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Orange County Indexed

Allen Sykes & Winney Sykes by trustee to David Moore

20 May 1823 · ODB 21/154

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
20 May 1823
From
Allen Sykes; Winney Sykes
To
David Moore
Acting as
trustee
Enslaved people named
Joe; Rachel
Citation
ODB 21/154
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 40011, “Record of Deeds, 1824-1828, Vols. 21, 22” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Slaves, Joe, Rachel.

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 21 (look for ODB 21/154). Our record above is drawn from it.

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