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Isaac James & John Melvin to Jesse Thompson

8 November 1820 · ODB 21/282

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 November 1820
From
Isaac James; John Melvin
To
Jesse Thompson
Land
61 acres
Waterways
waters of Harpers Branch; on Haw River
Citation
ODB 21/282
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).

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 21/282). Our record above is drawn from it.

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