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Orange County Indexed

William Cain to John Burroughs

31 October 1835 · ODB 27/14

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
31 October 1835
From
William Cain
To
John Burroughs
Land
  1. Tract 1: 750 acres
    Waterways: on New Hope Creek; on Bakers Creek; on First Creek
    Neighbors: William Trice
    Roads and landmarks: Mann Patterson’s house
Earlier title
being tract willed to William Cain by his deceased father [OCWB] and two other parcels, one bought from Ellinor Patterson and other from Zachariah Trice
Citation
ODB 27/14
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 40014, “Record of Deeds, 1836-1840, Vols. 27, 28” (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 27 (look for ODB 27/14). Our record above is drawn from it.

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