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John Cook estate by executor to James H Gant

21 August 1816 · ODB 18/345

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
21 August 1816
From
John Cook
To
James H Gant
Acting as
executor
Land
104.33 acres
Waterways
waters of Stony Creek; on Haw River
Neighbors
Marleys
Citation
ODB 18/345
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 18/345). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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