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Deed proved: Robert Marley & Martha Marley to Ben Chapman

August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Robert Marley & Martha Marley to Ben Chapman, proved by Jno Kelly.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1797 term
Grantor
Robert Marley & Martha Marley
Grantee
Ben Chapman
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of Jno Kelly
The deed
Deed Book 6, page 67 →
Robert Marley & Martha Marley to Benjamin Chapman (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 290
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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