ORANGE COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - George Finley Grant
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THE GRANVILLE GRANTS LATER NORTH CAROLINA STATE LAND GRANTS,

PRESENT DAY GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 
©2016 Shara Tree


GEORGE FINLEY

Orange County, North Carolina
Granville Grant 3870
Patent Book 14, Page 399
Earl of Granville's Agent: 1 December 1753
Surveyed: 5 April 1754
Granted: 6 March 1755
Chain Carriers: Othio Boshears, Cornelius McDede
Witness: Hugh Forster, James Carter
Deputy Surveyor: James Carter
Three Shillings, Proclomation Money

Driving Directions: (from 7 1/2' series USGS Map, 1994)

Take State Route 29 North out of Greensboro. Take McLeasnville Road Exit. 
Go South on McLeansville Road and turn right at the fifth unimproved road 
past the exit. This road winds and interesects two other unimproved roads 
before it eventually travels the north part of Finley's grant.

ORIGINAL GRANT DESCRIPTION

...all that Piece and Parcel of Land, situate, lying, and being in the Parish 
of and County of Orange in the Province of North-Carolina, in America. On the 
North Side the Reedy Fork, Beginning at a poplar, on the Bank of said Reedy 
Fork, in the Line that divides the Countys of Rowan and Orange, thence
along said line North 320 poles to a post, in said line, thence East 240 poles 
to a Maple Standing by a small Branch, thence South 229 poles to a Hicory 
Standing by the Reedy fork, thence up the various courses of said fork, to the 
Beginning. Containing in Whole Four hundred and four Acres of Land...

Deed Abstracts-Guilford County

Bk 3:140 - George Finley, Sr. to George Finley, Jr.

4 November 1784, 202 acres, 50£, Wit: John Cunningham, John Clintock, Sr., 
Proved Guilford County November Court 1784

Bk 4:15 - George Finley, Sr. to his son James Finley

20 November 1786, 202 acres, 50 £ Wit: William Covey, Josiah Finley, 
Proved Guilford County November Court 1786