Wilkes County, North Carolina Deeds, 1795-1815. ( Vol. #2 ). Mrs. W.O. Absher. 2007.
This book containing both deeds and original land grants in Wilkes County contains the names of approximately 8,000 individuals found therein. This book covers the deed books A-H. It contains both deeds and original land grants for the years 1795-1815. The index mentions approximately 11,000 persons.
Deeds are GREAT source for genealogical research due to the many and varied family members that are mentioned. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishment of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.
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