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John Bracken estate by Commissioners to Nancy Bracken & Julia Ann Bracken

6 June 1827 · ODB 22/386

The deed

Kind of deed
Division of land
Date
6 June 1827
From
John Bracken estate
To
Nancy Bracken; Julia Ann Bracken
Acting as
Commissioners
Land
  1. Tract 1: 475.5 acres, whereon Nancy Bracken now lives
    Waterways: on Laughlins Creek
    Neighbors: Colonel James Moore; Dobson; Andrew Moore; James Davis; Douglass; Robert Moore
    Roads and landmarks: great road
  2. Tract 2: 292.5
    Waterways: on Laughlins Creek
    Neighbors: Juliann Bracken; Ross; Andrew Hughes
    Roads and landmarks: road; Hillsborough Road
  3. Tract 3: 161 acres, Caswell County
    Waterways: on Moores Creek
    Neighbors: John Cob; Hugh Cob; Mr. Morgan
  4. Tract 4: 209.6 acres
    Waterways: on Moores Creek
    Neighbors: John Cobb; Joseph Bracken
  5. Tract 5: 573.75 acres
    Waterways: on Laughlins Creek
    Neighbors: George Garrison; widow Succy Bracken; Ross
  6. Tract 6: 280 acres
    Waterways: on Haw River
    Neighbors: Lafferty; Captain Dickey
    Roads and landmarks: mill
Citation
ODB 22/386
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 22/386). Our record above is drawn from it.

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