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Orange County Indexed

James Moore to Thomas Davis

25 February 1785 · ODB 2/513

The deed

Kind of deed
Lease
Date
25 February 1785
From
James Moore
To
Thomas Davis
Land
3025 acres
Waterways
on Saxapahaw River; on New River; on Cane Creek; mouth of Caterpillar Creek; on Straight Branch
Neighbors
Lewis Conner; Edward Moseley; Rocky Run
Citation
ODB 2/513
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 2/513). Our record above is drawn from it.

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