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Abstracts of Wilkes County North Carolina Land Entries, 1810-1827.

Volume #4

Pruitt

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English
Southern Historical Press
20 February 2026
By: Dr. A.B. Pruitt, Pub. 2009, reprinted 2026, 230 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-01-63914-743-4. Wilkes County was created in 1778 from Surry County and Washington District. 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 its Land Entry Book when the county was organized in March 1778. This old Entry Book Abstracts will be of help to many whose ancestors either passed through or remained in Wilkes County.
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Imprint:   Southern Historical Press
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   313g
ISBN:   9781639147434
ISBN 10:   1639147438
Pages:   230
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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