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Ralph Macnair by attorney to William Courtney

18 October 1777 · ODB 2/78

The deed

Kind of deed
Town lot sale
Date
18 October 1777
From
Ralph Macnair
To
William Courtney
Acting as
attorney
Land
lots 8, 38, in Hillsborough
Roads and landmarks
Church Street
Citation
ODB 2/78
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 2/78). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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