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Orange County Indexed

Henry Hayes Sr to George May

1 May 1798 · ODB 14/626

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 May 1798
From
Henry Hayes Sr
To
George May
Land
  1. First tract: 640 acres
  2. Second tract: 320 acres
    Waterways: on Baldwins Creek
Earlier title
NC to Henry Hays 13 Mar 1780 NC244 part of NC to Henry Hays 13 Mar 1780 NC388
Citation
ODB 14/626
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 14/626). Our record above is drawn from it.

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