ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

DUCKWORTH FAMILY

Land Patents

30 Jun 1762. Lord Granville Patented to William Lacey 700 acres Orange County on bs of Rockey R., joining Brinsley Barns, George Adam Sallings line. Witnessed: Jas Watson, George Watson, Jr. Surveyed 24 Nov 1761. Chain Carriers: James Webb, Jeremiah Duckworth. Patent Book 14, p. 446. Margaret M. Hofmann, The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763, Vol. Two, p.289, #4052.

Note: Rocky Creek is a rather long Creek traversing much of present day Chatham Co. and terminating near the present day counties of Chatham, Alamance, Guilford and Randolph.

Note: These patents places Jeremiah Duckworth, William Ramsey, James Ramsey, John Ramsey in very close proximity to each other, with Joseph Duckworth, Sr., Joseph Duckworth, Jr and Jacob Duckworth in the then adjacent Cumberland County.

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