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John B Moore to Samuel Ashe

21 September 1798 · ODB 10/74

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
21 September 1798
From
John B Moore
To
Samuel Ashe
Land
  1. Tract 1: 700 acres, bounded by lots 7, 8
    Waterways: mouth of Cane Creek; on Haw River; on Rocky Run
    Roads and landmarks: James Elliot’s Mill
Earlier title
original patent to John Porter 12 Nov 1728, Porter to Roger Moore 2 Sep 1732
Citation
ODB 10/74
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 10/74). Our record above is drawn from it.

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