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John Gattis to Josiah Madry trustee

27 May 1839 · ODB 28/333

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
27 May 1839
From
John Gattis
To
Josiah Madry
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 55 acres, on which John Gattis now lives
    Neighbors: Jacob Potts; John Strain
Also conveyed
4 cows, 3 calves, 15 head of sheep, 12 head of hogs, all my household & kitchen furniture consisting of 4 beds & furniture, 1 clock, 1 cupboard, 1 folding leaf table, every other article of use and value in & about the house and kitchen, wheat, bacon & other family provisions, all the crop that may be gathered by Gattice from his own or from land he rented, all his farming tools of every description; a wagon & a team of four horses with all the gear and waggoning equipment; a year old colt
Citation
ODB 28/333
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 28/333). Our record above is drawn from it.

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