Abstracts of North Carolina Land Entries for Gates County 1779-1794, Chowan County 1787-1795, Perquimans...

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Abstracts of North Carolina Land Entries for Gates County 1779-1794, Chowan County 1787-1795, Perquimans County 1778-1795, Pasquotank County 1778-1795, Camden County 1778-1795 and Currituck County 1778-1795

Name: Abstracts of North Carolina Land Entries for Gates County 1779-1794, Chowan County 1787-1795, Perquimans County 1778-1795, Pasquotank County 1778-1795, Camden County 1778-1795 and Currituck County 1778-1795
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Southern Historical Press
06 February 2026

Reference works; History of the Americas; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours; Local history; Family history, tracing ancestors

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By Albert Bruce Pruitt, published 1988, reprinted 2026, 226 pages, index, soft cover, ISBN #978-0-94499-244-9. Gates County was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Hertford and Perquimans Counties. Both Chowan, Currituck, Perquimans and Pasquotank Counties were formed in 1670 from Albemarle County. Camden County was created in 1177 from Pasquotank County. The best contemporary documentary evidence for an accurate location of these settlers when the county was created is the original Land Entry Book. It has better details than that to be found in the subsequent land grants. It was customary for the settler to describe the location of his plantation on some stream or head waters of some stream, or on some mountain. Each entry is dated. There were numerous transfers of entries before the issuance of a grant. Some are referred to in the entry, but generally the entry taker would mark through the name of the original entree and insert the name of the one to whom it was transferred. Not only was the first named entered, frequently marked out, but many times erased and the next name written in its place. Many of the entries had as many as four names marked out and written in with no way of knowing whose name was the last one written. North Carolina started recoding land transactions through the Land Entry System around March 1778. This old Entry Book Abstracts will be of help to many whose ancestors either passed through or remained in Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden or Currituck Counties.

By: Albert Bruce Pruitt, Albert Bruce Pruitt
Imprint: Southern Historical Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9780944992449
ISBN 10: 0944992447
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 06 February 2026
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active