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Orange County Indexed

Lewis Parton to William Merritt Jr

8 February 1820 · ODB 18/267

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
8 February 1820
From
Lewis Parton
To
William Merritt Jr
Land
280 acres
Waterways
waters of Toms Creek; on Morgan Creek
Neighbors
Benjamin Hagwoods
Citation
ODB 18/267
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 18 (look for ODB 18/267). Our record above is drawn from it.

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