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Zachariah Trice to Richard Henslee trustee

7 December 1838 · ODB 28/260

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
7 December 1838
From
Zachariah Trice
To
Richard Henslee
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 500 acres, on which Zachariah now lives
    Neighbors: Mark Pickett; William Herndon
  2. Tract 2: 100 acres
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
    Neighbors: Nathan Markham; Trice
  3. Tract 3: 168 acres
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
    Neighbors: Markham; Trice
  4. Tract 4: 448 acres, Dillard place
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
    Roads and landmarks: Raleigh road
  5. Tract 5: in Chapel Hill
  6. Tract 6: in Chapel Hill
Also conveyed
all his stock of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, all his household & kitchen furniture; also all my crop of all kinds
Enslaved people named
Austin; Abram; Jim; Mary; Milly; Aquilla
Citation
ODB 28/260
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 28/260). Our record above is drawn from it.

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