John Ross to Edward Harris

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

13 March 1785

From

John Ross

To

Edward Harris

Land

83.5 acres

Waterways

waters of Ellerbe Creek

Roads and landmarks

Wake County line

Citation

ODB 2/165
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 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

• Proved at: OCPQS 3/499

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 2/165). Our record above is drawn from it.