Wayne County, NC - Heritage Series Reprinted with permission of the Mount Olive Tribune and cannot be reproduced without permission. Transcribed by Sloan Mason. "Our Heritage" by Claude MOORE April 12, 1991 Mt. Olive Tribune LAND GRANTS IN NORTH DUPLIN Since the establishment of North Carolina as a state, the land grants, both colonial and state have been kept in the Land Grant Office, which was under the Department of State. Recently the land grants are in the process of being transferred to Archives and History under the Department of Cultural Resources. Thomas M. BYRD of Cary, but formerly of Faison, has spent many years plotting the Duplin and Sampson land grants on a geodetic survey map. This has been a time consuming project, but it is invaluable to historians and genealogists. It appears that most of the early settlers that came into North Duplin came during the late 1750's and 1760's. Just east of Faison and south of Goshen, a grant of 565 acres was granted to William DICKSON in 1766 and in 1769 he was granted 100 acres south of this tract. This was the William DICKSON, clerk of the court of Duplin, who wrote the famous "Dickson Letters" to relatives in Ireland describing the events relating in the Revolution in Duplin. This plantation was later known as "Oakland," the home of Col. Christopher Dudley HILL. Directly east of this tract, a grant of 435 acres was made to John WRIGHT in 1766. He received a grant of 47 acres in 1778, just south of the earlier grant. In 1766 Stephen HERRING was granted 275 acres east of these grants, and in 1773, he received an adjoining grant of 350 acres. Crossing Green Branch (runs into Goshen) a grant of 593 acres was granted to Henry CANNON in 1773, and 320 acres was granted in 1776 to James MCCULLOH. This land was later owned by the RHODES, SHINE, and HILL families. Old Belmont Masonic Lodge stood near here. East of Bear Swamp, and south of Goshen, a tract of 550 acres was granted to James MCCULLOCH. This land was later the plantation of the Hon. Charles HOOKS, member of Congress, and a brother of the Revolutionary heroine, Mary (Molly) Hooks SLOCUMB of Mount Olive. Charles HOOKS sold this plantation to William Wright FAISON and moved to Montgomery, Alabama. Faison remodeled the house and the plantation is now owned by the heirs of the late Nick KALMAR. The following grants were made to the east on the south side of Goshen: 260 acres to William CANNON, Jr.; 300 acres to William SULLIVAN (no date); 668 acres to Henry CANNON in 1762; 235 acres to John HILL in 1780; and 603 acres to George NORRIS in 1762. On the north side of Goshen on both sides of Bear Marsh, a large tract in excess of 1,000 acres was granted to William TAYLOR in 1745. Bear Marsh Baptist Church was built on this tract in 1763, and became the mother church of the Missionary Baptist Churches in North Duplin. William TAYLOR was granted 100 acres in 1754, and 560 acres in 1762. East of these tracts, 150 acres was granted to David ROGERS in 1804, and 530 acres to William PARKER in 1762. Southeast of Faison, 300 acres was granted to Gilbert MCCALLOP in 1774. I am presuming that he was the father of Daniel MCCALLOP who married Nancy FAISON of Turkey. This tract was located on Horsepen Branch, a tributary of Bear Swamp. South of this on Poley Bridge Branch a tract of 822 acres was granted in 1767 to James TURBEVILLE, a French Huguenot. His descendants allowed the name to gradually be changed to TROUBLEFIELD. East of this tract, a grant of 640 acres was made to Thomas HILL in 1784, a tract of 100 acres to the north of this tract already been granted to him in 1778. This plantation was later owned by Dr. Buckner L. HILL and his home built in the 1850's is still standing. Thomas HILL was a soldier of the American Revolution. In 1784 Joseph HUDSON received a grant of 300 acres adjoining the Hill tract. He later moved to Sampson County and was the forefather of the HUDSON family of Sampson County. The study of land grants is an exciting but endless pursuit. ============================================================== 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 Sloan Mason ==============================================================