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Richard Tapp to Willis Smith

28 August 1840 · ODB 29/190

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 August 1840
From
Richard Tapp
To
Willis Smith
Land
  1. Held back from the sale: 2 acres
  2. Tract 1: 69 acres, 25 rods
    Waterways: on New Hope Creek
    Neighbors: Baxter Davis; Daniels
Earlier title
which was allotted to William Craig as heir of Samuel Craig deceased & sold by Thomas Griffin to sd Richard 3 Sep 1834
Citation
ODB 29/190
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 29/190). Our record above is drawn from it.

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