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Orange County Indexed

John Ray to James Mebane Jr

1 March 1803 · ODB 10/264

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 March 1803
From
John Ray
To
James Mebane Jr
Land
20 acres
Waterways
waters of Mill Creek
Neighbors
John Mebane Jr; James Mebane
Earlier title
NC to John Ray
Citation
ODB 10/264
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.

Title and grant references

  • State grant file: Ofile 2291
  • Earlier title: ODB 10/191

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 10 (look for ODB 10/264). Our record above is drawn from it.

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