Granville to John Gray

The deed

Kind of deed

Land grant

Date

15 March 1756

From

Granville

To

John Gray

Land

1. Tract 1: measure not given
   Waterways: both sides of Eno River
   Neighbors: James Taylor
   Roads and landmarks: Old Court House Road

Citation

ODB 1/211
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: Gv150, to John Gray, 15 March 1756, 360 acres, on both sides of Eno River, both sides of the Old Courthouse Road, adj James Taylor
• Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 91-E
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 218
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 209
• See also: ODB 1/211

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 1/211). Our record above is drawn from it.