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Leonard Smith estate by executor to Joshua Johnston

14 December 1826 · ODB 22/291

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
14 December 1826
From
Leonard Smith
To
Joshua Johnston
Acting as
executor
Land
129 acres
Waterways
waters of Stinking Quarter Creek
Neighbors
David Springer; Rightsell; Long
Roads and landmarks
Guilford County line; Randolph County line
Citation
ODB 22/291
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 22/291). Our record above is drawn from it.

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