Edward Gwinn to William Gwinn

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

12 August 1785

From

Edward Gwinn

To

William Gwinn

Land

1. Tract 1: 100 acres
   Waterways: on Haw River
   Neighbors: Edward Gwinn
   Roads and landmarks: mouth of a spring branch; field

Earlier title

Granville to John Pitman

Citation

ODB 2/162
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Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40001, “Record of Deeds, 1755-178[5?], Vols. 1, 2” (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: Gv145, to John Pitman, 15 March 1756, 550 acres, on both sides of Haw River, adj Little Creek, island, Travis Creek
• Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 98-B
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1219
• Proved at: OCPQS 3/511

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 2 (look for ODB 2/162). Our record above is drawn from it.