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Orange County Indexed

Granville to John Jones

13 March 1755 · ODB 1/202

The deed

Kind of deed
Land grant
Date
13 March 1755
From
Granville
To
John Jones
Land
260 acres
Waterways
both sides of S Fork of Rocky River
Neighbors
William Cox
Roads and landmarks
William Cox's Path
Citation
ODB 1/202
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: Gv83, to John Jones, 13 March 1755, 250 acres, on both sides of S Fork of Rocky River, on both sides of William Cox's Path
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 94-C
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 206
  • See also: ODB 1/202
  • Later title: CDB B/133

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 1/202). Our record above is drawn from it.

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