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Orange County Indexed

Levi Gifford to William Albright

15 August 1815 · ODB 15/327

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
15 August 1815
From
Levi Gifford
To
William Albright
Land
  1. Tract 1: 314 acres
    Waterways: on Wells Creek
    Neighbors: John Marshall; Nathan Wells; Piggott; William Wells; Hobson; Betty Maynor
  2. Held back from the sale: about 0.5 acres, triangle mill yard
    Roads and landmarks: Wells Old Saw Mill
Citation
ODB 15/327
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 40008, “Record of Deeds, 1815-1818, Vols. 15, 16” (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 15 (look for ODB 15/327). Our record above is drawn from it.

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