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Granville Districtwas the portion of North Carolina allotted to John Carteret, Earl Granville (1690-1763), one of the Lords Proprietors, who refused to sell his interest in North Carolina to the Crown in 1729. The upper half of present-day North Carolina was included in the district, which extended from the Virginia boundary to 35°34', a strip 60 mi. wide. The southern line was run from the coast to Bath in 1744, to Haw River in 1746, and to Rocky River in 1766. The district was lost to the Granville estate at the time of the American Revolution.
Granville ParishChurch of England, Granville County, est. in 1758 in the W part of the county, when St. John's Parish (est. 1746 with the formation of the county and coextensive with it) was divided. After St. John's Parish in the E became Bute County in 1764, Granville Parish was coextensive with Granville County. In 1767 there were 1,022 white taxables in the parish. See also St. John's Parish.
Grape Branchrises in NE Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Grape Branchrises in S Jones County and flows SE into White Oak River.
Grape Branchrises in SE Nash County and flows NE into Tar River.
Grape CoveS Swain County between Mica Knob and Marr Branch.
Grape Creekrises in central Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Hiwassee River.
Grape Creekrises in Great Dover Swamp, N Jones County, and flows NE into Craven County, where it enters Cove Creek.
Grape Creekcommunity in central Cherokee County near the mouth of Hanging Dog Creek.
Grapevine BaySE Tyrrell County in Alligator River.