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Session of December 1793-January 1794: Petitions (Real and Confiscated property)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1793
Petitions and memorials on real and confiscated property sent to the General Assembly in its December 1793 to January 1794 session, 53 images. Petitioners include James Gammill, William Thornton, Dr. Jeremiah Nelson, Francis McCorkel and James Fletcher. Granville grants, Cherokee and Chickasaw lands, estates and enslaved people figure in the papers.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cotton, James, 1739-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Petitions (Real Estate and Confiscated Property)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1791
Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly of 1791 to 1792 concerning real estate and confiscated property, 176 images. Petitioners from across the state sought relief over land titles, estates, wills and debts. Hillsborough and the University of North Carolina appear among the places and bodies named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cotton, James, 1739-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
May 6: Senate bill to vest title of land to James and Thomas Cotton and their sister of Montgomery County
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
Land in Montgomery County was to be vested in James and Thomas Cotton and their sister under this Senate bill of 6 May 1783, and depositions come with it. James Cotton lived from 1739 to 1785. Loyalists and confiscated property are part of the matter. From the General Assembly's Hillsborough session; eight page images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cotton, James, 1739-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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