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44751
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From the time of North Carolina's origins to the present, land measurements have remained under a system called " metes and bounds". The article points to the fact that deed records are some of the most frequently overlooked primary resources in research. Rather than units of inches and feet, the majority of North Carolina's early deeds and grants used units of chains and or poles.
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44806
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The author asserts that when genealogists begin the quest of search land owned by their ancestors in Catawba, they face a formidable obstacle Explanation and maps are provided that reveal a myriad of boundary changes linked to counties from which Catawba emerged. Catawba was formed from a portion of Lincoln county in 1842.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 17 Issue 4, November 1991,
p194-200, map, f
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