Amanuensis Monday~Land Grant #88, Adam W. Honeycutt

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.


His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a Stanly County, NC Land Grant to Adam W. Honeycutt.¹



Adam W. Honeycutt
State of North Carolina
File# 88 Grant #88 Know ye that we have granted unto Adam W. Honeycutt Sixty four acres of Land in Stanly County, on Hartsills Branch adjoining George Honeycutt & others Beginning at a small black gum by two black jacks and a Red Oak Levi K. Honeycutts’ corner and runs with his line reverse North Eighty eight and a half East seventy one chains crofsing Hartsills Branch to a Stake near George Honeycutts corner pine, thence North five West three chains pafsing his corner pine to a dead pine by a red Oak and black jack, thence with his line again North Seventy five West forty two chains to a Stake by a dogwood and red Oak, thence South ninety, West thirty five chains to the Beginning. Entered the 13th day of May 1844. To Hold to the said Adam W. Honeycutt his heirs and afsigns forever. Dated the 9th day of December 1844.
Wm. Hill, Secretary                                     A. M. Morehead

The Land Grant above was entered on 13 May 1844. 

Adam W. Honeycutt named within this Land Grant had not been identified. 

Levi K. Honeycutt married Elizabeth “Betsy” Cagle. Their first born son, was named Adam William Honeycutt, b. 26 October 1829. In 1844, this would make Adam William Honeycutt only 14-15 years of age, much to young to be the landholder named within this Land Grant. No other Andrew W. Honeycutt has been found so it’s possible that this Andrew W. may have fudged on his age. Further research in Stanly County land deeds is necessary to sort this out.





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[1] Adam W. Honeycutt Land Grant #88, File #88, 13 May 1844, Book: 149, page 429; North Carolina State Archives of North Carolina Land Grants, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.