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Deed proved: Wm Shepperd Esq Atto &c to Archer Harris

26 August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Wm Shepperd Esq Atto &c to Archer Harris, proved by William Ray.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1796 term, 26 August 1796
Grantor
Wm Shepperd Esq Atto &c
Grantee
Archer Harris
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of William Ray
The deed
Deed Book 5, page 501 →
UNC to Archer Harris (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 5, page 133
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1796 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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