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James Webb & James H Ruffin to Thomas Ruffin trustee & Archibald D Murphey

28 May 1824 · ODB 24/482

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
28 May 1824
From
James Webb; James H Ruffin
To
Thomas Ruffin; Archibald D Murphey
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: Lenox Castle
  2. Tract 2: Campbells place
  3. Tract 3: 869 acres, Pittsylvania County VA
  4. Tract 4: 700 acres, Campbells Place
  5. Tract 5: measure not given
Earlier title
conveyed by Archibald Campbell 20 Apr 1812
Citation
ODB 24/482
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 published abstract also gives 297 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 24/482). Our record above is drawn from it.

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