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Samuel Hancock to Walter A Norwood trustee

2 April 1835 · ODB 26/254

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
2 April 1835
From
Samuel Hancock
To
Walter A Norwood
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: house & lot in Hillsborough occupied by family of said Hancock, in Hillsborough
  2. Tract 2: 108 acres
    Neighbors: Hart; Strayhorn
Also conveyed
1 desk, 1 sideboard
Enslaved people named
Joe; Peter
Citation
ODB 26/254
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 26 (look for ODB 26/254). Our record above is drawn from it.

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