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William Lockhart estate by Clerk to Lucy Watts

27 June 1839 · ODB 28/461

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
27 June 1839
From
William Lockhart estate
To
Lucy Watts
Acting as
Clerk
Land
  1. Tract 1: John Taylor's tavern, in Chapel Hill
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
  2. Tract 2: in Chapel Hill
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
    Neighbors: D L Swain
    Roads and landmarks: the mansion house lot
Citation
ODB 28/461
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: The published abstract also gives 2 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 28/461). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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