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James Craig Sr to James Craig Jr

1802 · ODB 13/556

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1802
From
James Craig Sr
To
James Craig Jr
Land
  1. Tract 1: 70 acres
    Waterways: waters of Richland Fork of New Hope Creek
    Neighbors: Joseph Marlett; William Strayhorn; James Craig Sr; James Kerr
Earlier title
part of 280 acres Granville by Francis Corbin to William Craig 13 Mar 1755 , above tract laid off by Charles Christmas 12 Jun 1798
Citation
ODB 13/556
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).

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

  • Granville grant: Gv81, to William Craig, 13 March 1755, 280 acres, on both sides of Richland Fork of New Hope Creek
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 88-F
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 148
  • Earlier title: ODB 1/78
  • Proved at the May 1811 court, 28 May 1811 (OCPQS 8/195)

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 13/556). Our record above is drawn from it.

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