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William Smith to Adam Dixon trustee & Leonard Gates

22 November 1832 · ODB 25/216

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
22 November 1832
From
William Smith
To
Adam Dixon; Leonard Gates
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: whereon I now live
    Waterways: waters of Little River
    Neighbors: Robert Hall Sr; Jacob Waggoner Sr
Also conveyed
1 chestnut sorrel horse Harry, 2 head of cattle brindle coloured marked with an under half crop in left ear, 2 small calves brindle coloured not marked, 1 other brindle heifer marked with a half crop & hole in left ear & a crop & 2 slits in right ear, 5 head of sheep with ahalf crop in left ear, 1 shot gun
Earlier title
willed to me by my father Stephen Smith
Citation
ODB 25/216
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 40013, “Record of Deeds, 1831-1836, Vols. 25, 26” (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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 25 (look for ODB 25/216). Our record above is drawn from it.

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