CARTER COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - North Carolina Land Grant to Zachariah Campbell, Entered 12 Sep 1779, Registered 5 Dec 1797 ----¤¤¤---- Carter County, Tennessee (formerly Washington County, North Carolina) 1779 LAND GRANT DEED FROM STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ZACHARIAH CAMPBELL [SR.] Source: Carter County, Tennessee, Deed Book Vol. A, pp. 242-243, land grant no. 1291 Carter County Court Clerk, Elizabethton, TN "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know Know [sic] ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into Our Treasury by Zachariah Campbell have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Zachariah Campbell a tract of land conveying one hundred acres lying and being in our County of Washington on the South side of Watauga River. Beginning at a beech on the bank of Dry Branch in Edward Smith's line, thence South thirty seven degrees East ninety three poles to a White Oak on the side of a hill, thence East one hundred and seventy one poles and fifteen links to a dogwood, thence north thirty seven degrees west ninety three poles to a Stake in Edward Smith's line, thence west one hundred and seventy one poles and fifteen links with Edward Smith's line to the beginning. Entered the 12th Septr 1779 as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear with all ways, woods, waters, mines, minerals profits hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or any- wise appertaining. To hold to the said Zachariah Campbell his heirs and as- signs forever yielding and paying unto us Such Sums of money yearly as our General Assembly from time to time may direct. Provided always that the said grantee shall cause this grant to be enroled in the Registers Office in the Said County of Washington within the time limited by law otherwise the same shall be void In Testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our great Seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness Samuel Ashe Esquire Our Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief at Raleigh the 9th day of December in the 22nd year of our Independence and in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ninety Seven By Command Saml Ashe J Glasgow Secretary Registered December 5th 1797" ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jane Ann Jett Wheeler jettstream@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________