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Deed proved: Robert Scoby to A Murphey

May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed of Trust, Robert Scoby to A Murphey, proved by Samuel Thompson.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
May 1799 term
Grantor
Robert Scoby
Grantee
A Murphey
Instrument
Deed of Trust
Proved by
oath of Samuel Thompson
The deed
Deed Book 7, page 435 →
Robert Scoby & Lucy Scoby to Solomon Debow & Stephen Debow by guardian (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 544
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1799 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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