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James Latta to John Farthing & Reuben Farthing

2 October 1813 · ODB 15/81

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
2 October 1813
From
James Latta
To
John Farthing; Reuben Farthing
Land
  1. Tract 1: 284 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Ellerbe Creek; on branch; on spring; on Watery Fork
    Neighbors: Shepherd Roberts; Henry Lewis
    Roads and landmarks: Main Road from Raleigh to Person Court House
Citation
ODB 15/81
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 15/81). Our record above is drawn from it.

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