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James Baldridge estate by executor to William Norwood

1 March 1809 · ODB 13/344

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
1 March 1809
From
James Baldridge estate
To
William Norwood
Acting as
executor
Land
  1. First tract: 200 acres
    Waterways: waters of Little River
    Neighbors: McCulloch
    Roads and landmarks: Person County line; Big Road
  2. Second tract: 233 acres
    Waterways: waters of Little River
    Neighbors: James McCulloch; Baldridge; Lawson; Andrews
  3. Third tract: 250 acres
    Waterways: waters of Little River; waters of Flat River
    Neighbors: Lockhart; Allison; James McCulloch; Mebane
    Roads and landmarks: Person County line
  4. Fourth tract: 50 acres
    Waterways: waters of Little River; waters of Flat River
Citation
ODB 13/344
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 200 and 50 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 13/344). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

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