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Patty Taylor to Absalom Yancey trustee

11 August 1820 · ODB 22/225

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
11 August 1820
From
Patty Taylor
To
Absalom Yancey
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 625 acres
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
  2. Tract 2: 510 acres
    Waterways: on Eno River
  3. Tract 3: 300 acres
    Waterways: waters of Haw River
  4. Tract 4: 157.5 acres, the John McMunn tract
  5. Tract 5: 142 acres, Henry Mason tract
  6. Tract 6: 302 acres, Henry Masson tract
  7. Tract 7: 595 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Sheltons Creek
  8. Tract 8: 575 acres
  9. Tract 9: 425 acres
  10. Tract 10: 200 acres
Earlier title
NC to General Thomas Person 18 May 1789 NC to Person same time NC to Person 20 _ 1789 purchased by Person 24 Oct 1782 purchased by Person 5 Jan 1779 purchased by Person 4 Feb 1779 Granville to Person NC to Person 1 Mar 1780 part of tract Thomas Person purchased of James Langston 1 Aug 1782 purchased by Person of Solomon Langston 17 Mar 1776 all of which will more fully appear in report of commissioners confirmed at Orange County court Apr 1805
Citation
ODB 22/225
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 22 (look for ODB 22/225). Our record above is drawn from it.

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