A. B. Pruitt

"This book contains abstracts of deeds in New Hanover County, NC, deed books C, D, & E. Book C (1744-1752) is on microfilm roll C070.40001 in the North Carolina Archives. Book D (1752-1766) and book E (1762-1773) are on microfilm roll C070.40002 in the North Carolina Archives. All these books are recopied from the original books. According to the introductory page, the first 87 pages of book C were missing. At various other places some words...

These records were handled in a land office in Tennessee by Martin Armstrong from 1783-1797.

Contents: pt. 1. no. 1-1478 -- pt. 2. no. 1479-3132 -- pt. 3. supplements, extra material and index.

"Tryon County was formed in 1769.... Tryon County encompassed present day Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Lincoln, Mcdowell, & Rutherford Counties..."--Introd., 1st prelim. page. "The original book [1783-1795] has been lost and only a microfilm copy survives in the North Carolina Archives (on the first part of roll C 060.40147). The second part...covers 1788 to 1795 and has 996 entrys. The original copy...is in the North Carolina Archives (CR...

"The deeds in this book were recorded in books from about 1785 to 1827. The money changed hands from 1752 to 1827. Only a few transactions between 1752 and about 1774 are recorded. During this period, the state line was indeterminate...some transactions may have been recorded in North Carolina, "As would be expected, most of the land described is in present day Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties. Some land is in Union Co. which was, for a time, part...

Contains: v. 1. Land entries, no. 1-2662P -- v. 2. Land surveys & index, no. 2663-3236.