Orange County Indexed
Deed proved: James Hopkins & Delilah his Wife to Duncan Cameron
February 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Deed of bargain & Sale, James Hopkins & Delilah his Wife to Duncan Cameron, proved by Chuza Hopkins & Herbert Sims|by the Oath of Herbert Sims & Chuza Hopkins both.
- Kind of business
- Deed proved
- Court
- February 1812 term
- Grantor
- James Hopkins & Delilah his Wife
- Grantee
- Duncan Cameron
- Instrument
- Deed of bargain & Sale; an undivided seventh part of a Tract of Land
- Proved by
- Oath of Chuza Hopkins & Herbert Sims|by the Oath of Herbert Sims & Chuza Hopkins both
- Justices
- John Latta
- The deed
- Deed Book 14, page 36 →
James Hopkins & Delilah Hopkins & Delilah Harris to Duncan Cameron (our deed record)
Reading note: Delilah later appeared as Delilah Hopkins; her share descended from Edward Harris. Commissioners John Latta and Herbert Sims, also spelled Simms, reported her private voluntary acknowledgment. Related or repeated recording of the same business was combined; both source passages and distinct name readings were retained.
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 8, page 312
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1812 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
