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Rankin McKee estate by Clerk to Ira Ellis

28 November 1838 · ODB 28/227

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 November 1838
From
Rankin McKee
To
Ira Ellis
Land
300 acres
Waterways
waters of Eno River
Neighbors
Dunn; Hardee
Citation
ODB 28/227
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 28/227). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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