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	Mr. McCorkle credits the land grant info to the [[NC State Archives\|State Archives of North Carolina]].		Mr. McCorkle credits the land grant info to the [[NC State Archives\|State Archives of North Carolina]].
			See also [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/guides/early-north-carolina-tennessee-land-grants-at-the-tennessee-state-library-and-archives the Tennessee explanation] of land grants in what is now Tennessee.

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	*Land might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.		*Land might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.
			** Example: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.

	** Example: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.
	* An excellent exposition of the history of land grants, particularly highlighting the difficulties for eastern Tennessee, is at [https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/early-north-carolina-tennessee-land-grants-tennessee-state-library-and-archives Tennessee Archives].		* An excellent exposition of the history of land grants, particularly highlighting the difficulties for eastern Tennessee, is at [https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/early-north-carolina-tennessee-land-grants-tennessee-state-library-and-archives Tennessee Archives].

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	*Land might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.		*Land might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.

	*Example: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.		** Example: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.
			* An excellent exposition of the history of land grants, particularly highlighting the difficulties for eastern Tennessee, is at [https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/early-north-carolina-tennessee-land-grants-tennessee-state-library-and-archives Tennessee Archives].

	== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==		== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==

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	** Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.		** Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.
	** Caveat or warrant recorded.		** Caveat or warrant recorded.
			*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.
	*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area. Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.		** Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.
			** More FAN club info.
	**More FAN club info.

	*Patent. Conveyance of the land, with a paper copy sent to the grantee.		*Patent. Conveyance of the land, with a paper copy sent to the grantee.

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	== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==		== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==
	*Entry: ask for the land.		*Entry: ask for the land.
	*Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.		** Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.
	*Caveat or warrant recorded.		** Caveat or warrant recorded.

	*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area. Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.		*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area. Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.

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	*Caveat or warrant recorded.		*Caveat or warrant recorded.

	*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.		*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area. Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.

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	**Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.
	**More FAN club info.		**More FAN club info.

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	== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==		== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==
	*Entry: ask for the land.		*Entry: ask for the land.
			*Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.
	*Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.		*Caveat or warrant recorded.

	**Caveat or warrant recorded.

	*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.		*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.

			*andndnd
	**Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.		**Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.
	**More FAN club info.		**More FAN club info.

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	== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==		== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==
	~~•Entry~~: ask for the land.		*Entry: ask for the land.

	~~•Three~~-month review period to see if anyone objects.		*Three-month review period to see if anyone objects.

	~~•Caveat~~ or warrant recorded.		**Caveat or warrant recorded.

	~~•Warrant~~: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.		*Warrant: go survey the land. Surveys contain relative location, relationship to existing properties, metes and bounds to circumscribe the area.

	~~•Abbreviations~~: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed. More FAN club info.		**Abbreviations: CC=chain carrier, CB=chain bearer, and these were probably folks local to the land being surveyed.
			**More FAN club info.

	~~•Patent~~. Conveyance of the land, with a paper copy sent to the grantee.		*Patent. Conveyance of the land, with a paper copy sent to the grantee.

	There were 2412 grants issued in Chatham County from 1719 to 1928.		There were 2412 grants issued in Chatham County from 1719 to 1928.

	== David McCorkle maintains a [https://nclandgrants.com/ private], free site that indexes and images land grants made in NC. Here is what is on this web site: ==		== David McCorkle maintains a [https://nclandgrants.com/ private], free site that indexes and images land grants made in NC. Here is what is on this web site: ==

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	== What are land grants? == ==		== What are land grants? ==
	~~•In~~ general, a patent or “land grant” is a government giving “vacant” land to someone, compared to a deed being the sale or transfer by one owner to another.		*In general, a patent or “land grant” is a government giving “vacant” land to someone, compared to a deed being the sale or transfer by one owner to another.

	~~•Land~~ might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.		*Land might not really be vacant, because there might already be someone living there, or in many cases, Native Americans.

	~~•Example~~: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.		*Example: the eight land lotteries in Georgia between 1805 and 1833 distributed land forcibly taken from the Creek Indians and Cherokee Nation.

	== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==		== Sequence of a land grant in NC ==