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John Simmons by trustee to Joseph Benton

17 January 1827 · ODB 24/33

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
17 January 1827
From
John Simmons
To
Joseph Benton
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 42 acres
    Waterways: Stony Creek
    Neighbors: Simmons
    Roads and landmarks: his mill pond; county line
  2. Tract 2: 81 acre
    Neighbors: Evan Jeffreys
  3. Tract 3: 150 acres
    Roads and landmarks: county line
Citation
ODB 24/33
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 24/33). Our record above is drawn from it.

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