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Wilson Watson to John A Mebane

11 July 1836 · ODB 27/370

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
11 July 1836
From
Wilson Watson
To
John A Mebane
Land
  1. Tract 1: 25 acres
    Neighbors: Abbey McCracken
    Roads and landmarks: great road
  2. Tract 2: 20 acres
    Neighbors: Patton; Mary Barker
    Roads and landmarks: road
  3. Tract 3: 63.75 acres
    Neighbors: Peter Dockery; Patton
Citation
ODB 27/370
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.

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 27 (look for ODB 27/370). Our record above is drawn from it.

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