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Orange County Indexed

William Alston to John Taylor Jr

23 May 1785 · ODB 2/183

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
23 May 1785
From
William Alston
To
John Taylor Jr
Land
180 acres
Waterways
on Flat River
Neighbors
John Carrington
Citation
ODB 2/183
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 2 (look for ODB 2/183). Our record above is drawn from it.

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