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Orange County Indexed

Mary Couch to Sampson Couch

14 July 1835 · ODB 26/404

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
14 July 1835
From
Mary Couch
To
Sampson Couch
Neighbors
Warren Patterson; Alexander Cheek
Enslaved people named
Joseph; Amy
Citation
ODB 26/404
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 Amy.

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 26/404). Our record above is drawn from it.

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