Henry McCulloh's 1.2 milion acre grant of twelve great tracts of 100,000 acres each

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Henry McCulloh and Son Henry Eustace McCulloh By Stewart Dunaway
Henry E. McCulloh Survey Book By Stewart Dunaway

142. Henry E McCulloh's survey book & petition to the Crown and Warrants (money) issued in 1787 by Gov. Richard Caswell by A B Pruitt
Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762  By Robert W. Ramsey
Vols VIII and IX Records of the Excutive Council, Edited by Robert J. Cain (REC) nc-historical-publications
28. Cabarrus Co, NC Land Warrants (1792-1916) & Surveys (1747-1916); 807 warrants & 1,500 surveys in 24 color maps; H M Simpson and A B Pruitt
Online Resources

North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data

MARS (Manuscript and Archives Reference System) the online catalog of The State Archives of North Carolina

Dobbs' Barony R in Tract II A typical patent for one of the 96 12,500 acre (250 chs x 500 chs) baronies issued on 3 Mar., 1745 ( MARS ID 308.4.1.10)

A photo image of the original Rowan Survey map at Longleat is in the book
The Heritage and History of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salisbury, North Carolina through 1983
Martha W Agner and Martha Hines Morehead"   UNC Chapel Hill sponsors this on pgs 38 and 39

UNC Library Henry E. McCulloh Survey Book, 1762-1773 with Downloadable Images
THE INDIAN TRADING PATH AND COLONIAL SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT Ph D thesis, Gladys Rebecca Dobbs
Research Laboratories of Archaelogy UNC: Early Maps of NC
Lord Granville's Line Survey 1746 ( see Hawks, J. ) Granville 1 Granville 2 Granville 3
UNC DocSouth Colonial and State Records (CSR) of North Carolina
Charles G. Sellers, "Private Profits and British Colonial Policy: The Speculations of Henry McCulloch," William and Mary Quarterly VIII, no. 4 (October, 1951), 535-551.
Important Land Speculators of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by David Southern and Louis P. Towles, 2006 +++ additional articles on NCpedia
The Granville District and Its Land Records THORTON W. MITCHELL
Register of Deeds: Anson County, NC, 1750 up
Mecklenburg County, NC, 1762 up
Cabarrus County, NC, 1792 up

Great Tract VI
A Map-Maker's View of Anson County in 1769 Tract VI Baronies 17 & 19 to John Collett
Tract 6, Escheat to UNC
NW barony,#12, Great Tract 6

Great Tract Nine
Great Tracts 7, 8, and10