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John W Caldwell & Margaret Caldwell to Martha Moderwell

25 August 1838 · ODB 29/540

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
25 August 1838
From
John W Caldwell; Margaret Caldwell
To
Martha Moderwell
Land
  1. Tract 1: 304 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Eno River
    Neighbors: Abraham Nelson's
Citation
ODB 29/540
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 29/540). Our record above is drawn from it.

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