THE GRANVILLE
GRANTS LATER NORTH CAROLINA STATE LAND GRANTS,
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| 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
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Driving Directions:
(from 7½' 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
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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 |