James Webb & William Kirkland & Archibald D Murphey to Thomas Ruffin

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

24 December 1829

From

James Webb; William Kirkland; Archibald D Murphey

To

Thomas Ruffin

Share conveyed

half of

Land

1. Tract 1: 1650 acres, Lenox Castle
   Neighbors: Nathaniel Scales; John Watt; Daniel Allen; John Windsor; H Green; John Robinson; John Walker
2. Tract 2: 162.5 acres
   Waterways: on Haw River; on Big Alamance Creek; on Little Alamance Creek
3. Tract 3: where Murphey now dwells
   Waterways: on Haw River
   Roads and landmarks: mills
4. Tract 4: 220 acres
   Waterways: on Haw River
5. Tract 5: measure not given
6. Tract 6: lot 116, in Haywood
7. Tract 7: lot 118, in Haywood
8. Tract 8: lot 244, in Haywood
9. Tract 9: lot 265, in Haywood
10. Tract 10: lot 266, in Haywood
11. Tract 11: lot 279, in Haywood
12. Tract 12: lot 340, in Haywood
13. Tract 13: lot 115, in Haywood
14. Tract 14: lot 43, in Haywood
15. Tract 15: 2178 acres, Stokes County
    Waterways: waters of Town Fork; waters of Little Yadkin River
    Neighbors: Thomas Cook; John King; William Gibson; Samuel Jackson; Thomas Burnett; Garrett Stanley
16. Held back from the sale: 100 acres

Also conveyed

library formerly belonging to Murphey

Enslaved people named

Henry; Bridget; Lucy; Manaw?; Ann; Creig; Mary; Jerry; John; Mitchell

Earlier title

conveyed to Murphey by Robert Carden, Charles Bannon Sheriff 13 Dec 1815 and by Robert Carden 18 Oct 1816

Citation

ODB 24/155
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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 published abstract also gives 162.5 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here. The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Henry, Bridget, Lucy, Ann, Creig, Mary, Jerry, John, Henry, Henry, Mitchell.

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 24 (look for ODB 24/155). 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), 24 December 1829, naming Henry, Bridget, Lucy, Manaw? and 6 others
• Dr. James Webb, a party to this deed
• Archibald D. Murphey, a party to this deed
• Thomas Ruffin, a party to this deed
• William Kirkland, a party to this deed