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Orange County Indexed

William Hall to John Riley

28 March 1808 · ODB 14/59

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 March 1808
From
William Hall
To
John Riley
Land
205 acres
Waterways
waters of Forresters Creek; on Little River; waters of Eno River
Neighbors
James Miller; John Latta; Joseph Trice
Roads and landmarks
the Great Road
Citation
ODB 14/59
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

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 14 (look for ODB 14/59). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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