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John Riley by Sheriff to James Forrest

25 February 1823 · ODB 20/288

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
25 February 1823
From
John Riley
To
James Forrest
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
87.5 acres
Waterways
waters of Back Creek
Neighbors
John Forrest
Citation
ODB 20/288
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 40010, “Record of Deeds, 1821-1824, Vols. 19, 20” (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 20 (look for ODB 20/288). Our record above is drawn from it.

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