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Orange County Indexed

Augustus Benton to Abner Benton Bruce & Samuel Benton

17 January 1801 · ODB 10/140

The deed

Kind of deed
Bond
Date
17 January 1801
From
Augustus Benton
To
Abner Benton Bruce; Samuel Benton
Land
  1. Tract 1: two acre, in Chapel Hill
  2. Tract 2: two acre, in Chapel Hill
  3. Tract 3: 2 acre, in Chapel Hill
  4. Tract 4: 2 acre, in Chapel Hill
  5. Tract 5: four acre, in Chapel Hill
Also conveyed
4 head of horses, 10 head of cattle
Enslaved people named
Jubilo; Tamer
Earlier title
conveyed to Augus Benton by John Grant Rencher
Citation
ODB 10/140
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 40005, “Record of Deeds, 1800-1803, Vols. 9, 10” (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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 10 (look for ODB 10/140). Our record above is drawn from it.

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