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Orange County Indexed

James Munro by Sheriff to Richard Bennehan

31 August 1786 · ODB 3/166

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
31 August 1786
From
James Munro
To
Richard Bennehan
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
  1. Tract 1: 503 acres
    Waterways: waters of Flat River; waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: Bogan; William Seeton; Thomas Webb; John Mitchell; Stagg
Earlier title
part of John Garrard to Monro, part of a larger tract from James Alston to Garrard
Citation
ODB 3/166
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.

Title and grant references

  • Proved at: OCPQS 3/618

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 3 (look for ODB 3/166). Our record above is drawn from it.

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