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Orange County Indexed

Hugh Wood to Duncan Cameron

8 February 1817 · ODB 16/188

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 February 1817
From
Hugh Wood
To
Duncan Cameron
Share conveyed
undivided seventh part
Land
  1. Tract 1: 173 acres, Forrests Place
  2. Tract 2: 117.5 acres, Benjamin Forrest Place
  3. Tract 3: 222 acres, widow Manning's Place
    Waterways: on Eno River
Also conveyed
undivided interest in personal estate of John Cain
Earlier title
estate of John Cain allotted to heirs of Margaret Woods deceased sister of John Cain & mother of Hugh Woods
Citation
ODB 16/188
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).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 512.5 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 16 (look for ODB 16/188). Our record above is drawn from it.

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