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Orange County Indexed

John Sloss to James Faucett

26 May 1797 · ODB 10/63

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
26 May 1797
From
John Sloss
To
James Faucett
Land
500 acres
Waterways
waters of Stony Creek; on Jordans Creek
Neighbors
Garrett Garrison; William Stalcup; Luke Pendergrass
Earlier title
NC to James Watson 13 Mar 1780
Citation
ODB 10/63
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 10/63). Our record above is drawn from it.

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