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Orange County Indexed

Samuel S Claytor to James Webb

22 August 1827 · ODB 23/266

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
22 August 1827
From
Samuel S Claytor
To
James Webb
Land
  1. Tract 1: 7 acres, Mill Lot of old Tilt Hammer Establishment
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
  2. Tract 2: 128 acres
    Neighbors: John Scarlett; James Crabtree
  3. Tract 3: 50 acres
    Neighbors: William Lewis; John Piper
Also conveyed
machinery for making oil, Carding Wool, & sawing lumber
Earlier title
deed from Michael Graham to said Samuel
Citation
ODB 23/266
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 abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Title and grant references

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 23 (look for ODB 23/266). Our record above is drawn from it.

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