Record #:

22025

Author(s):

Battle, Kemp P.

Abstract:

This article discusses the Lords Proprietors who helped settle North Carolina. It covers the forfeiture of the land rights of Sir Walter Raleigh because of treason and regranted in 1606 all the way through the post-American Revolution Supreme Court decision that retracted the land claims of the heirs of the last Lords Proprietor, Earl Granville.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 1, May 1904, p5-37 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775