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John Duke & Betsy Duke & Emily Duke & Nelson Duke to William Blalock

24 February 1840 · ODB 29/136

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
24 February 1840
From
John Duke; Betsy Duke; Emily Duke; Nelson Duke
To
William Blalock
Land
50 acres
Waterways
on Dials Creek
Neighbors
W P Mangum
Citation
ODB 29/136
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 40015, “Record of Deeds, 1836-1844, Vols. 29, 30” (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 29 (look for ODB 29/136). Our record above is drawn from it.

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