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Deed proved: Geo Doherty & Mary Doherty to Arch’d Lytle & Jesse Benton

28 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed of Gift, Geo Doherty & Mary Doherty to Arch’d Lytle & Jesse Benton, proved by Absolom Tatom & Wm Lytle.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1798 term, 28 August 1798
Grantor
Geo Doherty & Mary Doherty
Grantee
Arch’d Lytle & Jesse Benton
Instrument
Deed of Gift
Proved by
by the Oaths of Absolom Tatom & Wm Lytle
The deed
Deed Book 7, page 238 →
George Doherty & Mary Doherty to Archibald Lytle & Jesse Benton (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 438
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1798 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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