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James Sykes to Richland Jones trustee & Richard Tapp

24 July 1834 · ODB 26/11

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
24 July 1834
From
James Sykes
To
Richland Jones; Richard Tapp
Acting as
trustee
Also conveyed
the crop of corn & fodder; household furniture; half the corn & fodder that is raised at my brother John Sykes; all of what I raise at home which is supposed to be 9 acres; 1 bay horse; 1 bed & furniture, 1 chest, 1 bottle case, 1 oven
Citation
ODB 26/11
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 9 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 26 (look for ODB 26/11). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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