Secretary of State Land Grant Office
Warrants, Plats, etc. - Dobbs County
No. 1774
County - Dobbs
Name - Joseph Pipkin
Acres - 40
Grant No. - 519
Issued - 10 Nov 1784
Warrant No. - [blank]
Entry No. - 695
Entered - 9 Aug 1779
Book No. - 57
Page No. - 233
Location - On the South side of Neuce and South side of the back branch of
Falling Creek
STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA
No. 692
Richard Caswell, Jun.
Entry Officer of Claims for Lands in the County of Dobbs
To the Surveyor of the said County, Greeting,
You are hereby required, as soon as may be, to lay off and survey, for Joseph
Pipkin a Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Sixty (sic) Acres, lying in the
County aforesaid, on the So. Side of upper Falling Creek Joining his own &
James Rhodes's line.
Observing the Directions of the Act of Assembly in such Case made and provided
for running out Lands. Two just and fair Plans of such Survey, with a proper
Certificate annexed to each, you are to transmit, with this Warrant, to the
Secretary's Office without Delay.
Given under my Hand at Kingston
the 9th Day of August Anno
Dom. 1779
Rich'd Caswell Jun'r
State of North Carolina
Dobbs County
May 19th 1779
Surveyed for Joseph Pipkin a plantation containing forty acres land in Dobbs
County on the South side of Neuse & South side of Back Branch of falling Creek
Begining at a pine & white oak on sd Creek James Rhodeses Begining tree runing
thence with his line South thirty five & West one hundred & sixty pole to a
pine & scrub oak his corner then South seventy eight & East thirty Eight pole
to a Hickory his own Corner thence with his own line North thirty five & East
one Hundred & eighty pole to a white oak on the Creek thence up the Creek to
the Begining.
Jn. Markland Surv'r
Nathan Grantham } CC
David Musgrove }
