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Orange County Indexed

Samuel Benton to William Norwood & Frederick Nash

29 November 1808 · ODB 13/283

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
29 November 1808
From
Samuel Benton
To
William Norwood; Frederick Nash
Land
lot 22, in Hillsborough, bounded by lots 23, 21, 32
Roads and landmarks
King Street
Enslaved people named
Mary; Silvia; Green
Earlier title
William Palmer to Benton 10 Jun 1802
Citation
ODB 13/283
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 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 13 (look for ODB 13/283). Our record above is drawn from it.

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