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Alexander Forrest to John Bane trustee

15 March 1834 · ODB 25/437

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
15 March 1834
From
Alexander Forrest
To
John Bane
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 50 acres
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: David Tinnen
  2. Tract 2: on which I now reside
    Waterways: on McGowans Creek of Eno River
    Neighbors: Abel Thompson
Also conveyed
all my stock of horses, cows, hogs & sheep, all my household & kitchen furniture of every description, 1 wagon
Citation
ODB 25/437
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).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 106.5 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 25 (look for ODB 25/437). Our record above is drawn from it.

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