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Joseph Steel to David Mebane

19 June 1812 · ODB 29/14

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
19 June 1812
From
Joseph Steel
To
David Mebane
Land
150 acres
Waterways
waters of Haw River; on Motes Creek; on Meeting House Spring Branch
Neighbors
Thomas Thompson; James Thompson
Roads and landmarks
the Meeting House Spring
Citation
ODB 29/14
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 29/14). Our record above is drawn from it.

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