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Orange County Indexed

Willis Smith to Andrew Mickle trustee

1 September 1838 · ODB 28/140

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
1 September 1838
From
Willis Smith
To
Andrew Mickle
Acting as
trustee
Land
105 acres
Waterways
waters of Cates Creek
Neighbors
John W Norwood; Thomas Ruffin; James Heart
Roads and landmarks
the Chapel Hill road
Citation
ODB 28/140
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 28 (look for ODB 28/140). Our record above is drawn from it.

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