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James Ray to Thomas D Bennehan

23 November 1828 · ODB 27/158

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
23 November 1828
From
James Ray
To
Thomas D Bennehan
Enslaved people named
Judy; Matthew
Citation
ODB 27/158
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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 27/158). Our record above is drawn from it.

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