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Deed proved: Robert Bell to Wm Shepperd

November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Bill of Sale, Robert Bell to Wm Shepperd, proved by Charles Christmas.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
November 1797 term
Grantor
Robert Bell
Grantee
Wm Shepperd
Instrument
bill of Sale
Proved by
by the oath of Charles Christmas
The deed
Deed Book 6, page 222 →
Robert Bell to William Shepherd (our deed record)

Reading note: The later proof spelled the grantee Wm Shepherd; the earlier Wm Shepperd was retained.

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 324
  • 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).
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