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Deed proved: John Allison, Josiah Watts, William Lytle & Henry Thompson to William Courtney

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, John Allison, Josiah Watts, William Lytle & Henry Thompson to William Courtney, acknowledged in court.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1787 term
Grantor
John Allison, Josiah Watts, William Lytle & Henry Thompson
Grantee
William Courtney
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
acknowledged in open court
The deed
Deed Book 4, page 308 →
Town of Hillsborough to William Courtney (our deed record)

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 69
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1787 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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