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Orange County Indexed

John Hawkins Sheriff to William Cain

8 August 1786 · ODB 10/202

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
8 August 1786
From
John Hawkins
To
William Cain
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
302 acres
Waterways
waters of Cates Creek; on Eno River
Neighbors
Joseph Hastings; William Crabtree
Citation
ODB 10/202
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 40005, “Record of Deeds, 1800-1803, Vols. 9, 10” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 10/202). Our record above is drawn from it.

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