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Thomas S Holt to M M Thompson trustee & Michael Holt

28 March 1832 · ODB 25/39

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
28 March 1832
From
Thomas S Holt
To
M M Thompson; Michael Holt
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 256 acres, whereon Thomas S Holt now lives
    Waterways: waters of Stinking Quarter Creek
  2. Tract 2: 28 acres
  3. Tract 3: 295 acres
    Neighbors: Michael Shofner; William Fogleman; Peter Lynn
    Roads and landmarks: Guilford County line; Old Trading Path
Also conveyed
1 set of blacksmith tools, 1 wagon & gear, 1 still & hogshead
Enslaved people named
Cary
Earlier title
conveyed to him by his father Isaac Holt by his last will
Citation
ODB 25/39
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 25/39). Our record above is drawn from it.

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