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LAND - property deeds, land grants, and surveys

Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

 

~ Proverbs 22:28 ~

Ownership of land can be obtained by purchase or grant.  Purchase transactions are recorded in the county deed books.  Many county deeds are available on microfilm at the North Carolina State Archives.  The federal government issued land grants to individuals as a reward for military service.  Early land records (1753-1931) and Revolutionary War land warrants (1783-1843) can be found at Ancestry.com.  

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I am the great-great-great granddaughter of Nathaniel Sims.  This website contains information about his life and details of his descendants.   Nathaniel Sims was born about 1794 in Wake County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer and also Justice of the Peace.  Nathaniel had five children with his first wife, Prudence Killough: James Anderson Sims, Rebecca Sue Sims, Samuel Killough Sims, Prudence N. Sims and Harriate Sims. He had three children by his second wife, Mary A. Morrison: Ann Mozelle Sims, Nathaniel McCamie Sims, and William M. Sims.  Nathaniel Sims passed away on 1 September 1968 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  Some of his descendants continue living in North Carolina today.
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