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William H Thompson & John D Thompson & Jonathan Thompson & Samuel Thompson & Porter Thompson & Sanders Riley & Martha Riley to James Thompson

1839 · ODB 28/403

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1839
From
William H Thompson; John D Thompson; Jonathan Thompson; Samuel Thompson; Porter Thompson; Sanders Riley; Martha Riley
To
James Thompson
Land
63 acres
Waterways
on Eno River; on Seven Mile Creek
Neighbors
Dr James S Smith; Mrs Minor
Citation
ODB 28/403
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: Only the year is given.

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Title and grant references

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 28 (look for ODB 28/403). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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