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Orange County Indexed

John Butler to William Johnston

24 February 1782 · ODB 2/332

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
24 February 1782
From
John Butler
To
William Johnston
Land
640 acres
Waterways
both sides of Little River
Neighbors
William Johnston
Earlier title
NC to Butler 13 Mar 1780
Citation
ODB 2/332
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

  • State grant file: Ofile 1161
  • Earlier title: ODB 2/330

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 2/332). Our record above is drawn from it.

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