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Deed proved: Andrew Murdock Esq Shff &c to Eli McDaniel

November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Andrew Murdock Esq Shff &c to Eli McDaniel, proved by ??????.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
November 1797 term
Grantor
Andrew Murdock Esq Shff &c
Grantee
Eli McDaniel
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of ??????
The deed
Deed Book 6, page 240 →
James Williams by Sheriff to Eli McDaniel (our deed record)

Reading note: The proving witness’s name was wholly unreadable; no person row was invented.

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 330
  • 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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