Orange County Indexed
Deed proved: Wm Sears & Elizabeth his wife to John Cates
25 May 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Deed, Wm Sears & Elizabeth his wife to John Cates, proved by Abner Cates.
- Kind of business
- Deed proved
- Court
- May 1797 term, 25 May 1797
- Grantor
- Wm Sears & Elizabeth his wife
- Grantee
- John Cates
- Instrument
- Deed
- Proved by
- by the Oath of Abner Cates
- The deed
- Deed Book 5, page 780 →
William Sears & Elizabeth Sears to John 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 235
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1797 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).
