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HARPER COLLECTION







DEEDS


EARLY LAND DEEDS & PATENTS



COLONY OF NC LAND PATENTS - 1735 - 1764 by Margaret Hoffman

#4921 - FRANCIS HARPER and Richard Caswell - 17 March 1756 - 400 acres in Johnston - SS Great Contentney - adj ALEXANDER HARPER and Samuel Singleton

#5335 - ALEXANDER HARPER - 3 March 1759 - 200 acres in Johnston - NS Mill Swamp and John Kilpatrick, Lewis McClendon

John Harper of Lenoir getting land by 1747


COLONY OF NC LAND PATENTS - 1765 - 1775 by Margaret Hoffman

In 1767 - an Alexander in Mechlenburg Co

#3965 - Alexander Harper - 23 Jan 1773 - 86 acres in Dobbs - sS Great Contentnea - NS of Phiz Patrick's Mill adj Monoah Phitz Patrick, John Grange?. William Hooker, Alexander's own line

#4552 - George Miller - 24 May 1773 - 50 acres in Dobbs - Ss Great Contanty - WS Patrick's mill- adj Lewis Conner, Jos Miller, Alexander Harper






STATE OF NC ENTRIES OF CLAIMS FOR LANDS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DOBBS - 1778 - 1790 by William L. Murphy

#97 - 6 Jan 1778 - Benja Caswell - land on SS of Contentnea Creek adj Thomas Edwards, Josiah Whitley, James Wood, FRAS HARPER, Spyers Simgleton, Isaiah McNeese, John Suggs, Everit Houses and his own lines

#307 - 30 March 1778 - William Hooker - both sides of branch issuing out of Patricks mill Creek, adj John Grainger, ALXANDER HARPER

#513 - 2 Jan 1779 - John Suggs - adj WILLIAM HARPER, JOHN JONES - NS Rainbow

#741 - 4 April 1780 - Benjamin Caswell - SS Great Contentnea Creeek - adj James Woods, FRANCIS HARPER, Isaiah McNeese

#773 - 23 Nov 1780 - FRANCIS HARPER - 50 acres - SS Wheat Swamp adj Owins, Henry Turner, dec


#836 - 14 April 1785 - Elijah Johnston - 100 acres - side of Great Contentnea Creek - adj Isaiah Johnston, John Pate, Henry Turner, Thomas Moseley, Vause
(he married Elizabeth daughter of Alexander)

#837 - 14 April 1785 - HUGH HARPER - 100 acres - SS Great Contentnea creek adj WILLIAM HARPER, Manoah Patrick, ALEXANDER HARPER, dec, John Grainer and William Hooker and also adj the old purchase

WILLIAM HARPER caveats a Warrant issuing on this Entry

#840 - 20 April 1785 - WILLIAM HARPER in behalf of the orphans of ALEXANDER HARPER DEC - 100 acres - SS great Contentnea nd NS Mill Creek - adj John Grainer, Joseph Miller's patent line

#841 - 20 April 1785 - WILLIAM HARPER - 100 acres on SS great Contentnea Creek adj ALEXANDER HARPER dec, William Hooker, John Grainer and his own lines

#842 - 20 April 1785 - William Hooker - 100 cres - branch of Contentnea on the SS called great branch and on the WS of Patricks Mill Crek adj both sides of the branch, Joseph Miller'' patent line, now WILLIAM HARPER and to the south adj ALEXANDER HARPER, Dec

#896 - 10 Oct 1786 - John Grainger - 30 acres - NS Neuse NS Great Contentnea adj William Killpatrick and Harper
(William Harper lived next to William Kilpatrick Jr on the 1790 Census)

# 919 - 29 July 1787 - JOHN HARPER - 60 ares NS great Contentnea and WS Pole Catt Swamp adj William Ormond and his own line



PETITIONS FOR LAND GRANT SUSPENSION IN NC - by Dr. A. B. Pruitt

#119 - Dobbs - July 1785 - John Grainger vs William Kilpatrick - cavet for a piece of land on ALEXANDER HARPER's Bridge

#120- Oct Court 1786 - William Hooker vs WILLIAM HARPER - suspension of grant - verdict found for defendant

#361 - 6 Jan 1786 - William Hooker of Dobbs - made an entry on 20 April 1785 for 100 acres in Dobbs - WS Patrick Mill Creek - both sides of great bridge - on same day WILLIAM HARPER entered for same land - at trial, HUGH HARPER gave testimony - land adj to Jos Miller's patent (now WILLIAM HARPERs) and on SS of ALEX. HARPER, dec Hooker thinks he made entry first

#884 - Caswell suspended execution of grant to HARPER - trail to be held

#888 - 6 Oct 1789 - list of appears in Dobbs
ALEXANDER HARPER'S Administrator vs John Sheppard





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