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Domestic News
May 8, 1930
Watauga Democrat
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Mrs. Susan Hanks of North Wilkesboro discovered an original 1846 land deed conveying 100 acres near Trap Hill to Nathan Carter for five dollars, equivalent to five cents per acre, with C. L. Hinton as state treasurer.
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LAND AT TRAP HILL SOLD FIVE CENTS PER ACRE IN 1846
Land in and around Trap Hill was worth five cents an acre in 1846 as shown from an old land deed in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hanks, of North Wilkesboro, who was going over some old records at her home this week and discovered the original land grant to land she still owns near Trap Hill.
The original instrument conveying the land in December, 1846, sets out that one hundred acres of land near Trap Hill was conveyed to Nathan Carter for five dollars. C. L. Hinton was the public treasurer of the State at that time.-Elkin Tribune.
Land in and around Trap Hill was worth five cents an acre in 1846 as shown from an old land deed in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hanks, of North Wilkesboro, who was going over some old records at her home this week and discovered the original land grant to land she still owns near Trap Hill.
The original instrument conveying the land in December, 1846, sets out that one hundred acres of land near Trap Hill was conveyed to Nathan Carter for five dollars. C. L. Hinton was the public treasurer of the State at that time.-Elkin Tribune.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Migration Or Settlement
What keywords are associated?
Trap Hill Land
1846 Deed
Five Cents Acre
Land Grant
North Wilkesboro
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Susan Hanks
Nathan Carter
C. L. Hinton
Where did it happen?
Trap Hill
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Trap Hill
Event Date
December 1846
Key Persons
Mrs. Susan Hanks
Nathan Carter
C. L. Hinton
Outcome
100 acres conveyed for five dollars
Event Details
Original land grant conveying one hundred acres of land near Trap Hill to Nathan Carter for five dollars, with C. L. Hinton as public treasurer of the State.