By: Dr. A.B. Pruitt, Pub. 1992, reprinted 2026, 256 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-0-94499245-6. Lincoln County was created from Tryon County in 1779. Deeds are GREAT source for genealogical research due to the many and varied family members that are mentioned. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishment of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds. These 1,269 deed abstracts are from Books 21 & 22 which cover the years 1800-1805.