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James Riley to Jessy Miller trustee

27 November 1838 · ODB 28/186

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
27 November 1838
From
James Riley
To
Jessy Miller
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 60.66 acres, where James Riley now lives
    Waterways: waters of Forresters Creek
    Neighbors: John Nichols; Alvis Nichols; Brill Collins; John Holden
    Roads and landmarks: on waters of Forresters Creek
Also conveyed
household & kitchen furniture including beds & furniture all my farming tools, 1 cow & yearling, all my hogs, my crop of corn, wheat & oats & fodder & hay & tobacco, and everything I may make from year to year until debt is paid with interest; 1 sorrel mare
Citation
ODB 28/186
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 28 (look for ODB 28/186). Our record above is drawn from it.

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