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Orange County Indexed

John May Sr to John May Jr

12 October 1786 · ODB 3/147

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
12 October 1786
From
John May Sr
To
John May Jr
Land
165 acres
Waterways
on Spring Branch
Neighbors
Lewis; Vickers; Baker
Citation
ODB 3/147
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 40002, “Record of Deeds, 1785-1793, Vols. 3, 4” (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 3 (look for ODB 3/147). Our record above is drawn from it.

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