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Deed proved: Wm Downs & Wife to Robert Tucker

May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Wm Downs & Wife to Robert Tucker, proved by Elias Turner.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
May 1792 term
Grantor
Wm Downs & Wife
Grantee
Robert Tucker
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the Oath of Elias Turner
The deed
Deed Book 4, page 581 →
William Downs & Mary Downs to Robert Tucker (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 443
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1792 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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