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Orange County Indexed

Samuel Woods to Thomas Ruffin

28 December 1825 · ODB 21/623

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
28 December 1825
From
Samuel Woods
To
Thomas Ruffin
Enslaved people named
Frank
Citation
ODB 21/623
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 21/623). Our record above is drawn from it.

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