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Thomas Compton to Peter Stewart

14 February 1835 · ODB 27/550

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
14 February 1835
From
Thomas Compton
To
Peter Stewart
Land
100 acres
Waterways
head of Stags Creek; on Hico Creek
Neighbors
Samuel Bird; William Ward; John Creswell
Roads and landmarks
Caswell County line
Citation
ODB 27/550
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 27/550). Our record above is drawn from it.

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