Edgecombe CO Deed Bk C, pg 277: EARL GRANVILLE to JACOB STRICKLIN of Edgecombe Co. Dated 1 May 1762. 480 acres in a fork on Turkey Creek. Wit: Wm. Gibson, Jno. Linton
DB-A, page 5 JAMES NICHOLSON,SR. to JOHN CROWSON, both of Granville Co. 16 Jan. 1764. 32 Pda. Va. money for 300 A. in Granville Co., on ES Turkey Creek, BS Abrams Creek, adj. THOS. WALKER, FIGURES, WM. WALKER, SIMMONS, JNO. MYRICK. Wit: BENJN. NICHOLSON, JAS. NICHOLSON,JR. Ack: Bate Aug. Court 1764, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 21 Sept. 1764, SUGAN JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-3, page 210. 2 NOvember 1769. LODWICK ALFORD, JR., Planter, to GOODRICK ALFORD, both of Bmte Co. 25 Pds. Procl. money for 230 A. in Bute Co. on BS Turkey Creek adj. ODOM, part of a grant, 24 June 1761, from THOMAS CHILES, Esq., Chief Agent to EARL GRANVILLE- of 460 A. Wit: JAMES ALFORD, LODW. ALFORD. Proved by JAMES ALFORD, Bute February Court 1771, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: ll May 1771, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R.Marginal notation: 14th. Novr. 1771 Deld. to J. A.
Edgecombe - AUGUST, 1770: Petition of William ANDREWS granted – jury to lay off road from Little Sappony Bridge to Bute line between Little Turkey Creek and Little Peach Tree; to wit: Nathan BODDIE, Thomas HERBERT, Mathias MANNING, Sr., Mathias MANNING, Jr., William VESTER, Thomas RICHARDSON, Richard DEANS, Derrel DAVENPORT, William ROSS, Jr., Isaac ROSS, Cornelius TAYLOR, Stephen BATCHELOR, Samuel BRYANT, Newit LANE, William BRASWELL, Simon WILLIAMS, Joseph TUCKER, Thomas TUCKER, Jr. Hands: William ANDREWS, Henry BANES, William HAYNES, Derrel DAVENPORT, Burwell ATKINSON, Thomas RICHARDSON, Thomas TUCKER, John BIGGS, Christopher VAUGHN, Edward PURCEL, Joshua BURREL, Fredrick VAUGHN and that William VESTER be overseer.
DB-5. page 120. 9 October 1773. ARTHUR BOWEN, of Southampton Co., Va., to HARRY TAYLOR, of Edgecomb Co. 20 Pds. Procl. money for 319 A. in Bute Co. on BS Turkey Creek, a grant dated 25 February 1761. Wit: WILLIAM ANDREWS,SR.,WM. ANDREWS,JR., JONATHAN BOWING. Proved by WILLIAM ANDREWS,JR., Bute November Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 12 March 1775, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-5, page 227. 20 December 1774. LODWICK ALFORD,JR., of Bute Co., to WILLIAM ROSS, of Edgecomb Co. 80 Pds. Procl. money for 230 A. in Bute Co. on BS Turkey Creek, part of a grant from JOHN EARL GRANVILLE CARTERET (sic). Wit: LODK. ALFORD,SR., WILLIAM TRUELOVE, DREWR! ALFORD. Proved by LODWICKALFORD,SR., Bute May Court 1775, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 19 May 1775, JAMES JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-5, page 49-a. 8 April 1774. JOHN LAUGHTER, of Bute Co., to THOMAS CRAWFORD. To secure debt of 27 Pds:9 Sh:7 d. Va. money, mortgage on 100 A. in Bute Co. in the fork of Hawtree Creek & Turkey Pen Branch, bought from his brother JAMES LAUGHTER. Wit: RICHARD HOPKINS, ROBERT CARTER, ROBERT TURNBULL.Ack: by JOHN LAUGHTER, Bute August Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 4 October 1774, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R.
Bute Co #55 Entry March 16, 1776 Jno Short enters 540 acres due to a former
entry made in Earl Granville's office by Phil Hawkins border: Roland Wilson,
Powell, Rivers adn Williams.
on Macon Branch and Turkey Creek.
Includes some improvements volentarily made on said land by Chas.
Black and now in the possession of Samuel Morris.
Caveated May 7, 1778 by Samuel Morris.
Land got by Morriss.
(source: Louis Fuller)
Henry HUNT Land Entries on Turkey Creek were recorded in Bute/Franklin Co.
NC as #96 640a,
26 Jun 1778, and #121 300a, 29 Jun 1778
1783
Francis Locus received a grant for 525 acres on Turkey Creek in Nash County, North Carolina, on 9 October 1783 and a further 150 acres on the south side of the creek on 1 November 1784 [DB 3:119; 2:146].
Larkin Taborn, born about 1797, purchased 120 acres on Turkey Creek in Nash County on 8 February 1817 [DB 7:414]