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Burke Walker & Polly Walker to William Thompson trustee

26 May 1835 · ODB 26/325

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
26 May 1835
From
Burke Walker; Polly Walker
To
William Thompson
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 70 acres, bounded by lots 3, 6
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek
    Neighbors: Richard Cate; Elisha Cate
    Roads and landmarks: number 3; great road; number 6
  2. Tract 2: 50 acres, bounded by lot 8
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek; on Bear Creek
    Neighbors: Thomas Cate; John Crutchfield
    Roads and landmarks: number 8; path
Citation
ODB 26/325
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 26 (look for ODB 26/325). Our record above is drawn from it.

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