Skip to content

Orange County Indexed

Deed proved: Sam’l Benton to Mary Watters

November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Bill of Sale, Sam’l Benton to Mary Watters, proved by John Taylor.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
November 1797 term
Grantor
Sam’l Benton
Grantee
Mary Watters
Instrument
bill of Sale
Proved by
by the oath of John Taylor
The deed
Deed Book 6, page 217 →
Samuel Benton to Mary Watters (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 323
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026