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Lemuel M Morgan to Ilai W Nunn trustee

12 March 1842 · ODB 29/497

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
12 March 1842
From
Lemuel M Morgan
To
Ilai W Nunn
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 935 acres, entire body of land on which Lemuel Morgan now lives
    Waterways: waters of Bolin Creek
    Neighbors: University of North Carolina
Enslaved people named
Sam; Stephen; Thomas; George; Nelson; Charlotte; Lucey; Mary; Haywood; Maria; Andrew; Bill; Ben; Sarah; Francis
Citation
ODB 29/497
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).

Reading notes: The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Sam, George, Nelson, Charlotte, Lucey, Mary, Haywood, Maria, Ben, Sarah, Francis.

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 29/497). Our record above is drawn from it.

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