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Orange County Indexed

John Hancock to James Leathers trustee

26 February 1841 · ODB 29/243

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
26 February 1841
From
John Hancock
To
James Leathers
Acting as
trustee
Enslaved people named
Mary; Larry
Citation
ODB 29/243
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 29/243). Our record above is drawn from it.

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