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Orange County Indexed

Joseph Steel to Joseph Thompson

11 September 1816 · ODB 23/486

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
11 September 1816
From
Joseph Steel
To
Joseph Thompson
Land
84.75 acres
Waterways
on Haw River; on Stewarts Spring Branch
Roads and landmarks
Stewarts Spring
Citation
ODB 23/486
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).

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 23/486). Our record above is drawn from it.

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