John May Sr & Mary May to Joseph Dixon

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

10 June 1769

From

John May Sr; Mary May

To

Joseph Dixon

Land

1. Tract 1: 80 acres
   Waterways: on Lick Creek
   Neighbors: George Dixon

Earlier title

Granville to John May Sr 13 Feb 1756

Citation

ODB 2/533
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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: Gv129, to John May, 13 February 1756, 520 acres, on M Fork of Tick Creek of Rocky River of Deep River
• Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 96-D
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 318
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 2290

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 2/533). Our record above is drawn from it.