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Orange County Indexed

James Moore to William Nelson

15 September 1837 · ODB 27/454

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
15 September 1837
From
James Moore
To
William Nelson
Enslaved people named
Thomas; Harry; Joe; Scott
Citation
ODB 27/454
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 27/454). Our record above is drawn from it.

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