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Brent Holcomb, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties NorthCarolina, 1769-1786; Tryon County Wills & Estates (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977)

Key: 39/Pp. 541-542 = page in Holcomb/reference he gives

All Finleys

39/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 1, Pp. 541-542:15 Aug 1771, James Reed of Granville Co., S.C., to Henry Barkley of Rowan Co., N.C., for 40 proc. money ... 300 A on both sides north fork of little Broad River adj. Francis Beaty, Henry Thompson ... James Reed (EAL), Wit: James Finley, John Reed, Jurate: Rec. Jan. term 1772.

39/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 1, Pp. 547-549: 9 Apr 1771, Joanna Humphries of Tryon Co., to Robert Cherry, farmer, for 48 proc. money ... 200 A on S side Catawba, part of 950 A granted to Leonard Kilian, 30 Sept 1749, sold by Kilion & wf Mary to George Brown, 1 Jan 1754, then to John Watkins, 20 July 1757, then to Joanna Umphries 25 Oct 1764 ... Joanna umphries (mark) (seal), Wit: James Finley, Thomas Beaty, Jurate, Rec. Jan. term 1772.

40/Rutherford Deeds, A-D, Pp. 563-564: 7 Jan 1772, John Reed & wf Martha of Tryon Co., to Robert Gilkey of same, for 50 proc. money ... 300 A on S side Catawba, part of 660 A granted to John Beaty & Thomas Beaty 24 Sept 1754[?], and by them conveyed to John Connelly, then to sd. John Reed ... adj. Thomas Beaty ... John Reed (seal), Martha Reed (seal), Wit: Mary Fleming (x), Martha Reed (x). Rec. Jan. term 1772.168/P.478: 5 Jan 1787, William Porter of Rutherford Co., to Robert Gilkey of same, for 40 ... 100 A on S side Catheys Creek, adj. Cooks & his own land, including William Davis improvement ... granted to Porter 13 Oct 1783 ...ditto 50 A on cabbin branch of Catheys Creek, granted to Porter 13 Oct 1783 ... ditto 150 A on Catheys Creek on cabbin branch, part of a tract ad. Porter bought of James Henderson 22 Oct 1778, the whole 300 A ... Wm Porter (seal). Wit: Henry Callahan, Robert Finley.

Selected Millers

35/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 1, Pp. 478-479: 8 Dec 1770, Francis Beaty of Mecklenburg Co., to Christian Mooney of Tryon Co., for 50 proc. money ... 350 A on waters of Beaver Dam Creek, on the waggon road about 3 miles above Peter Ackers, granted to Beaty 21 Dec. 1761 ... Francis Beaty (seal), Wit: David Miller, Jurate: Thomas Richey, John Beaty. Rec. July term 1771.

81/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 2, Page 276: 14 Oct 1777, Jonas Bedford of Tryon Co., to John Moregan of same, for 40 ... land on N Side Mountain Creek, near Moores line, granted to sd. Bedford 28 Feb 1775 ... Jonas Bedford (seal), Wit: James Miller, David Miller. Rec. Jan. term 1778.

88/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 2, Pp. 377-378: 21 July 1778, Jonas Bedford of Tryon Co., to David Miller of same, for 15 proc. money ... 500 A on Mountain Creek, 28 Feb 1775 granted to sd. Bedford ... Jonas Bedford (seal), Wit: Ad Osborn, And Neel. Rec. July term 1778.

89/Tryon-Lincoln Deeds, v. 2, Pp. 392-393: 3 June 1778, John McLean of Tryon Co., to John Morriss of same, for 550 ... 350 A on S side Main Broad River, part of land surveyed for John Baxter by William Dixon 20 Aug 1764, granted 640 A ... John McLane (seal), Wit: David Lewis, John Russell, David Miller. Rec. July term

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