Calvin Clarke to John Roberts

The deed

Kind of deed

Release

Date

14 January 1835

From

Calvin Clarke

To

John Roberts

Land

1. Tract 1: 300 acres, whereon John Roberts resided
2. Tract 2: 172 acres
   Waterways: waters of Eno River
   Neighbors: John Allison
3. Tract 3: whereon Dr Walker lived, lot 20, in Milton
   Neighbors: John Ragland
   Roads and landmarks: Main Street

Also conveyed

his stock of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, all his farming tools of all kinds, all his household & kitchen furniture, all his growing crop on lands aforesaid and that may be gathered therefrom at the time of sale

Enslaved people named

Granvill; Creas; Cherry; Molly; Penny

Citation

ODB 26/260
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 names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Granvill, Cherry, Molly, Penny.

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 26/260). Our record above is drawn from it.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Release or receipt, 14 January 1835, naming Granvill, Creas, Cherry, Molly and 1 others