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Deed proved: John Thompson & Ruth & Samuel Thompson & Margaret & Sarah Woody & John Crawford & Ruth & Samuel Bartley & Mary to James Davis

August 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, John Thompson & Ruth & Samuel Thompson & Margaret & Sarah Woody & John Crawford & Ruth & Samuel Bartley & Mary to James Davis, acknowledged in court.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1818 term
Grantor
John Thompson; Ruth; Samuel Thompson; Margaret; Sarah Woody; John Crawford; Ruth; Samuel Bartley; Mary
Grantee
James Davis
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
acknowledged in open Court
Justices
Samuel Child
Places
Bottetourt County; Virginia
Amounts
five sevenths of one hundred & seventy acres

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 9, page 564
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1818 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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