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Alex Morphis to F J Haywood & John Beckwith

5 August 1840 · ODB 29/248

The deed

Kind of deed
Town lot sale
Date
5 August 1840
From
Alex Morphis
To
F J Haywood; John Beckwith
Land
lot 9, in Chapel Hill
Neighbors
Richard Bullock
Roads and landmarks
Main Street
Citation
ODB 29/248
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 29/248). Our record above is drawn from it.

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