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Orange County Indexed

John Hughes to Thomas Hughes trustee

12 March 1831 · ODB 24/272

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
12 March 1831
From
John Hughes
To
Thomas Hughes
Acting as
trustee
Land
60 acres
Waterways
waters of Haw River
Neighbors
Samuel Simpson; Elizabeth Sutton
Citation
ODB 24/272
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 24 (look for ODB 24/272). Our record above is drawn from it.

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