John Scott to Elizabeth Minor

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

9 June 1834

From

John Scott

To

Elizabeth Minor

Land

1. Tract 1: 350 acres
   Waterways: both sides of Eno River
   Neighbors: Walker Anderson; Faucett heirs; Thomas D Crane; John Thompson; Cadwallader Jones
   Roads and landmarks: Town Commons
2. Tract 2: 500 acres, Randolph County
   Roads and landmarks: Caraway Mountain
3. Tract 3: on which John Scott resides, lot 28, in Hillsborough
   Neighbors: William Horton; Thomas J Faddis
4. Tract 4: lot 38, in Hillsborough
   Neighbors: Elizabeth Estes
   Roads and landmarks: Academy lot
5. Tract 5: lot 45, in Hillsborough
   Neighbors: William Kirkland
   Roads and landmarks: Tanyard lot

Also conveyed

books composing the law & miscellaneous library of John Scott & book cases, all chairs, tables, bedsteads, beds & bed clothing, all china ware, household & kitchen furniture, 1 carriage & harness, 1 wagon & gear, 2 ox carts, 1 carryall, 2 gigs & harness & saddle & bridle, 1 horse called Rob Roy & 2 others at the Plantation, 10 head of cattle, yoke of steer, 20 head of hogs, growing crop of wheat, oats & Indian corn, all farming and working tools, implements of husbandry

Enslaved people named

Harry; Ned; Nelson; Virgil; Sarah; Mahala; Fanny; Maria; Charity

Citation

ODB 25/471
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 abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 25/471). Our record above is drawn from it.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Deed (sale or gift not stated), 9 June 1834, naming Harry, Ned, Nelson, Virgil and 5 others