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Thomas
Original Handwritten will dated 1809
Transcribed Will
How many times have you looked at
an old land record and saw some confusing
description of the land that read something like:
Beginning at a Red Oak running North 70 chains, 3 links to a rock on a ridge
then west 80 chains, 17 links to the big Pine, then south 53 chains 12 links
to the Gum, then east 89 chains and 5 links to the beginning........
I can't help you figure out where the Red Oak or big Pine are, but I can
explain what a link and chain are. Per notes given to me by Ralph Allred
of
Greensboro, land grants were described by North to South lines and East to
West lines measured off by Chains. A chain is 66 feet in length and is
made
up of 100 links, each .01 chain in length or 7.92 inches.
The Colonies used the
Metes and Bounds System for surveying. 80x66' = 5280' or a mile. After the
Revolution the Federal Grid System was established during the Jefferson
Administration of 6sq. miles by 6sq. miles for a Township. The
Mason-Dixon Line that established the state lines of MD. & PA. was the first
base line which ran out of PA and into Ohio in about 1785. Jim Allred
allred@sbcglobal.net
There are very few written documents that name Thomas or tell us
about his life. Below are some that we have found that give us a few
clues.
John's first land grant names Thomas, leading us to believe
Thomas was living with him at the time (March 15, 1755). Click here to
view that land grant and read the transcription.  Another
description of that same land grant is found on page 50 of the book Orange
County Records, Vol. V, Granville Proprietary Land Office, Deeds & Surveys,
1752-1760 which is on file in the Randolph Room, Randolph County Library,
Asheboro, NC.
To our knowledge, no one has found a copy of Thomas' original
land grant and there is no record of it on file that we have found.
However we do know he owned land. A land record dated March 10, 1788 tells us
that Thomas had bought 144 acres from John Allred sometime prior to the date and
was now selling it to Jeremiah York. Click here to read a
transcription of the document. 
This is a copy of a land record dated September 1, 1788 that shows Thomas Allred
and his wife, Elizabeth, sold land to James Allred. Again, this is
part
of the land that Thomas bought from John Allred prior to this
date. Click here for a transcription.
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