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David Freshwater to Abel Griffis trustee

4 January 1838 · ODB 27/534

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
4 January 1838
From
David Freshwater
To
Abel Griffis
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 200 acres, whereon Sarah Freshwater his mother now lives
    Waterways: waters of Haw River
    Neighbors: Samuel Patton; Elizabeth Rodges
Also conveyed
all my crop of corn & fodder, oats; 1 road wagon & 2 pair of gear; 1 sorrel horse called Bill; 4 head of cows
Citation
ODB 27/534
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 27/534). Our record above is drawn from it.

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