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Orange County Indexed

Orren Lewis to William McCauley trustee

30 December 1830 · ODB 24/223

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
30 December 1830
From
Orren Lewis
To
William McCauley
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 32 acres, Cottage, in Chapel Hill
    Neighbors: Dr Joseph Caldwell; heirs of James Craig deceased; University of North Carolina
    Roads and landmarks: road leading from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough
  2. Tract 2: lot 1, in Chapel Hill
  3. Tract 3: 0.25 acres, lot 10, in Chapel Hill
  4. Tract 4: 0.33 acres, lot 14, in Chapel Hill, bounded by lot 16
    Roads and landmarks: Franklin Street
  5. Tract 5: those lots occupied by Nathaniel J King, in Chapel Hill
Citation
ODB 24/223
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.

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 24 (look for ODB 24/223). Our record above is drawn from it.

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