receipt whereof he the said Earl doth hereby acknowledge; as also for and in Consideration of the Rent, Covenants, Exceptions, Provisoes, and Agreements, herein after mentioned, reserved and contained, and by, and on the Part and Behalf of the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, to be paid, kept, and performed; He, the said Earl Hath given, granted, bargained, sold, and confirmed, and by these Presents, Doth give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm, unto the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, All that Tract or Parcel of vacant Land situate, lying, and being in the Parish of Saint Luke in the County of Rowan in the said Province lying on Fork of the Beaver Dam branch of Grants Creek Beginning at a white oak corner to McCullochs land & running thence North 25 ch. 50 links to a black oak thence West 44 Chains 50 Links to a white oak thence North (Crossing the branch at 35 chs;) 49 chains to a black oak thence East 90 chs: to a white oak thence South 71 Ch. 50 links to a black oak Saplin in a Thicket on Mr McCullochs line thence West with his line crossing the branch to the first Station. Containing in the Whole Five Hundred & Forty Three Acres of Land; all which Premises are more particularly described and set forth in the Plan or Map thereof hereunto annexed; TOGETHER with all Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Timber-Trees, Water-Courses; and the Privilege of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, in and upon the Premises, and all Mines and Minerals whatsoever therein to be found, (excepting, and always reserving out of this present Grant unto the King's Most Excellent Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, one Fourth Part of all the Gold and Silver Mines to be found in and upon the Premises; and also excepting and always reserving unto the said John Earl Granville, his Heirs and Assigns, one Moiety or half Part of the remaining Three Fourths of all such Gold and Silver Mines; To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of vacant Land and all the singular other the Premises with their Appurtenances, (except before excepted,) unto the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, forever; Yielding and Paying therefore Yearly, and every Year, unto the said John Earl Granville, his Heirs or Assigns, the Yearly Rent or Sum of Twenty one Shillings and Nine Pence which is at the Rate of Three Shillings Sterling for every Hundred Acres, and so in Proportion for a less Quantity, at or upon the Twenty-fifth Day of March, and the Twenty-ninth Day of September in every Year, by even and equal Portions, and to be paid at the Court-house of the said County of Orange unto the said Earl, his Heirs or Assigns, or to his or their lawful Attorney or Receiver for the Time being; the first Payment thereof to be made on such of the aforementioned Days of Payment, as shall first happen after the Date hereof And the said John Dickey for himself his Heirs and Assigns, and for either and every of them Doth, hereby covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the said Earl, his Heirs and Assigns, and to and with either and every of them, by these Presents, in Manner and Form following: That is to say; That John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, shall and will Yearly, and for every Year forever, well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Earl his Heirs or Assigns, or unto his or their lawful Attorney or Receiver for the Time being, on the Days, and at the Place aforesaid, the aforesaid Yearly Rent or Sum of Twenty One Shillings & Nine Pence by half Yearly Payments, as aforesaid: Provided always, and this present Grant is hereby expressly declared and agreed, by and between the said Parties, to be nevertheless Upon this Condition, viz. That if it shall happen that the said Yearly Rent of Twenty one Shillings & Nine Pence or any Part thereof, shall, at any Time Hereafter, be behind or unpaid for the Space of Six Months, next over or after either of the aforementioned Days of Payment (and no sufficient Distress can be found on the Premises whereon it shall be lawful to levy such Rent and Arrears, with the full Costs, Charges, and Expenses in making the same) That then this present Grant, and all Assignments thereof, shall be utterly void and of none Effect: And it shall be lawful for the said year, his Heirs or Assigns, to re-enter into the said Lands, and to re-grant the same to any other Person or Persons whomever, as if this Grant, and such Assignments, had never been made. In Witness whereof, the Parties above-named have to these Presents interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the day and Year herein first above written. Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us: W. Churton, Michael Robinson [Signed] John Dickey, seal [on the outside is written:] N. 152, John Dickey, 543, Rowan, Feby 22d 1759, £4.9.6. [The survey plan reads as follows:] North Carolina Rowan County This Plann Represents a Tract of Land Surveyd for John Dickey. Lying on a Fork of the Beaver Dam Branch of Grants Crk. Beginning at a White Oak Corner to Mr McCulloh's Land Running thence North 22 chs. 50 links to a B.O.[black oak] thence West 44 chs. 50 links to a W.O.[white oak] thence North (Crossing the Branch at 35 chs) 49 chs to a B.O. thence East 90 Chains to a W.O. thence South 51 chs. 50 links to a B.O. saplin in a Thicket on Mr McCulloh's line, thence, West with his line Crossing the Branch to the first station. Containing five Hundred & Forty Acres. Surveyd October 12th 1758. Sworn Chain Carriers John Todd & Robert Luckie W. 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