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Orange County Indexed

George Copley to King Barbee trustee

27 February 1840 · ODB 28/520

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
27 February 1840
From
George Copley
To
King Barbee
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 101 acres
    Neighbors: Thomas Christian; Israel Turner
  2. Tract 2: 50 acres
    Neighbors: Thomas Christian; William N Pratt
Also conveyed
1 feather bed & furniture, 1 clock, 1 chest & cupboard & drawers, all my household & kitchen furniture, all the corn, fodder & oats, 1 wagon & gear, all my farming tools etc; 4 head of horses; 11 head of cattle; 12 head of hogs; 15 head of sheep
Citation
ODB 28/520
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.

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 28/520). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
  • The compiler notes this may repeat another entry.
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