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Orange County Indexed

North Carolina to Francis Child

24 November 1803 · ODB 11/28

The deed

Kind of deed
Land grant
Date
24 November 1803
From
North Carolina
To
Francis Child
Land
  1. Tract 1: 3000 acres, Middle District
    Waterways: on Richland Creek of Elk River
    Neighbors: John Haywood
Citation
ODB 11/28
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 40006, “Record of Deeds, 1803-1807, Vols. 11, 12” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 5000 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 11 (look for ODB 11/28). Our record above is drawn from it.

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