John Simmons to Freeman Leath

The deed

Kind of deed

Deed of trust or mortgage

Date

20 February 1828

From

John Simmons

To

Freeman Leath

Land

1. 1st tract: 34.75 acres, Caswell County
   Waterways: waters of Country Line Creek
   Neighbors: Robert Martin Sr
2. 2nd tract: 200 acres, whereon John Simmons now lives
   Waterways: Stony Creek

Enslaved people named

James; Amy

Earlier title

part of lands of Joseph Bash

Citation

ODB 23/87
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 23/87). Our record above is drawn from it.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Mortgage, 20 February 1828, naming James and Amy