Burke Walker & Polly Walker to William Walker

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

1 June 1838

From

Burke Walker; Polly Walker

To

William Walker

Land

1. Tract 1: 70 acres, bounded by lots 3, 4
   Waterways: waters of Cane Creek
   Neighbors: Richard Cates; Patsy Cates; Elisha Cates
   Roads and landmarks: lot 3; lot 4; the great road
2. Tract 2: 50 acres, bounded by lot 8
   Waterways: waters of Cane Creek; on Bear Creek
   Neighbors: John Crutchfield; Thomas Cates
   Roads and landmarks: lot 8; Reeves path

Earlier title

a part of land of which John Cates Sr died seized, having descended to Burke Walker & wife Polly as heirs of John Cates Sr

Citation

ODB 28/68
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

• Later title: ODB 26/325

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 28/68). Our record above is drawn from it.