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James Neal to Enoch McPherson

21 May 1819 · ODB 19/258

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
21 May 1819
From
James Neal
To
Enoch McPherson
Land
  1. Tract 1: 153 acres, Hunting Branch
    Waterways: on Haw River; on branch of Cane Creek; on Hunting Branch
    Neighbors: John Wrights
    Roads and landmarks: John Wrights corner
Earlier title
part of 203 acres Granville to [John] Stanfield 17 Jun 1754
Citation
ODB 19/258
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 40010, “Record of Deeds, 1821-1824, Vols. 19, 20” (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.

Title and grant references

  • Granville grant: Gv45, to John Standfield, 12 June 1754, 203 acres, on a branch of Cane Creek, adj John Wright, John Jones
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 100-F
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 478
  • Later title: ODB 4/191 (James Neal)

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 19 (look for ODB 19/258). Our record above is drawn from it.

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