Thomas Ruffin to William Kirkland

The deed

Kind of deed

Deed of trust or mortgage

Date

1 June 1824

From

Thomas Ruffin

To

William Kirkland

Share conveyed

undivided half

Land

1. Tract 1: 1650 acres, Lenox Castle
   Neighbors: Nathaniel Scales; John Watt; Daniel Allen; John Windsor; N Green; John Robinson; John Walker
2. Tract 2: 1500 acres, whereon Archibald Murphey now lives
   Waterways: on Haw River; on Mill Branch; on Little Alamance Creek; on Alamance Creek; mouth of branch
   Neighbors: Nicholas Albright; James Rogers; Jacob Long; George Foust; Hardin; Scott; William Holt; John Lankston; Stephen Glass
   Roads and landmarks: great road; old race; Mill race
3. Tract 3: 172.5 acres
   Waterways: on great Alamance Creek
   Neighbors: Foust; Payne; Stockard
4. Tract 4: about 270 acres
   Waterways: on Haw River
5. Tract 5: lot 116, in Haywood
6. Tract 6: lot 118, in Haywood
7. Tract 7: lot 264, in Haywood
8. Tract 8: lot 265, in Haywood
9. Tract 9: lot 266, in Haywood
10. Tract 10: lot 279, in Haywood
11. Tract 11: lot 340, in Haywood
12. Tract 12: lot 115, in Haywood
13. Tract 13: lot 43, in Haywood
14. Tract 14: 2478 acres, Stokes County
    Waterways: waters of Town Fork; waters of Little Yadkin River
    Neighbors: Thomas Cook; John King; William Gibson; Samuel Jackson; Thomas Barnett; Jarnett Stanly
15. Held back from the sale: 100 acres
16. Held back from the sale: 50 acres

Earlier title

both of these tracts conveyed by Murphey to Thomas 10 Jun 1822

Citation

ODB 21/67
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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 21/67). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• Thomas Ruffin, a party to this deed
• William Kirkland, a party to this deed