William Jay to Edward Moore

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

8 June 1756

From

William Jay

To

Edward Moore

Land

1. Tract 1: 146 acres
   Waterways: on NE Fork of Flat River; on N Fork of Flat River; on Richland Creek
   Neighbors: John Satterfield; William Neeley; William Jay

Earlier title

Granville to William Jay 6 May 1756

Citation

ODB 1/177
See the deed book page at the Register of Deeds →
A page can hold several deeds, and a long deed can run onto the next page.
Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40001, “Record of Deeds, 1755-178[5?], Vols. 1, 2” (State Archives film).

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Title and grant references

• Granville grant: Gv156, to William Jay, 6 May 1756, 395 acres, on N Fork of Flat River, adj Osborn Jefreys, Richland Spring Creek, William Jay
• Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 93-G
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 221
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 198
• Earlier title: ODB 1/236

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 1 (look for ODB 1/177). Our record above is drawn from it.