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Thomas Davis & Elisabeth Davis to Jeremiah Piggott

21 July 1769 · ODB 2/560

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
21 July 1769
From
Thomas Davis; Elisabeth Davis
To
Jeremiah Piggott
Land
  1. Tract 1: 39 acres, 140 poles
    Waterways: on Haw River; on Cane Creek
    Neighbors: Charles Davis
    Roads and landmarks: field
Earlier title
Henry McCulloh to Robert Stewart 26 Dec 1759 to Robert Davis 20 Jul 1762
Citation
ODB 2/560
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

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 2/560). Our record above is drawn from it.

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