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John Comb to Sterling Harris

12 August 1808 · ODB 13/199

The deed

Kind of deed
Release
Date
12 August 1808
From
John Comb
To
Sterling Harris
Share conveyed
interest in
Land
  1. Tract 1: 10 acres
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: Mary Doherty
    Roads and landmarks: old field
Earlier title
William Comb deceased devised to John Comb & James Comb as tenants in common
Citation
ODB 13/199
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 40007, “Record of Deeds, 1807-1815, Vols. 13, 14” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 10 and 10 acres, figures 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.

Title and grant references

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 13 (look for ODB 13/199). Our record above is drawn from it.

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