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Orange County Indexed

William B Jameson to John Parker

30 April 1816 · ODB 19/310

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
30 April 1816
From
William B Jameson
To
John Parker
Land
  1. Tract 1: 120 acres
    Waterways: both sides of N Fork of Little River
Earlier title
it being the W end of Granville to James Ray 13 May 1755 originally 240 acres
Citation
ODB 19/310
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: Gv98, to James Ray, 13 May 1755, 240 acres, on N Fork of Little River
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 98-I
  • Earlier title: ODB 1/52

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 19/310). Our record above is drawn from it.

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