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Samuel Strayhorn & John Strayhorn & William Strayhorn & David Strayhorn & Aaron Strayhorn & Thomas Tate & Mary Tate & Samuel Tate & Sarah Tate to William Smith

28 March 1833 · ODB 25/466

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 March 1833
From
Samuel Strayhorn; John Strayhorn; William Strayhorn; David Strayhorn; Aaron Strayhorn; Thomas Tate; Mary Tate; Samuel Tate; Sarah Tate
To
William Smith
Land
  1. Tract 1: 150 acres
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Neighbors: Carson; Henry Neal
  2. Tract 2: 1/12th of an acre
    Waterways: on the river
    Roads and landmarks: mill dam called Carsons
Earlier title
Gilbert died siezed of said lands intestate and without having been married
Citation
ODB 25/466
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.

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 25 (look for ODB 25/466). Our record above is drawn from it.

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