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Deed proved: John Gattis to Edm’d Shelton

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, John Gattis to Edm’d Shelton, proved by Bennett Watson.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
November 1798 term
Grantor
John Gattis
Grantee
Edm’d Shelton
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of Bennett Watson
The deed
Deed Book 7, page 344 →
John Gattis to Edmund Shelton (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 499
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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