North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 NO. 167 March 14th, 1778 JAMES BRYON enters a claim to 100 acres land in the county of Orange lying on the waters of Little River bounded by lands of JAMES HOGG & on or near to the lands of JOHN WOODS running for compliment. Warrant Issued June 16th 1778 NO. 168 March 14th, 1778 JAMES BRYON enters a claim of 200 acres land in Orange county lying on the waters of Little Creek bounded by lands of JOHN TAYLOR and vacant lands including his improvement running for compliment. Warrant Issued 16th June 1778 NO. 259 May 4th, 1778 JOHN BRYANT enters a claim to 100 acres land in Orange County lying on the waters of Varnal’s Creek – a branch of Haw River bounded by the lands of ROBERT HUNTER & the lands of HENRY EUSTACE MCCULLOCH including the improvement where he now lives. Warrant Issued August 14th, 1778. NO. 442 July 22, 1778 JOHN WOODS enters a claim to 134 acres land lying in Orange County on the west side of Little River bounded by his own land on the east, west & north and on the south by land of JAMES BRYAN Warrant Issued 18th November 1778 NO. 815 November 27th, 1778 JAMES MCCULLOCH enters a claim to 300 acres land lying in Orange county on the waters of Flat River bounded by lands of WILLIAM BRYON, JOHN MCCULLOCH SENR. and DANIEL MCMAHON including his improvement. Warrant Issued 12th August, 1779. Page 1 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK ** North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 NORTH CAROLINA LAND GRANT ENTRY BOOK 1778 Orange County Volume 1 Page 2 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK ** North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 #165 Jarad Stanford - Second Creek - 600a - head waters of Second Creek branch of New Hope bounds on the claims of John Rhodes, William Rhodes and others including his own improvements whereof Rhodes now lives. #166 Andrew Bowling - Flat River - 50a - Flat Creek the waters of Eno adj. Alex Bowlings, Abe Nelson including the improvements first made by John Kennedy. #167 JAMES BRYON - Little River - 1OOa - waters of Little River bounded by lands of JAMES HOGG on or near John Woods #168 JAMES BRYON - Little River - 200a - waters of Little River bounded by lands of JOHN TAYLOR and and vacant lands including his improvements #169 Richard Bird - Back Creek - 300a - both sides of Back Creek bounded by claims of James Whiteside and Andrew Smith including the improvements purchased from John Walker #170 James Tindley - Great Branch - 150a - waters of the Great Branch a branch of Haw River bounded on the south by a claim of Benjamin Rainey including his own improvements #171 George Homer - Little River - 300a - Little River and Mountain Creek bounded by his own land and the land of William Rea, Henry E. McCulloh including his own improvements whereon he now lives Page 3 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK ** North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 #252 John Justice — Haw Creek- 250a - Waters of Haw Creek ... bounding on the claims of George Johnston, John Woods and others including his improvements #253 Samuel McAdams - Haw Creek - 400a- Waters of Haw Creek... including his improvements where he now lives and the improvements where the Widow McAdams now lives #254 Samuel Hunter New Hope - 150a - waters of New Hope bounded on the east by his own land on the north by David Craig & on the west and south (crossing the big hill) by ??? Land to his son line #255 Andrew Hunter - New Hope - 100a — Waters of New Hope on both Sides of the Mountain Branch bounding on the south ... Samuel Hunter #256 Robert Patton - Back Creek - 220a - Waters of Back Creek ... bounding on the claims of John Hodge, Alex Kilpatrick and others including his improvement #257 John Allen - Haw Creek - 250a - Waters of Haw Creek bounding on the claims of George Allen, Thomas Lockhard and others including his improvement #258 John Dickie - Little River - 200a - Waters of Little River bounding on William Rice on the south and on the land of James Allison on the east #259 JOHN BRYANT - Varnals Creek - 100a - Waters of Varnals Creek a branch of Haw River bounded on the lands of ROBERT HUNTER and HENRY E. MCCULLOH including the improvements where he now lives #260 Ruth Simmon - Haw River - 310a - North side of Haw River bounding on the claims of Jonathan West, James Elliott, Simone Taylor and on Haw River aforesaid including his own improvements #441 James Couce - Cub Island — 300a - Both sides of Cub Island a branch of Eno adj. the claims of James Kennedy, Richard Rhodes and the Widow Dossett including his improvements #442 JOHN WOODS - Little River - 134a - West side of Little River bounded by his own land on the eat west north and on the south by JAMES BRYAN #443 Robert McCainey - Haw Creek — 150a - Head Branches of Haw Creek..begin at the SW comer of the field where John Moore formerly did live thence south to Alex Mebane line, thence north to James Bowles claimed thence along his claim to the beginning including the improvement where he formerly did live and also the improvement where Samuel Strudwick now lives Page 4 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK ** North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 #810 John Carrington - Flat River - 640a - North side Flat River on John Browns line along said river to the thence east to his said corner then north along his line to a corner made by WILLIAM JONES thence east #811 Richard Bird - Stags Creek - 300a - On both sides of Stag Creek a branch of Back Creek bounded by bounded by Andre Robertson, John Ward ??? Bird IHI #812 Alex McMullin - Buffalo Creek - 150a - Both sides of Buffalo Creek a branch of the North Fork of the Little River bounded by the lands of Alex Torrington, James Gibson, John Kell including his plantation. #813 Empson Bird - Stags Creek - 284a - Both sides of Stags Creek a branch of Back Creek adj. James Bird Sr. and entry No #811 made by Richard Bird Sr. IHI #814 John McCulloh - Lick Creek - 200a - On Lick Creek a branch of Flat River bounded by Patrick Rutherford, Moses Gwin, and John Wilson IHI #815 JAMES MCCULLOH - Flat River - 300a - Waters of Flat River bounded by WILLIAM BRYON, JOHN MCCULLOH Sr. and DANIEL MCMAHON IHI #816 William Crabtree - Eno River - 100a - Head of Mats Creek a branch of Eno bounded by his own land and Tim Newcom IHI #817 Robert McIntire - Eno River - 400a - Waters of Eno bounded by Carnes Tenian, France Wilkinson, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Lapsley and John Loguice IHI Page 5 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK ** North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book 1778 Orange County Volume 1 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 6 of 6 ** PAGE BREAK **