Henry Thompson Jr to John Taylor Jr

The deed

Kind of deed

Deed of trust or mortgage

Date

20 November 1819

From

Henry Thompson Jr

To

John Taylor Jr

Land

1. Tract 1: 207 acres, whereon Henry Thompson Sr now lives
   Waterways: on Eno River
   Neighbors: John Taylor; John Scott; Tatom
2. Tract 2: lot 107, in Hillsborough

Also conveyed

seven folding tables, 12 square tables, 2 side boards, 2 cases of drawers, 2 set of china, 1 cupboard, 1 dozen silver table spoons, 3 dozen silver teaspoons, 6 iron pots, 3 Dutch ovens, 2 tea keetles, 2 large coffee pots, 4 set knives & forks, 2 dozen Windsor chairds, 1 settee, 20 feather beds & furniture, 20 bedsteads, 2 horses, 2 carts, 3 milch cows, 1 dinner bell, 1 walnut desk; 1 dozen candlesticks, 1 walnut candle stand, 21 window curtains, 3 sets bell curtains, 6 fire fenders, 6 pair fire irons, 4 large looking glasses, 6 small looking glasses, 3 writing desks, 1 bottle case & bottles

Enslaved people named

Lucy; Diana; Nelson; Hampton; Isadoes; Rachel; Fanny; Emma; Jane; Harry; Adaline

Citation

ODB 17/403
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 40009, “Record of Deeds, 1818-1821, Vols. 17, 18” (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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 17 (look for ODB 17/403). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Mortgage, 20 November 1819, naming Lucy, Diana, Nelson, Hampton and 7 others