Pleasant Henderson to William McCauley

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

25 February 1828

From

Pleasant Henderson

To

William McCauley

Land

1. Tract 1: 2 acres & about a fourth of an acre, house & lot in Chapel Hill on which he now lives, in Chapel Hill
2. Tract 2: 172 acres
   Waterways: on Morgan Creek
   Neighbors: Bryant Kittrell; heirs of Isham Brewer; William Nunn heirs; University of North Carolina; James Craig heirs
3. Tract 3: 164.5 acres
   Neighbors: Thomas Weaver; Alexander Strain; James Craig heirs
4. Tract 4: 130 acres
   Waterways: on Bolin Creek
   Neighbors: Alexander Strain; Thomas H Taylor; James Craig; David Craig
5. Tract 5: 195 acres
   Neighbors: Alexander Strain; Gray Huckabee; Thomas Hogan; Asa Couch

Also conveyed

household & kitchen furniture, farming utensils, my stock of horses, cattle, hogs & Sheep; ten beds with furniture, one sideboard, one settee, three folding tables, one dozen Windsor Chairs, one desk & book case with various books, one candlestand, a pair of mirrors or looking glasses, one walnut table, one Soup ladle, a tumbler, a dozen teaspoons & sugar tongs (silver), six pair of and irons, 4 dutch ovens, 6 pots, 1 Kettle & lid, a large iron kettle, also 1 loom, 3 large and 2 small wheels, 1 wagon & gear, 4 horses, about 30 head of sheep, about 60 head of hogs & a close carriage & Harness

Enslaved people named

Lewis; George; Sancho; Laurey; Alfred Fellous?; Grace; Cole; Daniel; James; Ned; Fanny; Ambrose

Earlier title

bought of Samuel Hopkins

Citation

ODB 23/146
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 40012, “Record of Deeds, 1827-1832, Vols. 23, 24” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Lewis, George, Sancho, Laurey, Grace, Cole, Daniel, James, Ned, Fanny, Ambrose.

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 23 (look for ODB 23/146). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Deed (sale or gift not stated), 25 February 1828, naming Lewis, George, Sancho, Laurey and 8 others
• Pleasant Henderson, a party to this deed