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Deed proved: Wm Shepherd to Malachai Hatmaker

August 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Wm Shepherd to Malachai Hatmaker, acknowledged in court.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1799 term
Grantor
Wm Shepherd
Grantee
Malachai Hatmaker
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
acknowledged in open Court
The deed
Deed Book 8, page 143 →
UNC to Malachi Hatmaker Jr (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 586
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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