Wayne County, NC - Heritage Series Reprinted with permission of the Mount Olive Tribune and cannot be reproduced without permission. Land Grants Of Upper Goshen "Our Heritage" By Claude Moore Goshen Swamp rises in southwestern Wayne County and northeastern Sampson County and was probably named for the Biblical land of Goshen. It is mentioned in New Hanover County deeds and grants as early as 1745. The Goshen area was part of a grant of 71,160 acres made by the Crown to Henry McCulloch, a merchant and land speculator of Middlesex, England. Young Swamp rises north of Giddensville and flows into Goshen about one mile from the point where Wayne, Sampson, and Duplin corner. Goshen flows in a southeasterly direction, and empties into the North East Cape Fear River east of Miller's Bridge on state Highway 11. At one time Goshen was navigable for turpentine and lumber rafts and small flat boats as far as Crowe's Bridge on state road 1302. The land grants made during the colonial period and later by the state are in the Land Grant office in Raleigh and is under the Department of State. Thomas Bryd of Cary, formerly of Faison, has done much research in land grant and has made a map showing most of the grants in Sampson and Duplin. I am indebted to him for the data on land grants of upper Goshen. Tyler's Branch sometimes called Fryar's Branch is formed northeast of Calypso by Rattlesnake and Watery Branch. In 1788, a grant of 170 acres was made to Chloe Simpler and opposite the mouth of this branch as it flows into Goshen, a grant of 402 acres was made in 1775 to William Stevens Jr. West of Crowe's Bridge, White Oak Branch, rising in Wayne, flows into Goshen. On the head waters of this branch, land grants were made as follows: 300 acres to Robert Warren in 1753; 72 acres to George Kornegay in 1818; 200 acres to Robert Martin in 1773; 400 acres to Charles Wolf in 1775. The next branch flowing into Goshen is Grantham Branch and in the headwaters there was a land grant to Micajah Hill in 1779 for 2,221 acres, and to John Beck for 120 acres in 1780. South of Goshen, 1,271 acres were granted to John Beck. On Young's Swamp a branch of Goshen, we find the following land grants: 350 acres to William King in 1775; 275 acres to Elias Faison in 1772 and 200 acres in 1779; 570 acres to Douglas Powell; several land grants to Jethro Gates totalling 1,271 acres; 200 acres to Felix Kenan in 1768; 200 acres to Benjamin Clark in 1785; and 105 acres to Jesse Gates in 1802. North of Goshen, 250 acres were granted to Matthew Whitfield in 1764, and 150 acres in 1770 to Richard Dunn. South of Goshen between Panther and Reedy branches, 975 acres were granted to Henry Faison (1744-1788). He was a soldier of the Revolution. The Town of Faison is located on this grant. Goshen was sometimes mentioned in early deeds as Woodwards Chase Creek. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ==============================================================