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Orange County Indexed

James McCray to Archibald Hamilton

9 December 1819 · ODB 18/173

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
9 December 1819
From
James McCray
To
Archibald Hamilton
Land
175 acres
Waterways
Stony Creek; on Toms Creek
Neighbors
William Lett; Peter Anderson; John Denning
Citation
ODB 18/173
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 18 (look for ODB 18/173). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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