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Archibald Campbell to Richard Christmas & Archibald D Murphey

7 May 1803 · ODB 11/37

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
7 May 1803
From
Archibald Campbell
To
Richard Christmas; Archibald D Murphey
Land
  1. First tract: 230 acres
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek; mouth of Straight Branch; on Caterpillar Creek
    Neighbors: John Pickard; William Morrow; Luke Grimes
  2. Second tract: measure not given
    Neighbors: John Pickard; James Morrow; Richard Cates
    Roads and landmarks: old field; Fayetteville Road; Woody's Road; ford on Caterpillar Creek
Enslaved people named
Ned; Juba; Jeffrey; Isaac; Fanny; Lydia; Matilda; Lear; William; James
Earlier title
Lewis Kirk to Campbell
Citation
ODB 11/37
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).

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 11/37). Our record above is drawn from it.

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