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Famous Freezes of Central Florida (Color)
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This book (printed in color) documents the "Great Freeze" or freezes, from the 1700's to 1990's. Although the 18th century... More > documentation is minimal I have included as much data as can be found. This book only documents "killer" freezes, which impacted the Citrus Industry. Included are a number of pictures from newspapers and my own personal collection. < Less
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Guilford County, N.C. - Land Grant Entry Book (1779-1795)
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N.C. State Land Grants began in 1778. Due to many issues, the State requested all land grant entries be audited to 1795.... More > This book contains the entry audits for Granville County. However, they did not provide every grant, as this collection begins in 1779 and starts with Entry #1855. Yet, what was provided is contained here – including actual images of the pages, and then transcripts of the information contained. All of this information was entered into a spreadsheet; therefore, charts are provided detailing grants by year, size of acreage etc. for this collection. This book is useful to ensure that the grants requested were ultimately provided. The beginning of a grant was the request – which is called the entry. Sometimes the land is not vacant, or the boundary is disputed, and the request is withdrawn. This book is the only location where this information is provided. Finally, the actual date of the grant, is much later than the request, and this book provides the actual request date. < Less
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North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book - Orange County - Vol 2
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This is the second and final volume for Orange County State Land Grants. This book is the entry book. It contains images of... More > every page in the original book located in the State Archives (Raleigh). This audit book covers 1779 to 1795, since 1795 was when the law was passed to review the grants provided by the state of N.C. This volume has graphs and charts summerizing BOTH Volume 1 and 2, covering 1800 land grants amounting to over 430,000 acres of land. These graphs show grants (acerage) by year, grants by river basin etc. These books do not contain grant plats. < Less
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History of Patterson Mill - New Hope Creek - Orange Co., NC
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The History of Patterson Mill is another great example of grist mill operation in North Carolina. In Orange County, New Hope... More > Creek was a thriving area, as numerous land grants were issued for this basin. Patterson’s mill resides within Duke Forest Preserve (Korstian Division), thereby preserving this area for years to come. This book provides a brief genealogical overview of the Patterson’s as they arrive in Orange County just prior to its formation. These early Granville land grants document their purchase in 1751. Read about this family, the mill’s history, and view the remnants and what they tell us. In addition, read about the amazing plan of Erwin Mill Cotton Company has for purchasing this mill and adjoining land in 1909. Also understand the role Durham and Orange County commissioners played during this amazing plan. This book will challenge tradition and folklore. This book is full of pictures, maps, newspaper articles, land plats and lots of information. < Less
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Land Record Research - Guilford County, N.C.
 More Detail 		Land Record Research - Guilford County, N.C. By Stewart Dunaway
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This book represents my research of land records in Guilford County, NC. Primarily, my research was to locate county lines... More > by finding land grants on these lines, and then locate them on modern maps. This book includes this research, along with all the plats (computer generated) of all the deeds that I reviewed. This includes a lot of surrounding land, and "dead ends". So there are more records than just county boundaries. HOWEVER, most of these records are primarily in the EASTERN section of this county. I did NOT spend a lot of effort in the central and western side at all. I did locate a number of grants for the SW corner (Randolph, Davidson) as I continued my search for the Randolph county line. **NOTE** I will be updating this book, as I continue to locate more records. *** < Less
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The Jesse Benton Letters (1780-1790)
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This is a group of letters written by Jesse Benton from 1780 to 1790, including one by his wife, due to his death, and one... More > by Umstead. All of these letters were to Thomas Hart, who owned the Hartford plantion and mill site in Hillsborough, North Carolina, the county seat of Orange. Read these transcribed letters, that contain so much history. < Less
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Land Record Research - Orange and Alamance County, NC
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This book is a compilation of my deed research in North Carolina. It contains my personal notes, research, and plats. I used... More > a computer plat program to create plats from deeds. This book also contains maps of deeds placed in their modern location. The deeds I worked on I include a transcript (of the key info), and then it's indexed. Therefore, the index has all key info, such as "pile of stones" so that you can search survey information- easily. This book is meant to assist researchers, not a complete book of every record etc. A lot of Clapp, Holt, Albright, Linn, Keck, and many others of today's Alamance Co. are included in this collection. A separate book is dedicated for Guilford County, although SOME Guilford deeds are included here(primarily for county boundary research). NOTE: this book is the result of my 3 years of research, which continues today. THEREFORE it will change - via Edition number. < Less
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Edgecombe County, N.C. - Road Records (1761-1849)
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Edgecombe County has a very large and diversified collection of road records. Beginning in 1761, these records are rather... More > old, and highlight the issues faced in early road requirements. This book only covers half of the entire collection, stored in the NC State Archives. This collection contains a number of drawings/maps, which are rarely found. Yet, as with each county, this collection has a unique aspect, over others, they petitioned for MANY road alterations - the most in my experience (17,000 records - so far). Edgecombe County was subdivided MANY times, therefore, these early records are in towns which reside in the surrounding counties today. < Less
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Land Confiscation Records of North Carolina - Vol. 1(1779-1800)
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This book contains images of the original records, as preserved by the State Archives (Raleigh). These records are... More > transcribed and cataloged (including detailed indexing) to assist researchers as they delve into the difficult area of Land Confiscation. In NC, land was confiscated by Act of Assembly, for those people who remained loyal to the King during the American Revolution. These records are primarily documenting Henry E. McCulloh’s land, although, Fanning, Tryon, Josiah Martin, and Milner are included. In this volume are the records for Chatham, Guilford, Montgomery, Orange, Randolph, and Wake County. This book includes data tables and some maps to assist researchers. Orange County has the largest quantity of records, and data tables were included with numerous sorts to assist researching this collection. < Less
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Road, Bridge and Ferry History in North Carolina
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This book documents the laws enacted in the 18th century for road, bridge, ferry and mills for North Carolina. This book... More > includes examples of the acutal petitions from the counties located in the Piedmont. Images are included to show examples of maps and drawings that were included with these petitions. Mill records and laws are also included. This book provides a great overview and insight to the over 20,000 petitions I have transcribed from the N.C. Archives. < Less
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About Stewart Dunaway

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Welcome to my new page. I continue to research North Carolina Revolutionary War history. From this research I photograph and transcribe original records out of the State Archives (Raleigh) and then publish these records in book form - as well. My transcription process is different than most. I include a photo of the original document, and then transcribe only the specific information relative to the topic. This is indexed and cataloged for quick searching. In addition I will include maps from the time period as well as modern maps if I can locate a specific locale. This was done for some of the road, bridge, mill, ferry, and ordinary (Taverns) records.
I also write history books for specific mills, battles, and some genealogy.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST EMAIL ME - sedunaway@embarqmail.com
*** Future Releases ***
Rev War Tour Book for NC
The Battle at Clapp's Mill - The Final Study