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Alex Morphis to John A Faucett trustee

7 September 1842 · ODB 29/602

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
7 September 1842
From
Alex Morphis
To
John A Faucett
Acting as
trustee
Land
2000 acres
Waterways
waters of Bradleys Creek; on Elk River
Neighbors
Jesse Reynolds; Bowers
Citation
ODB 29/602
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 29/602). Our record above is drawn from it.

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