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Orange County Indexed

Lewis May estate by guardian to Daniel Johnston

5 January 1826 · ODB 22/351

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
5 January 1826
From
Lewis May
To
Daniel Johnston
Acting as
guardian
Land
129 acres
Waterways
on Dry Creek; on Haw River
Neighbors
Daniel Johnston; John Cable; Osburn James
Citation
ODB 22/351
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 22/351). Our record above is drawn from it.

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