History of Land Entries, Land Warrants, Land Surveys and Land Grants in North Carolina and Tennessee, 1663-1960

By: Dr. A.B. Pruitt, Pub. 2023, reprinted 2026, 70 pages, Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-765-6. This book is divided into two sections. The first covers information about land entries, land warrants, land surveys, and land grants in North Carolina between 1663 and 1960. It is intended for people searching for ancestors. The information comes from reading, abstracting, and publishing entries, warrants, surveys and grant for about 35 years. The information is included so the reader will understand the origin of certain practices and understand the laws better. The second section covers Tennessee and is intended to provide information about North Carolina’s land grants and other materials from 1775 to 1804 for land now in Tennessee. There is also some information about the Tennessee grants between 1806 and 1903. This book will give the reader a much greater understanding of the land grant process in all of its forms. This book should be read by all persons researching ancestors in North Carolina and Tennessee.