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Deed proved: John Baker, Thomas Baker, James Baker & Mary Baker to Cates

November 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, John Baker, Thomas Baker, James Baker & Mary Baker to Cates, proved by Isaiah Cate.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
November 1796 term
Grantor
John Baker, Thomas Baker, James Baker & Mary Baker
Grantee
Cates
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of Isaiah Cate
The deed
Deed Book 5, page 608 →
James Baker planter & Thomas Baker & John Baker & Mary Baker to Ezra Cates (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 156
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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