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| | Land, Agriculture-Mitchell |
 | | He devised the district in North Carolina to George William, earl of Coventry, and to Thomas, Lord Viscount Weymouth, later the marquis of Bath, with a life interest in the proprietary to Henry Frederick Thynne, a son of Lord Weymouth, who later took the name Henry Frederick Carteret. |
 | | Josiah Martin was aware of the change of ownership of the Granville District, and on September 19, 1776, he wrote Thynne that the records of the proprietorship had been taken over by a mob leader when an effort was made to remove them to a place of safety. |
 | | On November 8, 1780, George William, earl of Coventry, Thomas, Lord Viscount Weymouth, and Henry Frederick Carteret confirmed Martin’s instructions of 1774 and 1775 and his appointment as agent and attorney. |
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